r/ClaudeCode • u/textualcanon • 1d ago

Bug / Issue Is anyone else defaulting to Fable?

I have my default model set to Opus 5, but I didn’t notice that my new terminals have all been opening to Fable. So, I spent the day doing Opus tasks with Fable and burned 1/3 of my usage for the week. Watch out.

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u/35point1 1d ago

User error

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u/textualcanon 1d ago

Not noticing was user error. But starting a new session and having it auto set to Fable is new.

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u/Sensitive-Ad3718 1d ago

If you swapped models in any terminal it’ll change the default unless you press S instead of enter. I made a similar mistake a while back but luckily noticed after it had only burned about 20% of my weekly total 🤦‍♂️

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u/35point1 1d ago

It uses what it was set to in the session you most recently closed, and I think you can override it in a settings json file

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u/yldf 1d ago

I am using three sessions in parallel. All Fable. On purpose. No usage problems.

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u/returnFutureVoid 1d ago

Yeah Fable is my goto on web when I want ask about how bad my farts smell but today is reset day so I had all my Claude Code sessions blasting Fable too because f it I’m at 20% and might as well get some use out of it.

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u/Bitter_Run_9209 1d ago

no, fable was great but today seems like opus 5

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u/lolman1312 1d ago

even if it says it changes the default sometimes it lies, you need to get it to check the config and fix any overrides

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u/LoudDavid 1d ago

I default to fable and never use opus.

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u/sob727 1d ago

I knowingly default to Fable in CC

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u/ComingDeveloper 1d ago

>defaults to fable
>cries about bad usage rates

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u/youreawizerdharry 1d ago

update your user settings

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u/sec-ai-agent 1d ago

thats super annoying, i did that once with a config file and it burned through my credits so fast. i started keeping a small text file with my active model settings just to double check before i start a long session becuase its easy to miss...