Announcement & FAQ: Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual Plans

Announcement: Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual Plans

Important

June 1, 2026: Usage-based billing for GitHub Copilot is now live for all users and Copilot code review consumes GitHub Actions minutes, in addition to GitHub AI Credits.

⭐ For the most up-to-date information, we have provided more details and a FAQ in this discussion.

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Important

April 24, 2026: We have updated the main body of this post to answer frequently asked questions. We will continue to edit as more information becomes available.

We've recently announced that we’re making the following changes to GitHub Copilot’s Individual plans to protect the experience for existing customers: pausing new sign-ups, tightening usage limits, and adjusting model availability. We know these changes are disruptive, and we want to be clear about why we're making them, and how they will affect you.

Here’s what’s changing and why:

1. New sign-ups for GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student plans are paused: Pausing sign-ups allows us to serve existing customers more effectively.
2. We are tightening usage limits for individual plans. Pro+ plans offer more than 5X the limits of Pro: Users on the Pro plan who need higher limits can upgrade to Pro+. Usage limits are now displayed in VS Code and Copilot CLI to make it easier for you to avoid hitting these limits.
3. Opus models are no longer available in Pro plans: Opus 4.7 remains available in Pro+ plans. As we announced in our changelog, Opus 4.5 and Opus 4.6 will be removed from Pro+.

For full details on all of the changes and how usage limits work in GitHub Copilot, visit the GitHub Blog: Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual Plans

These changes are necessary to ensure we can serve existing customers with a predictable experience. If you hit unexpected limits or these changes just don’t work for you, you can cancel your Pro or Pro+ subscription and receive a refund for the time remaining on your current subscription. ℹ️ Instructions are included in the FAQ below.

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This community is managed by GitHub employees, but it is not a support forum and there is no SLA or guarantee each post will get a response from a community manager or product leader.

We will not permit harassment of other users and GitHub staff. We will remove and posts or comments that violate the Community Code of Conduct and block those accounts from this org. This is consistent with our normal moderation practices.

📌 Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to request a refund

To request a refund, go to Settings → Billing and licensing → Licensing, select Manage subscription, then choose Cancel and refund "subscription". (The phrasing varies slightly depending on your subscription ). This option will be available until May 20.

For more information, visit our docs: About billing for individual GitHub Copilot plans

Important

The Community Discussions is a public forum, please do not share any personal or billing information like email address, password, or payment information when posting.

2. Can existing customers change plans?

While new sign-ups are paused, users with existing plans can still migrate between paid plans.

• Who can migrate?

  • ✅ Verified students with Copilot Student already activated can upgrade to Pro/Pro+
  • ✅ Users with an active Pro subscription can upgrade to Pro+
  • ❌ Users on Copilot Free are not eligible to upgrade to Pro/Pro+
  • ❌ Users on GitHub Pro with Copilot Free are not eligible to upgrade to Copilot Pro/Pro+

• Caution ⚠️

  • Cancelling your Pro or Pro+ plan is not reversible (except for verified students).
  • If you cancel your Pro or Pro+ plan, you will not be able to resubscribe to a new plan at that level. You will still be eligible for Copilot Free.
  • There is no workaround or exception for this at this time.

3. I've hit my seven-day limit - what do I do?

Auto will continue to work once you've hit your 7-day limit. We're aware of some errors and are actively investigating those flagged in this thread. Thank you for reporting them.

Starting June 1, users will have monthly included usage (just like they do today with PRUs). However, all model usage will incur AI Credit consumption. There are no options to continue using Copilot without waiting for the included usage to reset, enabling additional spend, or upgrading.

4. Why am I hitting rate limits sooner?

New rate limits are part of this change, including further restrictions on individual rates. We’re also adding more transparent rate-limit tracking, so it’s easier to see when you’re approaching your limits. We do not have an ETA, yet when this will ship.

5. Why was Opus removed from Copilot Pro?

Opus-family models have been removed from Copilot Pro. Rate limits that would be required to keep Opus sustainable on Pro would result in a worse overall experience than using a capable model without those limits. Users would likely hit their cap very quickly.

6. Can I get an exception or workaround?

At this time, we’re not able to offer exceptions or workarounds for this change.

Copilot Free remains available for signups, and existing users will not be removed.

🎒 GitHub Education and Student Specific Questions

7. Why can't I sign up for Copilot Student right now?

New signups for Copilot Student are currently paused while we work to provide a more reliable experience for all users. If you already have access, it will remain active.

A few important notes:

• Existing Copilot Student/Copilot Pro/Pro+ users will not be removed.
• Verified students with Copilot Student already activated can upgrade to Pro/Pro+.
• Copilot Free remains available for signups.

8. What exactly changed for Education users?

These updates apply across Copilot plans, including Education users.

• The main changes are:

  • New signups for Copilot Student, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ are paused
  • Opus-family models are being removed from Copilot Pro.
  • New rate limits are being introduced.
  • More transparent rate-limit progress is being added.

• What is not changing:

  • Code completion remains free.
  • Existing users will not be removed.

