{"slug": "fable-5-dropped-from-subscriptions-before-the-promised-july-19-date", "title": "Fable 5 dropped from subscriptions before the promised July 19 date", "summary": "Fable 5, a subscription tier from Claude, was unexpectedly removed before its promised July 19 date, with users reporting the model no longer appears in their usage dashboard. The removal may be a bug or a backend change, as Claude's status page shows an ongoing incident.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n|\npast\n|\ncomments\n|\nask\n|\nshow\n|\njobs\n|\nsubmit\nlogin\nFable 5 dropped from subscriptions before the promised July 19 date\n14 points\nby\nRyan_Li\n20 minutes ago\n|\nhide\n|\npast\n|\nfavorite\n|\n8 comments\nhelp\nsmalltorch\n5 minutes ago\n|\nnext\n[–]\n1 point per minute and comments from people who never make comments. Is this really that intresting?\nreply\nRyan_Li\n15 minutes ago\n|\nprev\n|\nnext\n[–]\nlooks they plan to public opus 5:\nhttps://x.com/pankajkumar_dev/status/2078000475685929375\nreply\nrobertlucas\n17 minutes ago\n|\nprev\n|\nnext\n[–]\nTought it would be reinstated by updating claude code but doesnt seem to be the case.\nreply\nRyan_Li\n19 minutes ago\n|\nprev\n[–]\nIs this a bug?\nreply\nsystemd0wn\n18 minutes ago\n|\nparent\n|\nnext\n[–]\nMight be a bug\nhttps://status.claude.com/incidents/g613ntyj2pwf\nreply\nRyan_Li\n17 minutes ago\n|\nroot\n|\nparent\n|\nnext\n[–]\nhope so\nreply\nmwigdahl\n15 minutes ago\n|\nparent\n|\nprev\n|\nnext\n[–]\nI don't know -- it's not even showing Fable in /usage any more, in sessions that were using it just fine moments before. Seems more like a backend change to me.\nreply\nslipwalker\n6 minutes ago\n|\nparent\n|\nprev\n[–]\nlooks a lot like a rag pull...\nreply\nConsider applying for YC's Fall 2026 batch!\nApplications\nare open till July 27.\nGuidelines\n|\nFAQ\n|\nLists\n|\nAPI\n|\nSecurity\n|\nLegal\n|\nApply to YC\n|\nContact\nSearch:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fable-5-dropped-from-subscriptions-before-the-promised-july-19-date", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48950676", "published_at": "2026-07-17 18:31:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-17 18:53:11.841094+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Claude", "Fable 5", "Ryan_Li", "smalltorch", "robertlucas", "systemd0wn", "mwigdahl", "slipwalker"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fable-5-dropped-from-subscriptions-before-the-promised-july-19-date", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fable-5-dropped-from-subscriptions-before-the-promised-july-19-date.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fable-5-dropped-from-subscriptions-before-the-promised-july-19-date.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fable-5-dropped-from-subscriptions-before-the-promised-july-19-date.jsonld"}}