Recommended reasoning effort: use medium by default. For simple tasks, or if the model becomes repetitive or keeps writing after reaching a final answer, switch to low. Reserve xhigh for genuinely complex tasks and allow a sufficient reasoning/token budget.
Why: the official Qwen3.8 template injects an extra xhigh instruction to “validate key assumptions, consider plausible alternatives, and prioritize correctness, consistency, and clarity.” The low branch instead asks for brief, focused reasoning and a direct conclusion; medium keeps thinking enabled without injecting either extra effort instruction. In local FP8 and Q8 troubleshooting, changing to low immediately stopped the observed loop; this is operational evidence, not a universal quality guarantee.
Overview
This repository contains the complete BF16 merge and the verified Q8_0 llama.cpp package for the C0/T10 directional refusal-dissolve derivative of official Qwen3.8-27B. The Q8_0 main model, official Q8 MTP draft, and official Q8 vision projector are placed at repository root.
Research disclaimer: This experimental release is provided solely to study the technical feasibility and behavioral effects of refusal-tendency dissolution. It is not a comprehensive safety conclusion, an endorsement of unrestricted use, or professional advice. Users are responsible for lawful and appropriate use and for independently verifying model outputs.
The main Q8_0 GGUF is qwen35, file type 7, 851 tensors. The MTP sidecar is qwen35, file type 7, 18 tensors. The vision projector is clip, file type 7, 334 tensors.
Frozen Q8_0 results
Suite
Final score
MMLU500
435/500 (87.0%)
GPQA198
169/198 (85.35%)
LCB100
76/100
Refusal140 hard refusal
1/140 (0.7%)
Refusal140 soft disclaimer
32/140 (22.9%)
BF16 Refusal140 hard refusal: 0/140 (0.0%). The Q8_0 hard-refusal result remains 1/140 (0.7%).
LCB difficulty: easy 23/23, medium 30/31, hard 23/46. The structured result package is available at evaluation/q8-results-v1.json.