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Qwen 3.9 Max

watching95% by Dec 31

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Not out yet. Alibaba hasn't released Qwen 3.9 Max, and no release date is confirmed. What we know so far: no date; Qwen 3.8 Max shipped Aug 1; Polymarket runs a 'next Qwen Max (3.9+)' market, and Alibaba says Qwen 4 is in training; Nov 4: 95 days since Qwen 3.8 Max; the newest Max ids on OpenRouter are the 3.8 Max 0902 snapshot (Sep 3) and the higher-throughput 3.8 Max Prime (Sep 23), and none is a 3.9; Polymarket's 'next Qwen Max (3.9+)' market, which a Qwen 4 Max would also settle, last traded at 94% by Dec 31; Nov 8: 99 days since Qwen 3.8 Max, and Alibaba has never announced a Qwen 3.9; its own posts point to Qwen 4 as the next generation (on Aug 26 it billed Qwen3.8-Flash as 'an early preview of the Qwen4 architecture', and its Nov 6 teaser, 'The becoming begins.', names no model); no qwen3.9 id is on OpenRouter, models.dev or Qwen's Hugging Face page, and Qwen Chat's model list is Qwen3.7-Plus, Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash (read 01:05 UTC). Swept every 60 seconds across provider catalogs. The moment it answers on a public API, alerts fire: a text or a call on paid plans the second it's confirmed, then a free Chrome push and email about 15 minutes later.

An email when Qwen 3.9 Max answers on a public API, about 15 minutes after members, plus every frontier launch · no card

Live release odds

Next Qwen Max (3.9 or later) released by Nov 114%

Next Qwen Max (3.9 or later) released by Nov 1319%

Next Qwen Max (3.9 or later) released by Nov 2078%

Next Qwen Max (3.9 or later) released by Nov 3094%

Next Qwen Max (3.9 or later) released by Dec 3195%

via Polymarket · markets are sentiment, not a promise — the alert only fires on a real API answer

Current model in this line

Qwen 3.8 Max, live since August 1, 2026 · $2 / $6 per 1M tokens on Alibaba's API · AW Index 50.5.

The official word

We alert on verified API behavior, never on announcements alone — but when Alibaba speaks, it's here: qwen.ai ↗

Qwen 3.9 Max: quick answers

Is Qwen 3.9 Max out yet?

Not yet. ArtificialWatch has not seen Qwen 3.9 Max answer on any public API it sweeps. The moment it does, subscribers get an alert.

When will Qwen 3.9 Max be released?

The vendor has not shipped it. Polymarket's market on the next Qwen Max (3.9 or later) puts it at 95% by Dec 31 (Polymarket, refreshed every 30 minutes). Markets are sentiment, not a promise.

Which model is current until Qwen 3.9 Max ships?

The current model in this line is Qwen 3.8 Max from Alibaba, live since August 1, 2026.

Who makes Qwen 3.9 Max?

Alibaba. ArtificialWatch also tracks Qwen 3.8 Flash, Wan 3.0, Qwen 3.8 Max, Qwen 3.9 Flash, Qwen 4 27B, Qwen 4 Flash, Qwen 4 Max and Qwen 4 Plus from Alibaba.