9. I renewed my student coupon early and lost access to Copilot Student. Is that expected?

Renewing your student coupon early should not remove your Copilot Student access. If you are having trouble, please contact us.

10. I'm newly eligible for Copilot Student but have never activated it. Can I sign up now?

At this time, new activations of Copilot Student, Pro, and Pro+ are paused.

Your GitHub Education verification is active and has not been removed. The pause affects the ability to activate Copilot Student or a Copilot paid plan. When signups resume, you will be able to activate the Education benefit if you are still eligible. In the meantime, Copilot Free remains available for signups.

We do not have an estimated timeframe to share yet for when the pause will end. Updates will be posted in this discussion post.

🟣 GitHub Pro

11. What's the difference between GitHub Pro and Copilot Pro?

• GitHub Pro is a plan for your GitHub account itself. It enables you to access additional features GitHub Pages, Wikis, and more Actions minutes.
• Copilot Pro is an AI coding assistant subscription and a separate product.

12. I have a GitHub Pro plan, does that mean I can upgrade to Copilot Pro/Pro+?

• The plan names are similar but GitHub Pro does not include access to Copilot, and new signups for Copilot Pro/Pro+ are currently paused.
• GitHub Pro users with an active Copilot Pro subscription can upgrade to Copilot Pro+.

13. I bought a GitHub Pro plan thinking it would enable access to Copilot Pro/Pro+ plans, how do I cancel it?

• Please schedule a plan downgrade and reach out to support to request a refund.
• There are an extremely high volume of Support tickets right now, yours will be answered in the order it was received based on the amount of tickets ahead of yours. Please open only one ticket per refund request.

[ibrunob]

so now if i want to use an opus model i have to use the x7.5 xd. big L github.
Edit: GPT5.5 is also x7.5 xddddddddddd

[FinnyDo]

Yea, I've just disabled the Copilot extension in VSCode and have installed the Claude extension. Back in business :)

https://www.infoworld.com/article/4171274/anthropic-puts-claude-agents-on-a-meter-across-its-subscriptions.html

You have impeccable timing.

AI costs too much to profitably sell. These changes are probably still operating at a loss, boyo. Generative AI is just more convincing bored apes. It will be abandoned just as convincingly.

[stuff-it]

Do not use anthropic's claude. Their usage restrictions and unrealistic pricing structure is not something users should support. I highly recommend you discontinue using Claude and switch to another AI platform.

[PandorasBox-Byte]

This is kinda of a joke, I have a pro plan and switched my bank provider AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE of changing my subscription billing card it ran out and I cannot renew the pro subscription, so now I will stop using GitHub’s agents and switch to another for vscode, probably Claude as that’s my current fav model but tbh Anthropics pricing is kind of a joke 🙃….

[JadaDev]

Time to move to something different, overall it was a nice experience sadly didn't last long, I just wonder who came up with a horrible idea as this ? i means good luck winning any clients, i hope everyone no exceptions cancels their subscriptions so you understand what you did is completely wrong.

[Ileices]

Time to move to something different, overall it was a nice experience sadly didn't last long, I just wonder who came up with a horrible idea as this ? i means good luck winning any clients, i hope everyone no exceptions cancels their subscriptions so you understand what you did is completely wrong.

When they put the 300 requests per month limit a long time ago i saw the writing on the wall...started making an alternative that uses thousands of free request or paid APIs let me know if you want to try it. Its not done yet but its free

Sent from a Personal_IDE

[Limhax1]

First they removed all the good models from the student plan, now they remove them from the paid plans?? disappointing.

[stuff-it]

GO TO YOUR SETTINGS AND DISABLE
"Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training
Allow GitHub to collect and use my Inputs, Outputs, and associated context to train and improve AI models. Read more in the Privacy Statement."

DISABLE THIS AND DO NOT LET THEM TRAIN ON YOUR DATA OR INFORMATION. IF THEY GIVE A DISCOUNT OF OVER 50 or more, than I think it would be find to let them train on your data.

[Ileices]

The will still train on your data just pretend they didnt.

[Ileices]

If they offered profit share id enable mine..but its moot

[wzhouwzhou]

Exactly why we need to action on it: discussion comment 16798349

[FinnyDo]

The will still train on your data just pretend they didnt.

The only data they are training on is what you decided to use. If you're heavily using AI, letting them train on your data is likely to be the more injurious course of action.

[lehuygiang28]

very disappointing!

[stuff-it]

GO TO YOUR SETTINGS AND DISABLE
"Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training
Allow GitHub to collect and use my Inputs, Outputs, and associated context to train and improve AI models. Read more in the Privacy Statement."

DISABLE THIS AND DO NOT LET THEM TRAIN ON YOUR DATA OR INFORMATION. IF THEY GIVE A DISCOUNT OF OVER 50 or more, than I think it would be find to let them train on your data.

[artidones]

This is so outrageous and insane that it borders on abuse. Imagine offering a product and, halfway through, while you're PAYING, they remove your already expensive product—you've already spent a lot—and you still don't have access to it anymore. It's utter nonsense.

