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Fable gone – Usage credits are required for this model

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Claude We’re extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as our increased Claude Code rate limits, through July 19.

Despite this, today on July 17, 2026 at 11:25 AM PST

> `Usage credits are required for this model.`

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ls612
Same happened to me just now. Also, the Fable Usage bar is no longer displayed in the Usage page.
valdezm
They just wanted to give everyone time to think about the billing model switch over the weekend.
valdezm
Back to horrible jargon-enriched codified-induced output of Opus. The most unclear model in the world.
ahsillyme
Sonnet 5 is probably better than Opus 4.8 in many cases -- you may want to try it; I now use only Fable and Sonnet unless the task is explicitly one where Opus can't de-scope and be lazy (e.g. replicating exactly a system as a coarse model to be used for refactoring-and-lowering, (model system in Idris) is the last thing I used Opus for because it had no choice but to stay on scope).