Fable 5's free-inclusion deadline moved from June 22 to July 7, then July 12, then July 19.
The final arrangement started July 20 (today): Max and Team Premium keep Fable 5 permanently, capped at 50% of the normal weekly limit. Pro and Team Standard receive a one-time $100 credit, followed by $10/M input tokens and $50/M output tokens.
Claude Code's 50% weekly-limit increase had previously been renewed on the same schedule as those Fable 5 extensions. It's now been extended independently through August 19, even though the Fable 5 extension cycle is over.
Cowork is also still running its separate 2x multiplier through August.
I can see two reasonable insights from this. The simple one is that Anthropic has limited inference capacity across the board and is adjusting each product on a different schedule. The other is that it has an extra incentive to preserve agent usage while ChatGPT Work, launched July 9, competes for similar workflows.
I wouldn't treat the second explanation as confirmed strategy. The useful test comes after August: whether Code and Cowork also lose their additional allowances or keep getting different treatment.
For people using Claude Code heavily, how many active days are you getting from the boosted weekly allowance, and what kind of workload burns through most of it? And also how often do you use Claude Cowork? I’m curious how many people actually use it.
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