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qwen --list-extensions does nothing #4450

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opened on May 23, 2026

What happened?

I just installed a Microsoft extension/plugin, and I can see it inside QC if I use /extensions manage

However, the CLI call doesn't work, qwen runs normally, same as if I didn't use --list-extensions. Same issue with -l.

$ qwen --list-extensions

   ▄▄▄▄▄▄  ▄▄     ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄    ▄▄   ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  ██╔═══██╗██║    ██║██╔════╝████╗  ██║  │ >_ Qwen Code (v0.16.0)                                   │
  ██║   ██║██║ █╗ ██║█████╗  ██╔██╗ ██║  │                                                          │
  ██║▄▄ ██║██║███╗██║██╔══╝  ██║╚██╗██║  │ API Key | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B (/model to change)           │
  ╚██████╔╝╚███╔███╔╝███████╗██║ ╚████║  │ ~/qwen-misc-tasks                                 │
   ╚══▀▀═╝  ╚══╝╚══╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═══╝  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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  > <normal text entry prompt>

The help file says:

  -l, --list-extensions                 List all available extensions and exit.     [boolean]

What did you expect to happen?

List all available extensions and exit

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Run qwen to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

$ qwen /about
Qwen Code v0.16.0
Model: Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Fast Model: not set
Auth: openai
Platform: linux x64 (6.1.0-44-amd64)
Node.js: v26.1.0
Session: 7de6ab9f-c620-4af2-8f68-175d36dea594
Git commit: 1b1f48674
LSP: disabled

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