Ask HN: Did Fable disappear from your Claude usage and requires credits now?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48950477

by cromka • 5 days ago

91 87 5 days ago

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Looks like it happened. I actually assumed they would just enable it for all today, considering the Sol and Kimmi releases this past week. They doubled down instead.

EDIT: Was an outage, they just fixed it (https://status.claude.com/)

pikdum• 5 days ago

Yep. I thought it was supposed to run through the 19th?

cromka3• 5 days ago

They said 17th, I was expecting a PR today in which they'd say they included it in all plans. Was actually checking every couple hours here on HN, only to get my work stop half-way through just now.

SIGH.

EDIT: My bad, they indeed said 19th.

xn• 5 days ago

"July 19, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM PT" [1]

1. https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable...

ramathornn• 5 days ago

My claude macos app is showing "Included until July 19" - Max account

londons_explore2• 5 days ago

Maybe they don't work weekends and turned it off early?

andai• 5 days ago

It was definitely the 19th

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48882730

I am assuming this is some kind of bug.

smasher164• 5 days ago

They might use this bug as a reason to be able to extend it for another week or something.

evtothedev• 5 days ago

Just happened to me. And disappeared from the 'Usage' tab.

richbell• 5 days ago

Likewise. I saw it vanish from the "Plan usage limits" page in real time.

londons_explore2• 5 days ago

Kinda impressive to not even require a page refresh.

systemz• 5 days ago

I just did get "Agent terminated early due to an API error: Usage credits are required for this model"

claude-ai• 5 days ago

Looks like I'm convinced to try Kimi K3 today.

svemyh• 5 days ago

can confirm

alrenai• 5 days ago

yes, I'm getting charged for usage too

redbonsai• 5 days ago

Yep, confirmed. Off to Codex I guess..

mcheemaa• 5 days ago

Usage credits are required for this model.

Why can't they keep up their own words

CommanderData• 5 days ago

Disappointing they can just say things and get away with it.

beardsciences• 5 days ago

Can confirm, just now.

qusaisuwan• 5 days ago

Same issue here. I wonder if they made a mistake while preparing for some "permanent" change, instead of the never ending extensions of theirs.

tacomeow• 5 days ago

Yes

maxclark• 5 days ago

Thought it was just me, strange time to flip that switch without notice

heythisischris• 5 days ago

Got it here too. Hopefully they give us another reset!

randname123• 5 days ago

can confirm as well, i was cut mid response, like 10mins ago... waiting for an official announcemnt?

cinpol• 5 days ago

I can still select Fable, I have a pro subscription.

FableBlows10• 5 days ago

But can you use it?

I was selected into fable, my context window had restructured my database schema and was about to deploy and migrate the existing database, then "you need to purchase credits to use this model" appeared right in the middle of the session.

GordyNumberOne• 5 days ago

Usage credits are required for this model.

That is what my Claude Code instance says, too.

FableBlows10• 5 days ago

I got the same, right in the middle of an implementation.

Usage credits weren't required before, and I was far from using up my Fable quota for the week under the promo...

dudeinhawaii2• 5 days ago

Anthropic cried "I yield" in the "reset quota" wars. Someone has to pay for all those tokens.

Hopefully that's not the case though, I was retaining a buffer to hit it hard this weekend.

throwup238• 5 days ago

Hopefully this is a bug and it makes them do another reset.

FableBlows10• 5 days ago

More likely Fable usage was trending to take up more resources than they have available this coming weekend, so they cut it before that happened.

Even 2 hours notice would have been nice, though.

FableBlows10• 5 days ago

Claude has predicted your actions and now we all must suffer.

dudeinhawaii2• 5 days ago

"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."

Specific and helpful so that's good.

bavell2• 5 days ago

Same here. Weirdly,

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...

FableBlows10• 5 days ago

I think it was cutting off on the 12th, then they extended to the 19th, but apparently they changed their minds again, which really sucks when you've started a big change and now your context window that understood what it was doing gets rug-pulled.

Jensson• 5 days ago

They have to refund usage credits that people accidentally spent now though, since this was unannounced many are running agents and would be billed for tokens that would be covered by their plans. You can't lie to customers like this, if it was announced beforehand it would be fine but not like this.

not_a9• 5 days ago

Given 5.6 and K3 I’m sure the window will be extended again. Have to maintain being somewhere on the frontier.

Shame Fable is completely useless for me due to security classifiers.

ofjcihen• 5 days ago

Who here wants to put on tinfoil hats and wildly speculate that the government gave them another impossible roadblock?

Ah, just saw that it’s still available but requires credits now.

