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Tools2026-08-11 · source-backed
The changelog for 2026-08-10 shows feature flags were being evaluated without the user's subscription tier when a session started with an expired login token, which could prompt Max plan users to enable usage credits for Fable. If you saw that prompt and wondered why, that's why. Same release fixes /tui restoring conversations rewound past their first message, and cuts event-loop stalls on file-not-found suggestions and at-mention size checks.
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