[saddamshahuet]

This is so bad. I didn't realize it also impacted people who already prepaid for a year subscription. This is a really bad look.

Agreed. I was also thinking that I probably made a mistake of not opting to purchase the yearly subscription before hand expecting the new policy shouldn't be affecting the agreements and contracts made before the change. Thats how it should be. This is purely a breach of contract, isn't it?

[masterpatrickpl-coder]

@artidones We understand this is frustrating. Calling this out from the post above with regards to paid subscriptions:

If you hit unexpected limits or these changes just don't work for you, you can cancel your Pro or Pro+ subscription and you will not be charged for April usage. Please reach out to GitHub support between April 20 – May 20 for a refund.

I agree that people can with their own free will (and money) opt-out if they are dissatisfied. That's how it should be.

The most difficult part and perhaps where frustration kicks in, is that there was not a lot of time to act. So if working with these models under the pre-existing constraints were the motor oil, you might go a little crazy seeing prices more than double, with limitations of how much oil you can put in your vehicle. Suddenly, trips that made the world spin for you halts or significantly alters short-term goals. The expectation put on users is the ability to immediately be able to reroute, and that seems a bit unreasonable to an extend.

It's tough, because Github Copilot has genuinely been a good and cheap product in comparison to other providers — and this move simply forces users to make "seemingly" unnecessary risks out of the blue.

A lot of us know that the demand has been extremely high on all providers, and as providers you navigate whale infested waters no doubt. But for perhaps your average Joe, it may seem sudden leaving them unprepared, naked and vulnerable.

So while the move IMO is more than welcome, a heads-up in the users IDE/CLI weeks prior seems to have been missed opportunities to be in the best interest of the users. Despite the chaos, thank you for your efforts and your services, I understand the reasoning and also the frustration in the other end.

Agreed, as a solo dev, copilot pro was a very good, cheap, and useful product. Alongside the frustration of these new awsome rate limits, I've also lost the most useful model. (yay). I'm not paying microsoft $40 just because they could not be bothered to use some of their billions to keep the service going, and people happy. Nope. Wonder what their PR team is going to do about this. I suppose I might as well try and get a good gpu and go local.....

[stuff-it]

GO TO YOUR SETTINGS AND DISABLE
"Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training
Allow GitHub to collect and use my Inputs, Outputs, and associated context to train and improve AI models. Read more in the Privacy Statement."

DISABLE THIS AND DO NOT LET THEM TRAIN ON YOUR DATA OR INFORMATION. IF THEY GIVE A DISCOUNT OF OVER 50 or more, than I think it would be find to let them train on your data.

[FinnyDo]

This is so outrageous and insane that it borders on abuse. Imagine offering a product and, halfway through, while you're PAYING, they remove your already expensive product—you've already spent a lot—and you still don't have access to it anymore. It's utter nonsense.

This is no longer being willing to sell a product at a loss. Now you know what it costs (probably still 25-50% more, but this is probably within an order of magnitude of the cost to provide service) so now you know what the haters have been trying to tell you for like two years. It will be interesting to see what their Q2 and Q3 revenue looks like. Probably bad enough to pop some bubbles.

[goulvenclech]

Yep... I saw this coming, but it's disappointing to see you soft-deprecating the service to nudge us towards the door. I suppose per-request billing wasn't profitable... The line « If you hit unexpected limits or these changes just don't work for you, you can cancel your Pro or Pro+ subscription and you will not be charged for April usage. » makes the manoeuvre rather obvious…

Time to give Claude Code another go!

[firecraftentertainment]

🤔 How close are we from seeing the "Max" subscription plan. I am seriously considering refunding my github copilot pro+ subscriptions and switching to Claude 200$ plan but I am holding back in hope to see a better deal from microsoft.

[SagaciousFish]

Based on their recent moves, my guess is that the Max plan might just be the experience you already have with the old Pro+, at a higher price.

[barpas]

According to the official Claude price list (and this is how we will pay in the new copilot), the tokens that can be squeezed from a max200 subscription would cost about $4,000 per month - do they really think they will find suckers who will pay such rates?

[stuff-it]

GO TO YOUR SETTINGS AND DISABLE
"Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training
Allow GitHub to collect and use my Inputs, Outputs, and associated context to train and improve AI models. Read more in the Privacy Statement."

DISABLE THIS AND DO NOT LET THEM TRAIN ON YOUR DATA OR INFORMATION. IF THEY GIVE A DISCOUNT OF OVER 50 or more, than I think it would be find to let them train on your data.

[FinnyDo]

🤔 How close are we from seeing the "Max" subscription plan. I am seriously considering refunding my github copilot pro+ subscriptions and switching to Claude 200$ plan but I am holding back in hope to see a better deal from microsoft.

https://www.infoworld.com/article/4171274/anthropic-puts-claude-agents-on-a-meter-across-its-subscriptions.html Lol. You were a sucker. This was never going to be economical, and you were never the target customer. Even enterprise is starting to balk at this stuff, though. LLMs are going to be abandoned.

