# Claude make Fable 5 permanent

> Source: <https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/18/claude-make-fable-5-permanent/#atom-everything>
> Published: 2026-07-18 06:00:13+00:00

`@claudeai`

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Beginning July 20, Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans, at 50% of limits.

Pro and Team Standard users will continue to have access to Fable via usage credits, and will receive a one-time $100 credit.

As I was saying [last week](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/12/bump/), the competition from [GPT-5.6 Sol](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/9/gpt-5-6/) (and maybe to a lesser extent [Kimi 3](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/16/kimi-k3/)) made untenable Anthropic's plan to remove Fable 5 from their subscription accounts and make it available exclusively through API pricing.

Why pay $100 or $200/month for a subscription plan that *doesn't* include Anthropic's best model?

Their original plan was driven by concerns over compute capacity. I wonder if they'll have to dial back their training efforts in order to make more GPUs available to help serve the model.

A lot of people were losing sleep over trying to make the most of Fable 5 before subscriber access was withdrawn. It's nice not to have to worry about the Fablepocalypse any more.

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