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Episode 50 · June 25, 2026 · 08:05

New Fable 5 LEAKS: Coming Back Soon?

Fable 5 Returning Soon? New Claude Code, Bedrock Catalog & AWS Doc Leaks Explained

The episode reviews recent leaks suggesting Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 may return after being released on June 9 and pulled three days later, with new signals appearing June 24–25. It cites three “checkable trails” moving in the same timeframe: Claude Code v2.1.190 string changes (removing “purchased separately” and adding a weekly-usage message that implies subscription inclusion), Fable 5 reappearing as a live listing in the Amazon Bedrock model catalog, and AWS Bedrock docs/model cards showing the model lifecycle as active with Bedrock IDs for both “Anthropic Claude Fable 5” and “global” versions. The host notes nothing is confirmed, raises the question of US-only availability, and estimates a possible return by early July/within seven days. The video ends by emphasizing building flexible systems (Agent OS) that can swap models quickly and promoting the AI Profit Boardroom where updates, guides, coaching calls, and community support are provided.

00:00 Fable 5 Return Rumors
00:44 What We Know So Far
01:24 Timeline of Events
02:38 Claude Code String Clues
03:21 Subscription Plan Implications
03:56 Amazon Bedrock Listing
05:13 AWS Docs Model Cards
05:44 Regions and Release Window
06:25 Build Systems Not Models
07:23 Agent OS and Boardroom Pitch
07:57 Wrap Up and Link

Full transcript

Is Fable 5 coming back today? We're looking at this. So we have a couple of interesting updates on Fable 5 that's gonna basically determine, okay, is Fable 5 coming back or not? And one of the biggest updates, you can see this tweet from Leo right here, is that Claude Code v2.1.190 introduces several string changes that hint at preparations for a Fable 5 return, with it being included in subscriptions as well.

So I'm gonna walk you through, okay, is Fable 5 coming back or not? What can we expect? When can we expect it? What does it mean?

And what are the new leaks on this update? So let's kick it off here. First of all, nothing is confirmed. These are just leaks.

But the signs are there, the signals are there, and it's looking pretty promising. And obviously, Anthropx Fable 5 got taken down. Honestly, from what I've seen when I've been testing models ever since, like Opus 4.8 number one is nowhere near. And a lot of models are actually beating Opus 4.8 by a long way right now.

We've tested out, you can test out and see all of our tests on GoldieBench. You can actually see what we've created and how it performs if you want to. But the main point here is like, nothing is really as good as Fable 5 yet at this point. And so everyone is waiting for Fable 5 to come back.

So what's happened? Well, on June the 9th, Anthropx shipped Claude Fable 5. And then on three days later, Fable 5 got taken down. And then on June the 24th, 25th, the leaks started showing up.

You might as well say this is just a rumor. Honestly, like every time I see stuff like this, it's usually a pretty clear signal that something like this is about to drop. And we saw this with, for example, even Opus 4.8 itself before Fable 5 came out before. Usually when you see this sort of stuff showing up, it's about to come out.

And I'll talk about timeframes in a minute as well. So there's three separate checkable trails. This is not just like one rumor that's dropped. And the three checkable trails, which I'll run through each in a second, are Claude Code and an update, the Amazon Bedrock Catalog and the AWS Docs.

And they're all moving in the same sort of timeframe, which suggests, okay, if three things change across three different releases, something is happening here. So let's walk through each one, what's happened. You can see the timelines here. So June the 9th, it got dropped.

Then it got pulled. Then all the signals coming out on June the 24th to 25th. So the first one is Leo was digging into Claude Code v2.1.1.0 and found the string changes. The old line Fable 5 purchased separately from your plan was actually removed.

And the new line was you've used your Fable 5 usage for this week added, right? So this is added inside the strings. So that kind of hints at something big that not just Fable 5 is possibly returning, because why would Claude add that otherwise, right? Why would they change the string?

But it may also be included in your subscription with a weekly allowance in terms of your tokens that can be added here. And you can see like the before and after on this tweet like so. All right, this is the old version. This is the new version.

