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[BUG] Fable 5 session / 5-hour limit view disappears after reset while Fable bills via usage credits

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jul 10, 2026 by marlvinvu

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Confirmed: bar stays missing even during ACTIVE Fable usage

Fable 5 is currently in active use ([on claude.ai / in Claude Code]), and the
Fable 5-hour bar STILL does not appear:

  • Claude Code /usage panel: only "5-hour limit", "Weekly · all models" and

"Weekly · Fable" are shown.

  • claude.ai → Settings → Usage: "Plan usage limits" shows only "Current session".

So this is NOT a case of the bar being hidden at 0% usage — it remains missing
while Fable is actively running. Weekly · Fable tracks correctly (31% used),
so Fable usage is still recorded at the weekly level; only the 5-hour/session
indicator for Fable is gone. It is also unclear whether current Fable usage is
now being silently counted into the generic 5-hour bar instead.

Timeline: hit 100% of the Fable 5-hour limit → overflowed into usage credits
($1.83 charged) → 5-hour window reset → the bar never came back.

Evidence: bar missing during ACTIVE Fable usage (before/after screenshots, ~10 min apart)

Two screenshots of claude.ai → Settings → Usage while actively using Fable 5:

| | 21:36 | 21:46 |
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Current session | 39% used | 47% used |
| Weekly · All models | 19% used | 20% used |
| Weekly · Fable | 31% used | 32% used |
| Fable 5-hour bar | MISSING | STILL MISSING |
| Fable weekly reset | Mon 4:00 AM | Mon 3:59 AM |

Observations:

  • Weekly · Fable increased (31% → 32%), proving Fable usage is actively being

recorded — yet no Fable-specific 5-hour/session bar appears anywhere.

  • The generic "Current session" bar climbed 39% → 47% during the same period,

consistent with Fable usage being counted only into the generic session
bucket (there is no dedicated Fable bar for it to land in).

  • The Fable weekly reset time also shifted from "Mon 4:00 AM" to "Mon 3:59 AM"

between the two screenshots, suggesting the Fable limit window state was
re-created or re-anchored at some point.

Timeline: hit 100% of the Fable 5-hour limit → overflow billed to usage
credits ($1.83) → 5-hour window reset → the Fable 5-hour bar never returned,
even during active Fable use. Same behavior in the Claude Code /usage panel
(desktop app) and on claude.ai.

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<img width="1288" height="800" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/aaec43b6-b550-40e7-8b47-5cb8fe6a0add" />

What Should Happen?

After the 5-hour window resets, the Fable 5-hour bar should reappear (at 0% or current usage), the same way the generic 5-hour limit does.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Be on a Max (20x) plan with usage credits enabled (monthly spend limit set, e.g. $50).
  2. Use Fable 5 until the Fable-specific 5-hour limit reaches 100%.
  3. Continue using Fable 5 — the extra usage overflows and is billed to usage

credits (in my case, $1.83 was charged).

  1. Wait for the 5-hour window to reset.
  2. Open the usage UI:
  • Claude Code (desktop app): run /usage
  • claude.ai: Settings → Usage
  1. Observe: the Fable 5-hour bar is gone from BOTH surfaces — only the generic

"5-hour limit" / "Current session" bar and the weekly bars ("Weekly · all
models", "Weekly · Fable") remain.

  1. Switch the model to Fable 5, keep using it, then refresh the usage UI.
  2. The Fable 5-hour bar STILL does not appear, even though "Weekly · Fable"

keeps increasing (31% → 32% within ~10 minutes), proving Fable usage is
actively recorded. The generic "Current session" bar climbs instead
(39% → 47%). The bar has never returned since the reset.

Claude Model

Other

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

2.1.206

Claude Code Version

2.1.206

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

This report is written by Fable 5.

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