Session silently falls back from Fable 5 to Sonnet 5 mid-conversation; manual switch back blocked by out-of-credits message despite ~12% weekly limit used
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Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 1, 2026
On a Max (5x) plan that includes Fable 5 access.
settings.jsonhas"model": "claude-fable-5[1m]"explicitly pinned.- At the start of a session, the status line correctly showed Fable 5.
- After resuming/continuing that same conversation, the status line and
/modelswitched to showing Sonnet 5, with no user-initiated model change. - Attempting to manually switch back to Fable 5 via
/modelfails with a message saying I'm out of usage credits. /modelreportsKept model as Sonnet 5after the failed switch attempt.- This is inconsistent with the account's actual usage: only ~12% of the weekly limit has been used.
- Restarted Claude Code twice; behavior persists across restarts.
Expected: Model should stay on Fable 5 as configured, or if a genuine quota limit was hit, usage reporting (12% used) should be consistent with that block.
Actual: Silent mid-session fallback to Sonnet 5, and the credit-block message appears to contradict the account's own usage percentage.
Environment: Windows 11 Pro, Claude Code CLI.