Claude

Anthropic's model family. Track releases, access, limits, Claude Code, Cowork, and the events that change how the models are used.

Events recorded: 55. Jun 29, 2026 to Sep 24, 2026. Newest first.

Timeline

September 2026

  1. Update🚨 Anthropic is giving you $100 on Pro and $250 on Max to use Cloud Sessions
  2. UpdateClaude Opus 5.5 owns almost the entire Pareto frontier
  3. UpdateOpus 5.5 beats Fable and Astra
  4. Release🚨 Claude Opus 5.5 is out!
  5. Pricing🚨 New Claude Opus drops early next week
  6. LimitsI castrated Claude Code.
  7. UpdateClaude added support for AGENTS.MD
  8. UpdateMy Claude weekly usage was at like 90% and then suddenly dropped to 60%.
  9. Release🚨 Fable 5.2 could launch this month after Astra’s strong debut
  10. Benchmarks🚨 GPT-6 Astra is officially #1 on the updated Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, sharing the top spot with Claude Fable 5.1.
  11. UpdateOpenClaw can use Claude subscriptions again
  12. UpdateGPT 6 Astra and Fable 5.1 got 20 attempts to pick up a block and place it into a bowl
  13. UpdateClaude is no longer the best model for frontend
  14. UpdateGPT 6 Astra and Fable 5.1 got 20 attempts to pick up a block and place it into a bowl
  15. UpdateClaude Code is having issues again.
  16. Benchmarks⚡️ Muse Spark takes 3rd place on the AA Intelligence Index, tying Claude Fable 5 and beating GPT-5.6 Sol
  17. Release⚡️ Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1.
  18. Release🚨CLAUDE FABLE 5.1 IS OUT
  19. Leak🚨 Claude Fable 5.1 just showed up in the docs

August 2026

  1. LeakFable 5.1 is now registered in the AWS Bedrock API, so the release is probably getting really close.
  2. LimitsClaude Code limits are growing by -25% on September 14
  3. Update⚡️ Anthropic may already be A/B testing Fable 5.1
  4. Release🚨 Claude Code can now be started remotely from your phone
  5. Limits⚡ Anthropic has extended the higher Claude Code limits.
  6. Update🚨 Hidden reasoning from GPT, Claude and Gemini can now be extracted
  7. Update⚡️ Claude now leaves an invisible watermark directly in generated text
  8. Update⚡️ Anthropic loosened Fable 5 safeguards
  9. Update⚡️ Anthropic is building its own chips for Claude

July 2026

  1. UpdateClaude Opus made a Mario Kart clone.
  2. UpdateJetBrains MythBusters tested the Ponytail skill for Claude Code
  3. Leak🚨 LEAK: Two new OpenAI models, Zinc and Magnesium, appeared in DesignArena.
  4. UpdateI thought this was a joke.
  5. Benchmarks⚡️ Claude Opus 5 has taken the #1 spot in the Frontend Arena
  6. Release⚡️ Claude Opus 5 is out
  7. Benchmarks⚡️ Claude Opus 5 outperforms Fable in benchmarks
  8. Update⚡️ RELEASE: CLAUDE OPUS 5
  9. Release⚡️ Claude Code can now test iOS apps
  10. UpdateClaude Cowork can now learn from a screen recording
  11. UpdateFable disproved an 87-year-old conjecture
  12. Update⚡️ FABLE IS HERE TO STAY
  13. LimitsCLAUDE RESET THE LIMITS
  14. LeakClaude Code now has a built-in browser
  15. LimitsClaude finally reset the limits.
  16. Update⚡️ Claude Fable has been extended for 5 days
  17. LimitsClaude Cowork is coming to mobile and web
  18. UpdateFable will be available until 11:59 PM PT on 7/7
  19. UpdateClaude got a lobotomy and did not fall apart
  20. UpdateGoogle AI Lead ported Command & Conquer: Generals with Claude Code
  21. UpdateClaude has a setting many people leave enabled by default.
  22. PricingFable 5 got jailbroken again
  23. LimitsClaude reset limits for Fable’s return
  24. UpdateFable 5 is back.
  25. ReleaseClaude Desktop is now on Linux
  26. LimitsClaude Fable is back!

June 2026

  1. UpdateJob titles no longer work - that’s how Boris Cherny, Head of Claude Code sees it

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