[winxpqq955]

since that case u should add chinese models xd

[maxvisionai]

nowhere near enough to keep paying. i have a year sub that i converted to pro+ and this bs about the weekly token cap is clearly BAIT-AND-SWITCH. why TF would I pay microsoft/github $40/month for something I get free or $10/month (minimax, glm, qwen, etc). minimax has been far more stable than anthropic or copilot. there are already many models that beat opus 4.6 on avg benchmarks, and as you all know opus is widely seen as king. (it isn't though. pull up pinchbench dot com and click to sort by avg score, which if you are intelligent it is immediately obvious why that matters more than the outlier "best ever" that happened on that one test one time. notice how many beat opus. (currently 3 but this varies))

[dev-indigente]

nem de longe o suficiente para continuar pagando. Tenho um sub anual que converti para pro+ e esta melhor sobre o limite semanal de tokens é claramente BAIT-AND-SWITCH. Por que diabos eu pagaria à Microsoft/Github US$ 40/mês por algo que ganho de graça ou US$ 10/mês (Minimax, GLM, Qwen, etc). O Minimax tem sido muito mais estável do que o Antropic ou o Copilot. já existem muitos modelos que superam o opus 4.6 em benchmarks médios e, como todos sabem, o opus é amplamente visto como rei. (mas não é. Abra o pinchbench dot com e clique para classificar por pontuação média, o que, se você for inteligente, fica imediatamente óbvio por que é importante mais do que o "melhor de todos os tempos" atípico que aconteceu naquele teste uma vez. observe quantas beat opus. (atualmente 3, mas isso varia))

And where do you pay 10 dollars to access these Chinese models?

[erperejildo]

Also interested

[newbpydev]

nem de longe o suficiente para continuar pagando. Tenho um sub anual que converti para pro+ e esta melhor sobre o limite semanal de tokens é claramente BAIT-AND-SWITCH. Por que diabos eu pagaria à Microsoft/Github US$ 40/mês por algo que ganho de graça ou US$ 10/mês (Minimax, GLM, Qwen, etc). O Minimax tem sido muito mais estável do que o Antropic ou o Copilot. já existem muitos modelos que superam o opus 4.6 em benchmarks médios e, como todos sabem, o opus é amplamente visto como rei. (mas não é. Abra o pinchbench dot com e clique para classificar por pontuação média, o que, se você for inteligente, fica imediatamente óbvio por que é importante mais do que o "melhor de todos os tempos" atípico que aconteceu naquele teste uma vez. observe quantas beat opus. (atualmente 3, mas isso varia))

And where do you pay 10 dollars to access these Chinese models?

You can access some of those models through tools like Ollama and OpenCode Go, and if you use Z.ai’s GLM 5.1, the pricing can be very reasonable for the amount of work you get out of it.

In my case, with a heavy multi-subagent workflow, I can usually push it close to the limit and still get a lot of usable time before the 5-hour reset window. Most people will probably never hit that level of usage, so for average users it can stretch quite a bit further.

I bought the yearly Pro plan for around $145 back in December, and last I checked it looked closer to $180. I locked it in early because I suspected the price would go up later.

As for the model quality, I would compare GLM more to the Sonnet 4.5 style of model behavior. Earlier versions felt closer to that, and while they can sometimes get a bit verbose, they are still genuinely useful models to work with. I have not yet put 5.1 through my longest workflows, so I would not overstate that part yet, but the early results are promising.

OpenCode and Ollama also make these models easier to test, but the real answer is still the same: do the math for your own workflow. That is what matters most. Pricing only looks good or bad once you measure it against how many hours of real work you can actually get out of it.

[FinnyDo]

And where do you pay 10 dollars to access these Chinese models?

Someone selling at a loss, I reckon. And the product is much worse. LLMs are fundamentally not a technology worth paying for. If you pay what they cost, you either get affordable catshit or overpriced dogshit.

[Joshdw]

I fully understand the need to make changes like these (although I disagree with the way it was done).

That being said, the BIGGEST issue I have is not the fact that Opus 4.7 costs 7.5x but the fact that it's only on MEDIUM THINKING.

Not only is 4.7 a serious regression to 4.5 and 4.6 but as a Max user on CC, I never run Opus on medium thinking as it's just a complete waste of tokens. Use Opus with High or Max and Sonnet for anything else.

I would highly suggest the team enable High mode for 4.7 on Copilot... that's the least they could do.

[SiddDevZ]

• its gonna be priced more, its a promo price lol

[globalvideos272-lab]

Deleting 4.5/4.6 opus models, its because they actually working, and now they want you to pay more and more money for something that actually working, I guess me and most of others dont really need the 4.7 model, because 4.6 doing the work fine, so why they deleted the 4.5/4.6 opus models, because they want force you pay more and more money for something that actually working 4.7
this is insane from my perspective, now i know how they thinking i cant trust this github anymore

[masterpatrickpl-coder]

Deleting 4.5/4.6 opus models, its because they actually working, and now they want you to pay more and more money for something that actually working, I guess me and most of others dont really need the 4.7 model, because 4.6 doing the work fine, so why they deleted the 4.5/4.6 opus models, because they want force you pay more and more money for something that actually working 4.7 this is insane from my perspective, now i know how they thinking i cant trust this github anymore

Great analysis, That's exactly how I would put it.

