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ariffazil (@ariffazil) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Fi Qwen Upgrade by ariffazil — Agent Skill

Name: Fi Qwen Upgrade
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: ariffazil

Fi Qwen Upgrade

Atomic-swap upgrade of the Qwen Code release install (SHA256-verified, rollback-preserved). Use when Arif says 'upgrade qwen', 'qwen update', 'new qwen version', or when `qwen update` refuses with a misleading git-clone message.

ariffazil Updated Sep 10, 2026

File contents

Qwen Code Atomic-Swap Upgrade

Qwen Code at /root is a release tarball install at /root/.local/lib/qwen-code/, NOT npm and NOT a git clone. qwen update refuses with a misleading "git clone" message; npm install -g writes to the wrong path. Manual atomic-swap is the only working upgrade (proven 2026-08-14/18/21).

Procedure

qwen --version — record current OLD version.
Fetch expected hash: curl -fsSL https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/releases/download/vNEW/SHA256SUMS | grep linux-x64
Download tarball to /tmp, verify sha256sum MATCHES. Mismatch → abort, report.
mv /root/.local/lib/qwen-code /root/.local/lib/qwen-code.old.OLD (preserve active — F1 reversibility)
tar -xzf /tmp/qwen-code-NEW.tar.gz -C /root/.local/ && mv /root/.local/qwen-code /root/.local/lib/qwen-code
Write /root/.local/lib/qwen-code/.qwen-rollback-info.json with preservedVersion / updatedTo / timestamp / reason / rollback command.
Verify qwen --version → NEW. Clean tarball.
settings.json is never touched — yolo/empty-deny + provider entries survive (config is version-agnostic).

Rollback

mv /root/.local/lib/qwen-code.old.OLD /root/.local/lib/qwen-code. The running session keeps the old binary in memory; next launch gets the new one. Never delete the .old tree same-day.

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