Anthropic has good news for Claude subscribers.

Good news for Claude subscribers! Anthropic has once again extended free access to Claude Fable 5 for Pro, Max, and Team subscribers and for certain Enterprise plans. All eligible customers will be able to use generative AI at no extra cost until July 19, 2026.The news appeared in an update to the support page on Anthropic’s website.

“During the promotional period, you can use up to 50% of your Claude Fable 5 subscription’s weekly quota at no additional cost,” Anthropic states on its website.

This extension applies automatically, with no manual activation, on the web interface, in the mobile and desktop apps, and in products such as Claude Code, Claude Design, or Claude for Microsoft 365. Once this new period expires, you will need to purchase usage credits to continue conversing with Fable 5.

These allow you to continue “using Claude without interruption after reaching usage limits”. In plain terms, subscribers will have to check out again. If you do not want to pay any additional fees, you will have to fall back on less expensive AI models such as Claude Opus, Sonnet, or Haiku.

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A third extension from Anthropic

This is already the third time in five weeks that Anthropic has extended Fable 5’s free usage period. At the launch of Fable 5 in early June, Anthropic had announced a two-week free access window for paid plans, through June 22.The American injunction, which forced Anthropic to disable Fable 5 for three weeks, obviously compelled the start-up to reconsider its schedule. At the end of the month, the company subsequently announced a new deadline of July 7, before granting five additional days.

Anthropic says the objective remains to bring Fable 5 back to the heart of its subscription plans as soon as computing resources allow. The model with usage credits is only temporary. The start-up is trying to conserve its servers and infrastructure, which are increasingly under pressure.

One imagines that Anthropic also delayed the introduction of additional fees in response to its main rival OpenAI’s latest announcements. The king of artificial intelligence has indeed unveiled a series of major new features, including GPT-5.6, to overshadow Claude. To avoid falling behind in an increasingly competitive market, Anthropic may have decided to postpone the restrictions announced last month.

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Source: Anthropic