https://status.claude.com/ now shows "Elevated errors across Fable 5" so it seems like they may not have intended to take it away...
cornellwright
Yes, ~30 Minutes ago (~18:00 UTC):
Internal error: Usage credits are required for this model.: {
"errorKind": "rate_limit"
}
Still had 70% of available usage, thought I can use it till July 19, 2026, 11:59 pm PT? I guess this is an error and I am happy to see I am not the only one with this problem, so I hope there will be enough noise it comes back as announced.
> We are aware of an issue preventing users from selecting Claude Fable 5 within Claude.ai, Claude Code, and other surfaces, and are working to resolve this issue.
Jul 17, 2026 - 18:36 UTC
andreashaerter
Yep. I thought it was supposed to run through the 19th?
pikdum
My claude says:
"Fable 5 is now a standard part of your Team plan"
"You can use up to 50% of your weekly usage limit on Fable 5. If you hit your limit, you can continue on Fable 5 with usage credits. Fable 5 draws down usage faster than Opus 4.8. Run /model and select Fable to use it. Learn more: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable..."
And this is from EU - competition (OpenAI) is a great thing I guess.
zloy88
Yep, right in the middle of a big implementation plan.
I don't mind them changing the terms, I do mind them changing the terms without warning - I had concrete plans to wrap up my fable development long before the July 19th deadline, but, nope, here in the middle of the 7/17 afternoon it was working, then it cut me off.
FableBlows
Same here. Weirdly,
> The promotion starts July 1, 2026 and ends July 19, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM PT.
“Elevated errors across Fable 5
Investigating - We are currently investigating this issue.”
That’s a bug
0xfedcafe
Funny how the default read of any outage now is "strategic gating" — a week of Sol and K3 launches has everyone primed to see 4D chess in what turns out to be a broken status page.
PaiDxng
Probably a cash grab to burn through users' usage credits before everyone switches to OpenAI or Kimi this weekend. I've lost all trust in Anthropic over these Fable shenanigans.
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cornellwright
[Edit] Update from https://status.claude.com/
> We are aware of an issue preventing users from selecting Claude Fable 5 within Claude.ai, Claude Code, and other surfaces, and are working to resolve this issue. Jul 17, 2026 - 18:36 UTC
andreashaerter
pikdum
And this is from EU - competition (OpenAI) is a great thing I guess.
zloy88
I don't mind them changing the terms, I do mind them changing the terms without warning - I had concrete plans to wrap up my fable development long before the July 19th deadline, but, nope, here in the middle of the 7/17 afternoon it was working, then it cut me off.
FableBlows
> The promotion starts July 1, 2026 and ends July 19, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM PT.
from: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable...
bavell
redbonsai
That’s a bug
0xfedcafe
PaiDxng
novacrazy