Anthropic Investigating Widespread Issues With Claude Fable 5 Model Selection

Users unable to select Claude Fable 5 across multiple Anthropic platforms.

By The Downtime · Jul 17, 2026 · 6:45 PM ·Updated 1 month ago

Anthropic is investigating elevated errors affecting Claude Fable 5, with impact classified as major. Users are currently unable to select the model within Claude.ai, Claude Code, and other surfaces. The company's status page indicates the issue is under active investigation.

Anthropicis an AI safety company that develops Claude, a large language model powering applications across research, business, and development workflows.

The company first acknowledged awareness of the selection issue and said it was working to resolve it. No cause has been identified or communicated at this time.

This is a developing story. The Downtime will continue monitoring Anthropic's status page for updates.

🕒 Live updates (4)

resolved Jul 17, 7:43 PM

This issue has been resolved, and Claude Fable 5 is available once again without usage credits, as expected.

monitoring Jul 17, 6:48 PM

We have applied a fix to resolve the erroneous requirement for usage credits on Fable 5, and are monitoring to ensure no further issues. You may need to relaunch Claude.ai or Claude Code to restore access as expected.

investigating Jul 17, 6:36 PM

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.

investigating Jul 17, 6:32 PM

We are currently investigating this issue.

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