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Qwen Code CLI cannot find podman for sandbox #1399

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What happened?

When configuring Qwen Code CLI with sandbox on Windows, it fails to find podman command, despite podman command being present

D:\Projects\test-project>qwen
GEMINI_SANDBOX is true but failed to determine command for sandbox; install docker or podman or specify command in GEMINI_SANDBOX

D:\Projects\test-project>podman
Manage pods, containers and images

Usage:
  podman [options] [command]

Available Commands:

What did you expect to happen?

Qwen Code CLI to start in sandbox mode using podman

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Run qwen to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

$ qwen /about
GEMINI_SANDBOX is true but failed to determine command for sandbox; install docker or podman or specify command in GEMINI_SANDBOX

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