# Fable 5 requiring usage credits on Max plans

- Provider: [Anthropic](https://down.guide/providers/anthropic)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 8h
- started 2026-07-20 07:35 UTC
- Claude Code
- id: DWN-6dbe9c819b
- Official page: https://stspg.io/r596yvz5clzv

## Updates from Anthropic
### 2026-07-20 07:35 UTC: monitoring
Some Claude Code Max plan users were incorrectly prompted to use usage credits to access Fable 5, which is included in their plan. If you were affected, please restart Claude Code.

### 2026-07-20 15:35 UTC: resolved
This incident has been resolved.

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