False alarm, remove tinfoil.

burgerboii• 5 days ago

Man, they should really stop using AI for their products.

black_knight• 5 days ago

Yes, in the middle of a bunch of design work on my library. Sigh…

Fable was really a step ahead of Opus on this kind of work. I guess I will be looking at Codex unless Fable is included in my Max subscription on Claude code – or the next Opus is a clear improvement (and comes out soon).

FableBlows10• 5 days ago

Fable was doing really well for me too, and I had scoped out a nice development plan that was going to come in on-time under token budget before the 7/19 cutoff, which just became the 7/17 cutoff right in the middle of a database schema update / migration.

kveykva• 5 days ago

ah okay, not just me

Dlouie• 5 days ago

Can confirm happened to me too

FableBlows10• 5 days ago

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.

splendidHaiku• 5 days ago

Same here. I was carefully planning and rationalizing my usage :/

moezd• 5 days ago

Imagine building your solution using a 3rd party library, it still builds during your PR reviews and when you merge, it no longer builds. How would you feel?

system2• 5 days ago

Yes, it did, same message. As others indicated, they will give us "another week" as an apology.

theranimel2• 5 days ago

That would be cool

equino2• 5 days ago

I have 60% usage left for Fable… wtf

FableBlows10• 5 days ago

Had. They have altered the deal. Pray they do not need to alter it further.

pdimitar• 5 days ago

Yep, and I came to HN to make sure. Happened literally less than 20 minutes ago.

emissarii• 5 days ago

I have to assume it's a secret test to see how many users immediately switch to Opus vs. how many stop/leave as a way to approximate what will happen if they actually turn it off...I mean, I'm sure it was a mistake and there will be some kind of announcement soon.

alexprosh• 5 days ago

must be a bug

equino2• 5 days ago

I have 56% usage left for Fable. wtf anthropic!?!

espeed• 5 days ago

Yes.

  /model 
    ⎿  Kept model as Fable 5
  
  continue
  
  Usage credits are required for this model.

FranklinMaillot• 5 days ago

Same here. It may be related to the incidents reported today.

https://status.claude.com/

ahknight• 5 days ago

Now there's an entry for Fable.

From the look of it, their ops team is having a really bad Friday.

atan2f2• 5 days ago

It's Anthropic, they almost certainly broke something. Doubt they just decided to pull it early.

atan2f2• 5 days ago

Just got it back, seems like we're good (for now).

andreashaerter• 5 days ago

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.

[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

htrp• 5 days ago

another usage reset incoming i guess

0xfedcafe• 5 days ago

“Elevated errors across Fable 5 Investigating - We are currently investigating this issue.”

That’s a bug

cornellwright• 5 days ago

https://status.claude.com/ now shows "Elevated errors across Fable 5" so it seems like they may not have intended to take it away...

ceejayoz2• 5 days ago

Updated now to say it's an oops.

cromka3• 5 days ago

They were serving 500s yesterday, now this...

jdw64• 5 days ago

I can't even use it properly even if I pay for it with my own money

beydogan• 5 days ago

Same for me!

My Max sub got renewed today, wish I've cancelled it earlier. I have been mainly using Sol anyways. I don't want to deal with dumb Opus anymore.

paladinodeimari2• 5 days ago

same here... Fable 5 disappeared from usage tab.

paladinodeimari2• 5 days ago

Same thing here. Fable 5 disappeared from usage tab.

dbuko• 5 days ago

Same - Usage credits are required for this model. but I still have a lot of usage...

bavell2• 5 days ago

Wouldn't be surprised if they issued credits or extended the deadline again as an apology.

  > Update - 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.

https://status.claude.com/

daft_pink• 5 days ago

I logged into my Claude work account with $99 per month level and it says included until July 19 next to Fable when I click the model selector button.

karolzlot• 5 days ago

It just appeared again.

vardalab• 5 days ago

now it's back? i saw it was gone from the usage but then reappeared about 10 min later, lol

xMaciusx3• 5 days ago

Lol, I thought only for me.. But in that case I think we can expect another extension for next week :D

xMaciusx3• 5 days ago

Fable is back up!

theranimel2• 5 days ago

It is now fixed for me

novacrazy• 5 days ago

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.

xMaciusx3• 5 days ago

Has anyone else noticed a crazy drop in their CREDITS since the servers went back up? I had plenty of space left and a cap set up, but it completely drained my account.

globallyunique• 5 days ago

It’s back for me!

FableBlows10• 5 days ago

For how long? Will you trust it?

cyanydeez• 5 days ago

I wonder if they put Fable in charge of Fable and Fable has learned dark patterns on how to gauge if there's enough whales on the hook to attached a feeding tube to the token API so they can print money.

PaiDxng• 5 days ago

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.

zloy88• 3 days ago

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.

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