And there's a bunch of new updates regarding Fable 5 on the new version of Claude. Next up, one of the biggest news accounts, Chubby, he picked it up as well. Usually when he's talking about new models, they get released pretty quickly as well. And so not only that Fable 5 is hinted at returning inside of these things, also it suggests the model may be permanently added to the subscription plan, which would be great.

I mean, for me personally, you know, when they said, basically when Fable 5 was announced and released, what they were saying was it was going to be inside the subscription until June the 22nd, and then it will be taken out. But it sounds like they're actually gonna be adding it back in as well. Now also there's a stronger confirmation, which is it's in the catalog. So obviously like strings are a bit of a hint, which is what we saw with Claude Code.

But this is an even bigger update as well. So BridgeBind actually spotted Fable 5 back in the Amazon Bedrock model catalog as well, which is pretty interesting. So the page is live, the model is listed by Anthropic. And now you've got two separate trails, which is the Claude Code strings and a live catalog page, both pointing in the same direction, which is saying, you know, Fable 5 is coming back soon.

So you can see the tweet from BridgeBind here. He says the page is live, the model is listed by Anthropic, combined with the Claude Code updates, the signals are there, right? The Fable 5 is coming back pretty soon. And you can see he's posted the example page right here from Claude Fable 5 on Amazon Bedrock.

So just to be clear here as well, there's three updates on this. Number one is the Claude Code strings. Number two is the Fable 5 will probably be included inside the subscription when it's back. And number three is that it's reappeared on Amazon Bedrock as well.

Also, there were a lot of hints at Sonic 5 coming out recently as well. So that's pretty interesting too. And also Chris, ChrisGBT, he was saying that Claude Fable 5 is showing again in AWS Bedrock docs and model cards as well. So AWS lists the model lifecycle as active with Bedrock IDs, including Anthropic Claude Fable 5 and Global Anthropic Claude Fable 5 as well.

So let's have a look at the tweet. He screenshotted it here as you can see here, which is pretty interesting too. So all the signs are there. Everything is looking like Fable 5 may be back.

One part to note here is, is this only gonna be in the US? That's another thing to note. So for example, if you're outside of the US, obviously originally when Fable 5 was taken down, it was taken down for people only in the US, but the problem was Anthropic couldn't really moderate that. And so they just took it down for everyone.

And so when it comes back, does that mean it's only gonna be available in the US or will it be available for everyone? Who knows? And then when can we expect it to come back? But it's gonna be interesting.

I think we can probably, I would expect this to be back by early July or within the next seven days, but it's all looking really positive. Either way, whatever model comes out, whatever happens next, you really want a system where it doesn't matter what model comes out and you focus on the system, not the model. So we have the Agent OS, for example, and like the day that Fable 5 got taken down, we removed it from our Agent operating system. The day Fable 5 actually came out, we added it inside, right?

And so my point here is like, it doesn't matter what model comes out, just have great systems that are super flexible to whatever comes out next. I'll show you another example. So when we were using Sakana Fugu that just came out a couple of days ago, as soon as it dropped, we'd already added it and created stuff with it inside the Agent operating system. As you can see right here, we even created a separate operating system called WebOS with Fugi as well.

And so my point here is like, whatever drops, you want to have a great system to organize it with. And that's exactly what we've built with the Agent OS, as you can see right here. If you want to get this, it's inside the AI Profit Boardroom. If Fable 5 gets released, we'll have new guides, new tutorials.

We'll add it back inside the Agent OS as well. And inside the community, you can ask questions, get help and support whenever you want. Inside the classroom, you can see all of our new trainings and new daily updates. Inside the calendar, you can actually jump on four weekly coaching calls about AI automation, how to save time, how to scale.

If you get stuck with anything technically, you can ask questions inside there too. Inside the map as well, you can meet people in your local area who are building with Claude and other models like this. And if you want to get all that, it's inside the AI Profit Boardroom. Link in the comments description or go to the AIprofitboardroom.com.

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