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Does the Fable 5 suspension apply to you?
This is now historical. The US lifted its export controls on June 30, 2026, and Anthropic restored Fable 5 worldwide on July 1 — the foreign-national restriction below no longer applies, so whatever your status, you can use Fable 5 again (in-plan on Max and Team Premium, on usage credits for Pro). The checker is kept as a record of what the June 12 directive said. Read what happened → · What it costs now →
On June 12, 2026 Anthropic said a US export-control directive required suspending Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access for foreign nationals, whether inside or outside the United States — a restriction that has since been lifted. Tap your situation to see what the directive said about it, our analysis at the time, and where things landed.
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On a work or student visa, the directive's wording includes you.
Anthropic's June 12 statement says the directive covers “foreign nationals, whether inside or outside the United States.” By that wording, visa holders — H-1B, L, O, F, OPT — are in the named group. Source: Anthropic, Jun 12 2026
At the time, what was unsettled was how the block reached you — the directive named who, not how it was enforced. That's now moot: the controls were lifted on June 30 and Fable 5 is back for everyone, so visa status no longer gates your access.
It lifted. The US withdrew the controls on June 30, 2026 and Fable 5 returned worldwide on July 1 — the visa-holder restriction below no longer applies, so you can use Fable 5 again (in-plan on Max and Team Premium, on usage credits for Pro).
- You can use Fable 5 again — it's back for everyone as of July 1.
- It now bills through usage credits — see what it costs (details →).
- On an employer's Claude account, any remaining block is your org's account-level decision — not your nationality.
Build → Codex (GPT-5.5) as primary (Claude Code may be unavailable to you); judgment → GPT-5.5 Pro; cheap/bulk → GLM-5.2 (Zhipu) + DeepSeek via OpenRouter. Get your exact setup → · Compare alternatives → · Current status →
This is our reading of the public wording — not official guidance, not legal advice. If it matters for work, confirm with your employer (on a new directive they may be reading the same text we are).
You're a US citizen — not who the directive names.
The directive restricts access for “foreign nationals” — it does not name US citizens. Source: Anthropic, Jun 12 2026
On a personal Claude plan you're the least likely to lose access. The one wrinkle is org-level: a company or enterprise Claude account could apply a blanket restriction while it sorts eligibility — that's an account-layer decision by your org, not your status.
- Use Fable 5 normally — it's back for everyone as of July 1 (current status →).
- On a company / enterprise Claude account? Ask that account's admin whether they still apply any restriction.
- Fable 5 has already returned worldwide, so there's nothing left to wait on.
Based on the directive's wording; not legal advice. Bookmark a fallback (the picker →) in case of a broad outage.
Green card: the wording doesn't cleanly resolve your case.
The directive says “foreign nationals” and doesn't define the term for this case. Source: Anthropic, Jun 12 2026
At the time this was genuinely unsettled: a lawful permanent resident isn't a citizen, and export-control “foreign national” definitions sometimes include green-card holders and sometimes don't. It no longer matters for access — the controls were lifted on June 30 and Fable 5 is back for everyone.
It lifted. Fable 5 returned worldwide on July 1, 2026, so green-card status no longer affects whether you can use it.
- You can use Fable 5 again — it's back for everyone as of July 1.
- It now bills through usage credits — see what it costs (details →).
- On an employer's Claude account, any remaining block is an account-layer decision, separate from your status.
Judgment → GPT-5.5 Pro; build → Codex (GPT-5.5), or keep Claude Code if your access holds; cheap/bulk → GLM-5.2 + DeepSeek via OpenRouter. Get your exact setup → · Alternatives →
Our reading of the public wording — not legal advice. An attorney or employer can advise, but on a new directive they may be reading the same text.
Outside the US: being abroad doesn't exempt you.
The directive covers foreign nationals “whether inside or outside the United States” — your country doesn't exempt you. Source: Anthropic, Jun 12 2026
At the time you were in the named group, and being outside the US didn't exempt you. That restriction is gone: the controls were lifted on June 30 and Fable 5 came back worldwide — foreign nationals abroad included.
It lifted, and worldwide — not just for US-status users. Fable 5 returned globally on July 1, 2026, so your location no longer affects access.
- You can use Fable 5 again — it's back worldwide as of July 1.
- It now bills through usage credits — see what it costs (details →).
- Cloud providers (Bedrock, Google Cloud, Foundry) have been re-enabled in stages, so check your provider's console before building against it.
Build → Codex (GPT-5.5); judgment → GPT-5.5 Pro; cheap/bulk → GLM-5.2 + DeepSeek via OpenRouter. Get your exact setup → · Alternatives → · Status →
Our reading of the public wording — not legal advice.
It comes down to one thing: do you hold US status?
The directive restricts access for “foreign nationals, whether inside or outside the United States.” Source: Anthropic, Jun 12 2026
At the time, US status was the hinge — citizens likely fine, others likely affected. That's now moot: the controls were lifted on June 30 and Fable 5 is back worldwide, so status no longer decides your access.
- You can use Fable 5 again — it's back for everyone as of July 1, whatever your status.
- It now bills through usage credits — see what it costs (details →).
- See the news brief for how the reversal happened.
Build → Codex (GPT-5.5); judgment → GPT-5.5 Pro; cheap/bulk → GLM-5.2 + DeepSeek via OpenRouter. Get your exact setup →
Our reading of the public wording — not legal advice.
Reflects Anthropic's June 12, 2026 statement, now historical: the US lifted the controls on June 30 and Fable 5 returned worldwide on July 1, 2026. “Our analysis” is our reading — not official guidance and not legal advice. Independent site, not affiliated with Anthropic.