Anthropic's Sam McAllister says reports of unreleased Claude Fable 5 model leaking are due to a UI bug
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Anthropic engineer Sam McAllister stepped in to clarify that circulating screenshots and iOS app sightings of Claude Fable 5 do not reflect any actual model access, pinning the confusion on an unresolved UI bug while stating the company routes zero traffic to the model.
App glitches keep teasing availability
User reports of model selectors listing Fable 5 alongside other variants remain unverified as functional access, leaving the sightings as possible cosmetic artifacts rather than restored service.
Restoration path stays off the map
No official timeline or criteria for lifting the earlier worldwide suspension has been shared, so developers eyeing the model's coding strengths have no confirmed route back in yet.
Many users celebrated Fable 5 returning via the Claude iOS app and model selector thanks to video proof of the rollout, while others dismissed the claims as hoaxes or engagement farming.
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Fable 5 is back - and now there’s video proof.
Not just showing up in the model selector. People are actually using the model again.
We are so back.
🚨 Claude Fable 5 is back and rollout is going on slowly
> few users reported it to me and i got screen recording proof for it > i will run my macos test on it and post asap > lets goooooooooooo.....
Some users can (re)select Fable 5 in the Claude Code model selector, while others say they were able to select it despite Fable 5 being taken down.
I deleted the post about it because I was too unsure and didn't want to spread false information. But regardless, it seems things are happening, and Fable 5 is within reach again!
@kimmonismus We are currently serving exactly 0 traffic to Fable 5. This could be a UI bug though, will track it down.
Fable 5 is back - and now there’s video proof.
Not just showing up in the model selector. People are actually using the model again.
We are so back.
To be clear: I personally *cannot* select it. Apparently, it is available to some in that they can select it in the model selector. And that also explains why it appears on Amazon Bedrock.
But if you were able to select it for a long time, please let me know. I don't want to spread fake news, so I'll gladly delete the post if this is incorrect.
@kimmonismus I think it’s been like this on the Claude code app for a while
@sammcallister @kimmonismus Dude if you're so fucking eager to shit up comments now correcting "mIsInFoRmAtIoN" how about you like.. provide corrections in the form of when the fuck the model should be available again, yknow the actually fucking useful shit we were supposed to get first 24 hrs!??!!?
@kimmonismus That does not show it actually being used, right?
@kimmonismus I NEEEEEEEED ITTTTT
@kimmonismus is this true?
@kimmonismus Apparently there's a hack to get Fable 5 if you enable /remote-control and then switch to the model
@sammcallister @kimmonismus I woke up so excited. In the absence of an official announcement, the engagement bait is growing
@charlesthefool That you even can chose it?
@kimmonismus bro you realise those messages were planted right? why do you think nobody has a video of it generating a response lmao
@kimmonismus HOAX, stupid shit farming engagement on x
@kimmonismus It was a fake story 9 hours ago
@CodeByNZ Thank you!:)
@kimmonismus Can anyone confirm we can actually use it again? 👀
@kimmonismus thanks, i know we all are excited but same time its easy to slip into fake news
@chandlerwilcox @kimmonismus Bro they just dont have serving anything to the APIs for Fable 5 you cant cheat your way into it lol
@Supernet_AI @kimmonismus @grok is this true ?