Fable gone – Usage credits are required for this model
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
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`Usage credits are required for this model.` Back to horrible jargon-enriched codified-induced output of Opus. The most unclear model in the world. 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). Discussion on the bug: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48950477 Same happened to me just now. Also, the Fable Usage bar is no longer displayed in the Usage page. They just wanted to give everyone time to think about the billing model switch over the weekend.