Anthropic incident

Fable 5 requiring usage credits on Max plans

Resolved after 8 hours, affecting Claude Code, on July 20, 2026.

monitoring Jul 20, 2026, 07:35 AM UTC

Some Claude Code Max plan users were incorrectly prompted to use usage credits to access Fable 5, which is included in their plan. If you were affected, please restart Claude Code.

Started
Jul 20, 2026, 07:35 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 20, 2026, 03:35 PM UTC
Duration
8h
Detected by Pingoru
Jul 20, 2026, 07:35 AM UTC

Affected components

Claude Code

Update timeline

  1. monitoring Jul 20, 2026, 07:35 AM UTC

    Some Claude Code Max plan users were incorrectly prompted to use usage credits to access Fable 5, which is included in their plan. If you were affected, please restart Claude Code.

  2. resolved Jul 20, 2026, 03:35 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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