[fabiochorobura]

Remover o Opus é um tiro no pé...

Ao menos para mim, pois com a exclusão deles para meu plano (PRO +), me vem à pergunta, vale a pena continuar usando o github, ou vale a pena migrar diretamente pra Claude?

[Mistralys]

Working with Opus 4.7 for the last few days... it's bad. Really, really bad. At least in its current form, it consistently goes off script compared to 4.6, to the point that it's essentially useless.

[Automation-Dude]

This is tremendously terrible behaviour GH. Nothing more than a money grab once again, we are already paying 3X the tokens for the model and do so sparingly. Why would you make this an incremental cost on your side? We know its possible because we were already using it.

Big Thumbs Down from an org based on enablement for all.

[masterpatrickpl-coder]

This is tremendously terrible behaviour GH. Nothing more than a money grab once again, we are already paying 3X the tokens for the model and do so sparingly. Why would you make this an incremental cost on your side? We know its possible because we were already using it.

Big Thumbs Down from an org based on enablement for all.

An organisation owned by one of the most evil companies on earth, none other than everybody's favourite, Microsoft.

[prestijo2015al]

It feels like this plane is being repaired mid-flight.

[tomfleet]

It feels like the plane is being repaired while burning on the ground...

[Altroo]

it feels like the plane was fine, but the staff decided to sabotage it anyway

[04041b]

Feels like the "copilot" just doesn't feel like it and opens the door mid-flight.

[SMARK2022]

This bait-and-switch is completely unacceptable.

You silently killed Opus 4.6 which completely broke my agent coding workflows and CLI tasks right when I needed them most.

First you stripped the student access, then you introduced opaque hourly + weekly rate limits that just making the AUTO model throw 401 token expired errors, and now we are suddenly expected to pay $40/month!!!! just to get a restricted 4.7 locked on medium thinking?

We subscribed for a reliable dev tool, not a rug pull. If your infrastructure can't handle the load, don't sell the tier. :D

[masterpatrickpl-coder]

I'm not worried about Microsoft's profitability.

Financially, it was a year of record performance. Revenue was $281.7 billion, up 15 percent. Operating income grew 17 percent to $128.5 billion. And Azure surpassed $75 billion in revenue for the first time, up 34 percent. These results reflect the growing demand for our platform and the trust customers are placing in us. We take neither for granted.

But don't take my word for it. Take theirs!

https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar25/index.html#:~:text=Financially%2C%20it%20was%20a%20year,We%20take%20neither%20for%20granted.

Microsoft has a trust problem, not a financial problem.

And yet, Microsoft is just removing a popular, well used service. Great idea.

[brunosilvainf-crypto]

YouTube streamers and other social media users will love this. The free service itself is already a complete mess, and doing what they're doing out of pure greed will only make things worse. They're just going to create more material to publish and gain views. Now the service is really going down the drain. lol
https://messagebase.net/Read/6346/wow-visual-studio-202x-is-a-dead-product

[Ileices]

if you want to try out my personal-IDE repo its live, still rough though . It load-balances across free API plans (multiple), your own paid keys, and local models in a fallback death spiral. Also runs a 24/7 autobuilding agent. I started building this when I realized Copilot's pricing was a honeymoon. Honeymoon over. June = new multipliers = I can't afford dev testing anymore. If you use it, you can report bugs to my server (get my AI workflow updates) or local-only (your cloud/local models fix stuff).

[FinnyDo]

And yet, Microsoft is just removing a popular, well used service. Great idea.

When a publicly traded company selling a loss leading product talks about revenue and not profit, it's because that loss is leading them straight to the grave.

LLMs are too expensive to pay for. Now you're simply being forced to learn that. Hopefully, you haven't atrophied your brain to the point where you continue to think this stuff is amazing and wonderful. If you wouldn't pay what it costs to make the product, the product is bad.

[stuff-it]

why are we seeing parasites like this in the forums? I hope GIthub will seek out these people and permanently ban all their networks they are associated with. I wish an AI system could seek out every single one of these parasites to destroy their system and any future system they touch.

[awrff]

What are the exact limits for session and weekly usage?

[Shocker]

My case (after 3 weeks of 1-5 hours per day), this started happening yesterday:

[ChrisChainsaw]

I got two requests in and I was rate limited for 5 hours on my Pro account.

[wzhouwzhou]

Predatory and opaque limiting behavior. It's one of the demands outlined here discussion comment 16798349

[Ilitha]

I just started working and the issue I have is the errors AI makes and then charge all those errors against you when instructions are clear. This is infuriating. Also fix the I found YOUR issue when you created the issue and introduced bugs to my code.

[ryansinn]

My case (after 3 weeks of 1-5 hours per day), this started happening yesterday:

yup.

