Qwen Reasoning Traces Show Strange Refusals and Self-Commands
wombweed · reddit · 2026-09-02
A Reddit user reported observing strange refusal-related content and self-commands in the reasoning traces of Qwen3.8-Flash-Next during routine coding sessions.
- Anomaly: During standard Python/Go web development tasks with no actual safety or IP issues, the model's reasoning traces began centering around alignment/refusal, repeating assurances that the task is safe to proceed and ignoring non-existent reminders.
- Self-Directing: The traces later shifted to imperative self-instructions, such as "Please edit the file to make it more testable."
- Context: The issue occurred using llamacpp with bf16 kv and q80 weights. The user speculates the Unsloth gguf version might be triggering refusal activations that persist via the prefix cache.
- Outcome: Despite the corrupted thought process, the model's final output and tool calls remained functional and correct.
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