Alibaba Suspends Qwen Coupons After Overload
Alibaba temporarily halted its Qwen chatbot's coupon issuance after an overload in February 2025, saying 10 million orders occurred within the first nine hours. The stoppage disrupted a 3-billion-yuan Spring Festival campaign intended to enable in-chat purchases and app integrations; coupons remain valid through Feb. 28 while engineers address capacity and user-oversubscription issues.
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