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Claude Fable 5.5

Predicted next release from Anthropic · successor to Claude Fable 5.1 · What's known ↓

24 days past the rumoured windowClaude Fable 5.5
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Claude Fable 5.5: what's known

Last checked 02 OCT 2026

Anthropic hasn't announced a Fable 5.5. Everything about it comes from a handful of X accounts, who say it's a fresh pretraining run due any day now.

ANNOUNCED?
No. Fable 5.1 is still the only Fable Anthropic lists.
CONFIRMED
WHEN?
Late September or early October, so it's due now.
RUMOUR
WHAT IS IT?
The first fresh pretraining run for the Fable line. Called Fable 5.2 until 10 September.
RUMOUR
HOW GOOD?
Anthropic's most capable model.
RUMOUR
PRICE?
Same as Fable 5.
RUMOUR
USABLE TODAY?
Some users say Fable 5.1 is already being routed to it. Nothing proves which model answered.
RUMOUR
TIMELINENewest first
  1. 02 OCT 2026CONFIRMED

    Still no Fable 5.5 model ID, price, benchmarks or model card. Anthropic's model list and Claude Code both show Fable 5.1 as current.

    SOURCE: KINGY AI ↗
  2. 01 OCT 2026RUMOUR

    The same routing is happening on claude.ai and in Claude Code. Screenshots still show the Fable 5.1 label.

    BY @CHETASLUA · VIA KINGY AI ↗
  3. 28 SEP 2026CONFIRMED

    Claude Sonnet 5.5 released. Anthropic again named Haiku 5.5 as next, not Fable.

    SOURCE: SILICONANGLE ↗
  4. 22 SEP 2026CONFIRMED

    Claude Opus 5.5 released. Anthropic said Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 would follow in the coming weeks, and didn't mention Fable.

    SOURCE: CELLCOG ↗
  5. 18 SEP 2026RUMOUR

    Picking Fable 5.1 in Claude Code is already routing to a newer Fable.

    BY @NOTJAZII · VIA KINGY AI ↗
  6. 10 SEP 2026RUMOUR

    The name changed to Fable 5.5, possibly launching late September or early October, as the first fresh pretraining run for the Fable class.

    BY @MR_SALIO · VIA CELLCOG ↗
  7. 08 SEP 2026RUMOUR

    Release at the end of September or early October.

    BY @KIMMONISMUS · VIA CELLCOG ↗
  8. 05 SEP 2026RUMOUR

    A new pretraining run is coming very soon. At this point it was called Fable 5.2.

    BY @KIMMONISMUS · VIA CELLCOG ↗
  9. 01 SEP 2026CONFIRMED

    Claude Fable 5.1 released. It's the current Fable model.

    SOURCE: ANTHROPIC ↗
  10. 13 AUG 2026RUMOUR

    Deployment has been slowed by restrictions.

    BY @MR_SALIO · VIA CELLCOG ↗
  11. 13 AUG 2026RUMOUR

    It will keep Fable 5 pricing.

    BY @MR_SALIO · VIA CELLCOG ↗
  12. 13 AUG 2026RUMOUR

    Fable 5.5 will be Anthropic's most capable model.

    BY @MR_SALIO · VIA CELLCOG ↗

NO HANDS-ON COMPARISONS OF CLAUDE FABLE 5.5 YET. THEY'LL APPEAR IN THE GALLERY WHEN THEY'RE FILED.

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