[TriggeredBanana]

Removed Github Student Pack -> People transfered to Github Copilot Pro (Free trials) -> Paused all free trials -> People who were still going to pay afterwards upgrades to Github Copilot Pro -> Removes the top models (Opus 4.5 & Opus 4.6) that most people used from Github Copilot Pro -> ALSO removes/replace Opus 4.5 & Opus 4.6 with Opus 4.7 with more than double the request cost on the more expensive plan...

Github, this is as anti-consumer as you can possibly get within the span of a few weeks. I get you might be losing a bit of money, but straight up removing and replacing the models and plans that people are using/paying for is a dumb move. There are guaranteed tons of people that will 100% cancel their subscription and move to Claude or OpenAI's plans instead.

The main reason I used Github Copilot Pro was because you provided the top Claude models in VS Code with simple integration along with other models such as GPT 5.4. However, removing that also removes peoples incentive to continue their subscription. Why would people not just pay Claude and use their Claude Code with integrated SKILL marketplace and a bunch of useful features instead?

[RazryadStvola]

this is literally what happend to me
So dissapointing
I felt like I got catched into scam lol

[KlomDark]

Yeah this is bullshit, been paying $200/month in overage charges on my Pro account. And they just up and kill it. Sure hope DeepSeek 4 is as good as they are promising.

[jimicze]

Because CC is trash.. but you wanna use Opus model

[Ileices]

i need a github Copilot replacement before June so ive begun back working on my personal ide you can try it too if you want its the personal-ide repo. It's messy but it works: fallback across free tiers, paid models if you have keys, local models as last resort. Plus a 24/7 agent that autobuilds on loop. I've been racing to finish this because I saw the price hike coming. It's here. June = multiplier hell. Also includes in-app reporting — send bugs to my server (get AI workflow updates) or handle locally via cloud/local models. Contributions very welcome.

[NikolaiJDev]

That's nuts, I'm Pro + subscriber and my task was corrupted in middle of the flight. What are you doing???? You removed most usable model for what? for Opus 4.7 which cost almost 3 times more that Opus 4.6, do you think I'm an idiot, I won't pay another round for that just because you want me to pay for that. that's insane you broke my work and orchestration and now you want me to pay more for this kind of service. No way I will do that. Thank for service.

[HaraldWalker]

What other alternatives do we have? Do you think is worth it to pay the max plan from Claude? I am afraid that the usage limits there will be tricky as well, since a lot of users there are just complaining. The thing is that is cost $100, far more than copilot pro+. Using anthropic API could be another alternative, but no idea about the pricing per token.

Any thoughts?

Anthropic is good but expensive. First of all you don't always need those top models. Use the right model for the right task. Optimize your agents, skills, rules, context etc. to get the best results with the least amount of tokens. There are some good models that come close to the Claude's for a fraction of the costs, so you have a choice. Of course your employers should pay for the right tooling.
As the AI landscape is changing quickly, don't lock yourself in with long subscriptions etc. or a single vendor.

[Ileices]

ive been working on a way to completely relieve myself of the burden of big ai totality...So here's my personal-IDE experiment: it spreads requests across free tier accounts, paid APIs (if you plug them in), and local models when everything else is rate-limited. Oh and there's a 24/7 background agent that never stops rebuilding. I started this because Copilot's pricing model was obviously a trap. Trap just sprung. Now I have until June before per-request costs go nuclear. Feel free to raid the repo, contribute, or just steal ideas.

[Ileices]

How big is the context window for Opus 4.7?

REAL BIG

[riaje]

I'm with you, I consider to buy a SSD to have a local open source agent with no money hammer on my head

[AmerBakeerW]

A very stupid decision !!
Unfortunately, Microsoft is deteriorating rapidly, worsening day by day as it plummets into decline.

[KlomDark]

Yeah, see this, straight from the horse's mouth: https://messagebase.net/Read/6346/wow-visual-studio-202x-is-a-dead-product

[jxu]

They're doing better than ever financially

[ehendrix23]

Where can I see those usage limits? I can only see # of premium requests which is useless anyways as usage limits prevents one from getting to 1500 premium requests anyway.

[gakusei25]

Same here. They also said some noncommittal update to be transparent two weeks ago when this was posted. Where is the updated transparency? I checked my account and there is no usage information on these new limits anywhere. No emails, no notification about any of this, either. I had to hit the secret cap today and then look into it myself.

[barpas]

The problem is that GitHub is charging ridiculous prices for these tokens—yes, I know—the same as the official reseller prices. However, these resellers are selling the same tokens 10 times cheaper on different plans. For example, someone pulled tokens for $16,000 from the Claude Max200 plan. Gemini has similar price ranges.
GitHub, if you could get the same prices from Google or Anthropic as they sell for subscriptions, it would make sense. What you've done is a mountain of stupidity.

[mrathorebaq]

I’ve cancelled the subscription, but unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any refund option. I’m now forced to pay the bill despite the sudden pricing changes.

Honestly, this feels very unfair and extremely disappointing as a long-time pro+ user.

[mmuzammilumarsiddiqui-svg]

They never do refunds whatever the case is. I got charged twice on my first pro subscription I generated a ticket for that to get my extra charged refund and there's no response on my ticket it's been 3 months.

