Claude Fable 5

Anthropic extended free Claude Fable 5 access to July 19, 2026 — its second delay in a week. The real timeline, the 50% cap, and how to plan a moving paywall.

GPT-5.6 Sol and Grok 4.5 both landed cheaper than Fable 5 in 48 hours. What the benchmark flip means for your coding-agent stack—and why cost-per-completed-task, not token price, decides the switch.

Claude Fable 5 is free only through June 22. Here's what builders must do on cost, data retention, and a silent model fallback before June 23.