Why can't they keep up their own words

That is what my Claude Code instance says, too.

Hopefully that's not the case though, I was retaining a buffer to hit it hard this weekend.

> The promotion starts July 1, 2026 and ends July 19, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM PT.

from: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable...

Ah, just saw that it’s still available but requires credits now.

False alarm, remove tinfoil.

Fable was really a step ahead of Opus on this kind of work. I guess I will be looking at Codex unless Fable is included in my Max subscription on Claude code – or the next Opus is a clear improvement (and comes out soon).

I don't mind them changing the terms, I do mind them changing the terms without warning - I had concrete plans to wrap up my fable development long before the July 19th deadline, but, nope, here in the middle of the 7/17 afternoon it was working, then it cut me off.

  /model 
    ⎿  Kept model as Fable 5
  
  continue
  
  Usage credits are required for this model.

https://status.claude.com/

  Internal error: Usage credits are required for this model.: {
    "errorKind": "rate_limit"
  }

[Edit] Update from https://status.claude.com/

> We are aware of an issue preventing users from selecting Claude Fable 5 within Claude.ai, Claude Code, and other surfaces, and are working to resolve this issue. Jul 17, 2026 - 18:36 UTC

That’s a bug

My Max sub got renewed today, wish I've cancelled it earlier. I have been mainly using Sol anyways. I don't want to deal with dumb Opus anymore.

  > Update - We are aware of an issue preventing users from selecting Claude Fable 5 within Claude.ai, Claude Code, and other surfaces, and are working to resolve this issue.