[imagine-global]

This new credit system is honestly disappointing.

I’m on the $39 Pro+ plan, and I’ve burned 50% of my monthly quota in just 2 days doing completely normal development work.

That’s not “power usage” — that’s everyday usage.

What’s worse is that now I have to think twice before asking Copilot anything. The whole point of Copilot was to remove friction, not introduce a quota anxiety loop.

Right now it feels like:

• Less freedom to iterate
• Less trust in the tool
• More mental overhead just to manage usage

And here’s the part that might be underestimated:

You might think this is just one frustrated user… it’s not.

A lot of developers are quietly hitting the same wall, and once that tipping point is reached, the shift will be very visible.

If this model doesn’t change, it’s simple:

bye bye Copilot.

Not because we want to leave — but because the current system makes it hard to stay.

[prcris]

Eu usava com o vscode, assinei o chatgpt plus e integrei o codex com o vscode, ele dá uma quantidade de interações a cada 3 horas e 1 volume semanalmente, estou usando desde ontem, é menos do que usava no copiloto, vai dar mais tempo pra tomar café, mas gente, o gpt 5.5 no CODEX é extremamente inteligente e faz tarefas e completas sem erros. Parece que a Microsoft vai fortalecer outros concorrentes!

Olhe meu post seguinte.

[imagine-global]

Let’s be real at this point, there are zero extra benefits left in using Copilot

If this new limitation model is intentional, then just say it clearly: you’re downgrading the product while still charging premium pricing.

Because that’s exactly how it feels.

We’re hitting limits in normal, everyday usage, not abuse, not edge cases. And now we’re supposed to “optimize” how often we ask for help? That completely kills the whole purpose of Copilot.

Meanwhile, alternatives are:

• Smarter
• More reliable
• Less restrictive

So what exactly are we paying for here?

This isn’t a small UX issue this is a fundamental value breakdown

And let’s not pretend this is just one person complaining. A lot of developers are already noticing it, and once people start leaving, it won’t be gradual.

It’ll be a drop.

If this direction continues, then yeah there’s absolutely no reason to re-subscribe anymore.

[hopeseekr]

Ninguém fala português.

[imagine-global]

no but i was interested if he was cursing copilot or what so i had to translate it 😂

[prcris]

Cancelei a assinatura, e recomendo todos a fazerem o mesmo. Se eles passam a cobrar 100x + pelo mesmo serviço prestado, não há como continuar.

Eu usava com o vscode, assinei o chatgpt plus e integrei o codex com o vscode, ele dá uma quantidade de interações a cada 3 horas e 1 volume semanal, estou usando desde ontem, é menos do que usava no copilot, vai dar mais tempo pra tomar café, mas gente, o gpt 5.5 no CODEX é extremamente inteligente e faz tarefas incríveis e completas sem erros. Parece que a microsoft vai fortalecer outros concorrentes!

O meu uso aqui foi 10x maior que o uso que fiz no novo modelo do Copilot

Comparem os gráficos

[prcris]

[anzalzt61]

Github used to be my buddy for coding, now it's just unoptimized money taker haha.

Are you serious 1,500 credits and even the cheapest Gemini 3 Flash-trash costs 5-6 credits for initial prompt with the least context.
That means I'll be out of my monthly plan just for 200-300 prompts even for the cheapest Gemini and maybe 20-30 prompts with GPT 5.4...

At this point you can use Trae or Cursor, somehow even on the same models they're doing better agent orchestra and management, so they more efficient for the same money = cheaper.

RIP Github Copilot 🪦

[gabrieltigua76-ai]

I have been stuck on 'Copilot Free' for over 2 weeks after my temporary paid Pro subscription ended on May 13th. My GitHub Student Developer Pack is fully active ($0.00 base plan), but the system glitched during the migration back to Copilot Student due to the global pause. Ticket ID #4388479 has been completely ignored in 'Open' status for 18 days. Please, I need an admin override to restore my previous active entitlement.

[gilo-khape]

same !

[lgenzelis]

I really hope they add a basic tier for inline suggestions only. It's literally the only thing I was using copilot for. 😅

[rayrite]

I believe the pro subscription still offers unlimited inline suggestions

[bhuvaneshwa]

Hello GitHub Team,

I am a GitHub Copilot Pro user and would like to request the option to continue using a request-based quota model instead of the new AI-credit-based billing system.

As an individual developer, it is much easier for me to track and manage a fixed number of monthly requests than to estimate AI credit consumption across different models and features. A transparent request-based plan helps me budget usage and avoid unexpected limitations.

Please consider offering an option where users can choose between AI-credit-based billing and a fixed request-based monthly quota.

Another concern is transparency and predictability. Under the previous request-based model, I could focus on development without worrying about how quickly my quota was being consumed. With the current credit-based system, I find myself monitoring usage frequently and avoiding certain features because I am unsure of their credit cost.

I would also appreciate clearer visibility into credit consumption, including estimated costs before running tasks and detailed explanations of how credits are calculated afterward. This would help developers make informed decisions and use Copilot more effectively.

