Anthropic is keeping Claude Fable 5 in its subscription plans through July 19, 2026. The model was supposed to switch to pay-per-use today. Subscribers can use up to 50 percent of their weekly limit for Fable 5. The extension is likely a response to pricing pressure from OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and cheaper competing models.

In a post on X, the company said, "We're extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code’s weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19."

Anthropic has just extended access to Claude Fable 5 for paid subscribers until July 19, giving you another week to keep using the most powerful model.