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Ask HN: Did Fable disappear from your Claude usage and requires credits now?
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/)
- karolzlot 3mo agoIt just appeared again.
- pikdum 3mo agoYep. I thought it was supposed to run through the 19th?
- cromka 3mo agoThey 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 3mo ago"July 19, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM PT" [1] 1. https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable-5-promotional-access https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable...
- cromka 3mo agoMy bad. Somehow I had 17th in my mind. That's even more confusing!
- ramathornn 3mo agoMy claude macos app is showing "Included until July 19" - Max account
- londons_explore 3mo agoMaybe they don't work weekends and turned it off early?
- andai 3mo agoIt was definitely the 19th https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48882730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48882730 I am assuming this is some kind of bug.
- smasher164 3mo agoThey might use this bug as a reason to be able to extend it for another week or something.
- fidotron 3mo agoYeah when things like this have happened on fridays before they've reset everyone's limits etc. Would not be surprising if this is the pretext for something of this sort.
- evtothedev 3mo agoJust happened to me. And disappeared from the 'Usage' tab.
- plesiv 3mo ago[dead]
- richbell 3mo agoLikewise. I saw it vanish from the "Plan usage limits" page in real time.
- deleted 3mo ago[deleted]
- londons_explore 3mo agoKinda impressive to not even require a page refresh.
- systemz 3mo agoI just did get "Agent terminated early due to an API error: Usage credits are required for this model"
- claude-ai 3mo agoLooks like I'm convinced to try Kimi K3 today.
- svemyh 3mo agocan confirm
- deleted 3mo ago[deleted]
- alrenai 3mo agoyes, I'm getting charged for usage too
- redbonsai 3mo agoYep, confirmed. Off to Codex I guess..
- mcheemaa 3mo agoUsage credits are required for this model. Why can't they keep up their own words
- CommanderData 3mo agoDisappointing they can just say things and get away with it.
- beardsciences 3mo agoCan confirm, just now.
- qusaisuwan 3mo agoSame issue here. I wonder if they made a mistake while preparing for some "permanent" change, instead of the never ending extensions of theirs.
- tacomeow 3mo agoYes
- maxclark 3mo agoThought it was just me, strange time to flip that switch without notice
- heythisischris 3mo agoGot it here too. Hopefully they give us another reset!
- randname123 3mo agocan confirm as well, i was cut mid response, like 10mins ago... waiting for an official announcemnt?
- cinpol 3mo agoI can still select Fable, I have a pro subscription.
- FableBlows 3mo agoBut 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 3mo ago> Usage credits are required for this model. That is what my Claude Code instance says, too.
- FableBlows 3mo agoI 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...
- dudeinhawaii 3mo agoAnthropic 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 3mo agoHopefully this is a bug and it makes them do another reset.
- FableBlows 3mo agoMore 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.
- FableBlows 3mo agoClaude has predicted your actions and now we all must suffer.
- dudeinhawaii 3mo 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.
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- bavell 3mo agoSame 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-5-promotional-access https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable...
- FableBlows 3mo agoI 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 3mo agoThey 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.
- FableBlows 3mo agoGood luck getting accurate accounting for all that before July 20th. Subscription accounts just get their "best effort" service during the subscription window. Opus is struggling through the deploy operation that Fable may have been in the middle of, it's supposed to be idempotent, but I wonder how reliable that is... Fable had re-deployed a dozen times in the past 3-4 days, but Opus (lacking the context window) seems like it's hit a wall.
- not_a9 3mo agoGiven 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 3mo agoWho 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 3mo agoMan, they should really stop using AI for their products.
- black_knight 3mo agoYes, 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).
- FableBlows 3mo agoFable 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 3mo agoah okay, not just me
- Dlouie 3mo agoCan confirm happened to me too
- FableBlows 3mo agoYep, 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 3mo agoSame here. I was carefully planning and rationalizing my usage :/
- moezd 3mo agoImagine 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 3mo agoYes, it did, same message. As others indicated, they will give us "another week" as an apology.
- theranimel 3mo agoThat would be cool
- equino 3mo agoI have 60% usage left for Fable… wtf
- FableBlows 3mo agoHad. They have altered the deal. Pray they do not need to alter it further.
- pdimitar 3mo agoYep, and I came to HN to make sure. Happened literally less than 20 minutes ago.
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- emissarii 3mo agoI 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 3mo agomust be a bug
- equino 3mo agoI have 56% usage left for Fable. wtf anthropic!?!
- espeed 3mo agoYes. /model ⎿ Kept model as Fable 5 continue Usage credits are required for this model.
- FranklinMaillot 3mo agoSame here. It may be related to the incidents reported today. https://status.claude.com/ https://status.claude.com/
- ahknight 3mo agoNow there's an entry for Fable. From the look of it, their ops team is having a really bad Friday.
- atan2f 3mo agoIt's Anthropic, they almost certainly broke something. Doubt they just decided to pull it early.
- atan2f 3mo agoJust got it back, seems like we're good (for now).
- andreashaerter 3mo agoYes, ~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/ 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 3mo agoanother usage reset incoming i guess
- 0xfedcafe 3mo ago“Elevated errors across Fable 5 Investigating - We are currently investigating this issue.” That’s a bug
- cornellwright 3mo agohttps://status.claude.com/ https://status.claude.com/ now shows "Elevated errors across Fable 5" so it seems like they may not have intended to take it away...
- jdw64 3mo agoI can't even use it properly even if I pay for it with my own money
- beydogan 3mo agoSame 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.
- paladinodeimari 3mo agosame here... Fable 5 disappeared from usage tab.
- paladinodeimari 3mo agoSame thing here. Fable 5 disappeared from usage tab.
- dbuko 3mo agoSame - Usage credits are required for this model. but I still have a lot of usage...
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- bavell 3mo agoWouldn'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/ https://status.claude.com/
- daft_pink 3mo agoI 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.
- vardalab 3mo agonow it's back? i saw it was gone from the usage but then reappeared about 10 min later, lol
- xMaciusx 3mo agoLol, I thought only for me.. But in that case I think we can expect another extension for next week :D
- xMaciusx 3mo agoFable is back up!
- theranimel 3mo agoIt is now fixed for me
- novacrazy 3mo agoProbably 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.
- xMaciusx 3mo agoHas 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 3mo agoIt’s back for me!
- FableBlows 3mo agoFor how long? Will you trust it?
- cyanydeez 3mo agoI 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 3mo agoFunny 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 3mo agoMy 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-5-promotional-access https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable..." And this is from EU - competition (OpenAI) is a great thing I guess.