Thank you for your consideration and for continuing to improve GitHub Copilot.

[begin2]

the same work one day: copilot pro+ ($39) - 60% , cursor ($20) - 30% - GitHub, you really shot yourself in the foot with this greediness. Unless you were operating at a loss—and if so, you should've looked at how Cursor handles it way sooner

[hopeseekr]

Well, I made my own AI Harness for 100% local and/or OpenRouter.AI models in 2025 and I have been patiently waiting for this day since.

https://www.autonomo.codes/

Contact me if you have an OpenRouter.ai account filled with at least $50. This lasts me over 2 months, personally, coding all day every day.

I'll get you personally onboarded.

Autonomo AI gives you 10,000+ interactions per month with pass-thru billing to OpenRouter.AI via your own tokens. It's a completely different experience than Cursor or Codex. You have to drive it manually, but you also won't have AIs deleting your databases.

[begin2]

With this move, GitHub really screwed themselves over.The entry-level plans should be set up so that even with the smallest model, a monthly subscription covers casual use—not just twice a month, but a few times a day. The Pro+ plan should last for a full month of normal work, just like it did until now. And I’m talking about $1\times$ models here, not $15\times$ or $30\times$.If they are changing the rules, they should be upfront about it: tell us that for $39 you get two days of fun, and that a proper Pro+ plan will now cost $600. At least then you know exactly how much normal work is going to cost you, and if you don’t like it, you can look for alternatives. Instead, they rolled out these new plans, hid in the shadows, and what are they expecting? That users won't notice? That even if half of them leave, the remaining half will cover the losses?It's a pretty weak move, and I think they miscalculated. People who use Copilot for agentic coding aren't stupid—they will look for alternatives. VS Code isn't the center of the universe, and it’s incredibly easy to either switch to another plugin or jump to a different fork.Honestly, I’m really curious about the calculus behind this. Who tweaked their numbers and convinced them this would go well, without losing tens of percent of their loyal user base?

[has00000meh-lab]

This is honestly a seriously miscalculated move.

The entry-level plan is no longer “casual use” — it’s basically a demo tier with hard limits that get hit within minutes of real development work. Calling this a subscription is misleading at best.

And Pro+ is even worse. What used to be a full month of usable, real-world coding assistance has effectively been reduced to a few days of actual work before you’re throttled into unusable territory.

If this is the new reality, then be transparent about it:
Just say it clearly — “$39 gets you a couple of days of meaningful usage, and real professional usage now costs $500–$600+ per month.” At least then developers can make an informed decision instead of discovering the limits mid-workflow.

The biggest issue here isn’t even price — it’s unpredictability. Developers don’t build workflows around random, shifting usage caps. When a tool becomes unreliable in the middle of actual work, it loses its value entirely.

And let’s be real: Copilot and VS Code are not monopolies. Developers are not locked-in users. Switching tools or moving to alternatives is not nearly as hard as this pricing strategy assumes.

I’m genuinely curious what internal calculation led to this decision. Because from the outside, it looks like a trade-off of long-term trust and user base stability for short-term revenue — and that rarely ends well.

[Andres-Escobar]

"Hello,

As of June 1, 2026: Usage-based billing for GitHub Copilot is now live for all users and Copilot code review consumes GitHub Actions minutes, in addition to GitHub AI Credits.

As part of this release, we're also launching new user-level budget controls, expanded context windows, and enabling upgrades to Copilot Max.

As newer information is available, some details in this discussion may no longer be current. We'll be closing this post and recommend subscribing to the linked discussion for the latest updates and guidance."

So, GitHub's new plan is... they read all the negative comments, don't give a single crap, tell you 'it doesn't matter, just upgrade to Max' ($100 USD, or maybe they'll raise it later, and with any luck, it'll last you a few days) and that's it, boom, end of story, lock the thread XD. And they think that's gonna keep us quiet and happy? Big fail.

[imagine-global]

Exactly what I said before.

If they clearly don’t care about their users, then why should we keep paying?

We were software engineers before AI and we’ll still be software engineers with or without it. These tools are supposed to accelerate us not limit us, meter us, and then upsell us when we hit normal usage.

What happened here is obvious:
They saw the backlash, ignored it, locked the discussion, and basically said:
Pay more or deal with it.

That’s not a product strategy that’s a cash grab.

So yeah… no more subscription for me.

I’d rather switch to any alternative that actually respects developers and understands real-world workflows than keep paying for something that’s getting worse on purpose.

You can’t downgrade the experience and expect people to just accept it.

Developers notice. And they move on.

🆕 Community Manager Update: June 1, 2026

Important

June 1, 2026: Usage-based billing for GitHub Copilot is now live for all users and Copilot code review consumes GitHub Actions minutes, in addition to GitHub AI Credits.

⭐ For the most up-to-date information, we have provided more details and a FAQ in this discussion.

As newer information is available, some details in this discussion may no longer be current. We'll be closing and locking this post and recommend subscribing to the linked discussion for the latest updates and guidance.

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