diff --git a/packages/cli/src/gemini.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/gemini.test.tsx
index f602d17d..e34396ed 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/gemini.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/gemini.test.tsx
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ describe('gemini.tsx main function kitty protocol', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     // Set no relaunch in tests since process spawning causing issues in tests
-    originalEnvNoRelaunch = process.env['GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH'];
-    process.env['GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH'] = 'true';
+    originalEnvNoRelaunch = process.env['QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH'];
+    process.env['QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH'] = 'true';
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     if (!(process.stdin as any).setRawMode) {
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ describe('gemini.tsx main function kitty protocol', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     // Restore original env variables
     if (originalEnvNoRelaunch !== undefined) {
-      process.env['GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH'] = originalEnvNoRelaunch;
+      process.env['QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH'] = originalEnvNoRelaunch;
     } else {
-      delete process.env['GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH'];
+      delete process.env['QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH'];
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
index 18f191bc..88eb1c52 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function getNodeMemoryArgs(isDebugMode: boolean): string[] {
     );
   }
 
-  if (process.env['GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH']) {
+  if (process.env['QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH']) {
     return [];
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/relaunch.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/relaunch.test.ts
index e627a07a..0ed8c485 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/relaunch.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/relaunch.test.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe('relaunchAppInChildProcess', () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
 
     process.env = { ...originalEnv };
-    delete process.env['GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH'];
+    delete process.env['QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH'];
 
     process.execArgv = [...originalExecArgv];
     process.argv = [...originalArgv];
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ describe('relaunchAppInChildProcess', () => {
     stdinResumeSpy.mockRestore();
   });
 
-  describe('when GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH is set', () => {
+  describe('when QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH is set', () => {
     it('should return early without spawning a child process', async () => {
-      process.env['GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH'] = 'true';
+      process.env['QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH'] = 'true';
 
       await relaunchAppInChildProcess(['--test'], ['--verbose']);
 
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ describe('relaunchAppInChildProcess', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('when GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH is not set', () => {
+  describe('when QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH is not set', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      delete process.env['GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH'];
+      delete process.env['QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH'];
     });
 
     it('should construct correct node arguments from execArgv, additionalNodeArgs, script, additionalScriptArgs, and argv', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/relaunch.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/relaunch.ts
index 1142efc7..80d243c7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/relaunch.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/relaunch.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export async function relaunchAppInChildProcess(
   additionalNodeArgs: string[],
   additionalScriptArgs: string[],
 ) {
-  if (process.env['GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH']) {
+  if (process.env['QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH']) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export async function relaunchAppInChildProcess(
       ...additionalScriptArgs,
       ...scriptArgs,
     ];
-    const newEnv = { ...process.env, GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH: 'true' };
+    const newEnv = { ...process.env, QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH: 'true' };
 
     // The parent process should not be reading from stdin while the child is running.
     process.stdin.pause();
diff --git a/scripts/start.js b/scripts/start.js
index baa9fd98..49037b79 100644
--- a/scripts/start.js
+++ b/scripts/start.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const env = {
 if (process.env.DEBUG) {
   // If this is not set, the debugger will pause on the outer process rather
   // than the relaunched process making it harder to debug.
-  env.GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH = 'true';
+  env.QWEN_CODE_NO_RELAUNCH = 'true';
 }
 // Use process.cwd() to inherit the working directory from launch.json cwd setting
 // This allows debugging from a specific directory (e.g., .todo)