Add Qwen 3.5 GGUF support and configurable chat-template kwargs (thinking toggle)#8
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[WIP] Add support for Qwen3.5 models and updated parameters
Add Qwen 3.5 GGUF support and configurable chat-template kwargs (thinking toggle)
Mar 5, 2026
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Qwen 3.5 GGUF models were not loading reliably, and there was no way to pass llama.cpp chat-template kwargs needed to disable default thinking mode.
This change adds first-class support for chat-template kwargs in GGUF config flow and applies sensible defaults for Qwen 3.5 models.
GGUF inference schema: add chat-template kwargs
chatTemplateKwargstoGgufInferenceParams.Engine wiring: pass kwargs to native runtime
GGUFEnginenow applies chat-template kwargs after model load.nativeSetChatTemplateKwargs(String)for backward compatibility with older native libs that do not expose this API.Qwen 3.5 default behavior
GgufEngineSchema.defaultsForModel(modelName)to preconfigure Qwen 3.5 models with:{"enable_thinking": false}Config UI support
Chat Template Kwargs (Optional JSON)Model catalog update
Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B-Instruct-GGUFExample of newly supported config payload:
{ "chatTemplateKwargs": "{\"enable_thinking\": false}" }💡 You can make Copilot smarter by setting up custom instructions, customizing its development environment and configuring Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Learn more Copilot coding agent tips in the docs.