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Announcement & FAQ: Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual Plans #192963
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Announcement: Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual PlansImportant 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:
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. This discussion may be updated if new information becomes available. Subscribe to receive notifications of any new posts. Caution 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 Questions1. How to request a refundTo request a refund, go to 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.
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. 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 Questions7. 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:
8. What exactly changed for Education users?These updates apply across Copilot plans, including Education users.
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 Pro11. What's the difference between GitHub Pro and Copilot Pro?
12. I have a GitHub Pro plan, does that mean I can upgrade to Copilot Pro/Pro+?
13. I bought a GitHub Pro plan thinking it would enable access to Copilot Pro/Pro+ plans, how do I cancel it?
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so now if i want to use an opus model i have to use the x7.5 xd. big L github. |
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Yeah, I upgraded to Pro+ for more requests for Opus, but that's just too much and I'll run out too quickly. I downgraded to Pro and will stick to Sonnet, but if Qwen3.6-122b is released soon and is good I might just run that locally. Or an 80b Coder model. |
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Github By replacing the previous models with 4.7 and setting a 7.5x multiplier, you are doing exactly what you claimed to avoid: you are forcing users to hit their credit limits 2.5 times faster than before. This isn't 'improving the user experience' or 'managing sustainability'—it’s a transparent word game. You didn't save us from hitting a cap; you simply rebranded a massive price hike as a 'service optimization.' You shifted the entire cost of your infrastructure onto the professional users' productivity, while pretending it was for our own benefit. If you truly cared about us not hitting our limits, you would have kept the more affordable models active. Instead, you've created a system where a professional workflow is now 750% more expensive, and you’re calling it 'simplification.' Please stop using corporate-speak to mask what is clearly a monetization pivot at the expense of your power users. |
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Git hub go in hell dude |
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ran out of the entirety of my Claude Haiku 4,5 Rate Limit, SUPER early into trying to use Copilot to finish a piece of my Phoenix Point Modding project - twice, first on trying to use Agent for assistance, ran out in a few messages, then just a "chat" asking tips from Claude Haiku - it ran dry after trying to process needing assistance with a rather Complex modding question. all on X1 and for sole reason, of it being a Complex Project when I tried to use Free Plan, expecting a positive Outcome -- and it was "just" reading a large Modding Git as secondary supplement -- nevermind that only thing I actually got, was couple Pseudocode Segments, so those are of VERY limited usefulness, too. |
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I in first place -- jumped in coz my Deepseek glitched out and lost access to Web Search API, meaning manually poking at the Git pages for larger Mod, only to get duped out like this -- at least it DID manage to make a Pseudocode Stub that was useful to feed to my Deepseek for moving the Project forward |
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First they removed all the good models from the student plan, now they remove them from the paid plans?? disappointing. |
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I literally moved from a student plan to a paid plan in order to keep using Anthropic's Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6, look where it got us now... |
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Right now any of my student plan models are not Working |
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I was first getting constant crashing during prompts and now I won't even be able to use the specific models I paid for. Very disappointed. |
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my student plan copilot pro downgraded to free plan any one has this issues? |
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@jaisonjsamuel458-web I was on a trial of Copilot Pro that should have switched to monthly billing around the 2nd of this month. However, it appears they didn't bill me, and now I'm stuck on free. |
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very disappointing! |
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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. |
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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. |
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Imagine this is done on day one of the subscription. You are promises a month of X and then on the first day you only get Y. And then you get told "you can always cancel it if you don't like it". Yeah. That's the bare minimum and borders on false advertising. Oh well it was probably covered on page 461 of some TOS. If you struggle then do a batter job at communicating changes. I don't need to ask an AI that tells me to go here to see its gone all tits up. You have the channels to let people know this better. |
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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? |
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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..... |
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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! |
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Yeah, and the replies from the GitHub community admin above are seriously tone deaf. 🙈 |
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I really liked Copilot, and even though I have a paid subscription to Claude, I preferred to use Copilot as it is flexible enough and allows you to change models. This is a kick in the nuts. |
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Last week I notice the Personally I'd like to see it. I'd just rather they just rip the band aid off rather than the slow push out the door. 
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since that case u should add chinese models xd |
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点了 |
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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)) |
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And where do you pay 10 dollars to access these Chinese models? |
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Also interested |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Great analysis, That's exactly how I would put it. |
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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? |
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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. |
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An organisation owned by one of the most evil companies on earth, none other than everybody's favourite, Microsoft. |
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It feels like this plane is being repaired mid-flight. |
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It feels like the plane is being repaired while burning on the ground... |
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it feels like the plane was fine, but the staff decided to sabotage it anyway |
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Feels like the "copilot" just doesn't feel like it and opens the door mid-flight. |
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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 |
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This forum feels like you're screaming into the wind and no one at GitHub / Microsoft is listening. I wrote a breakdown on exactly how this 'rug pull' put profits above our productivity. Microsoft doesn't have a compute problem; they have a trust problem that they manufactured. Here's why we need to move to a BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) model to protect our productivity: https://cabeza.cc/the-copilot-rug-pull-when-tech-giants-lobotomize-your-workflow/ |
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@anjeleno do the math first. even with the updated pricing MS/GH are definitely not getting any profit off of copilot and still subsidize it. but hey - go for it. cancel your Pro, try BYOK and tell us how much you saved |
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@psimsa I have... Before I make any final decision, I'm waiting to see if Microsoft reverses course. If I do rip off the band-aid, I'll gladly share the BYOK math once the migration is done, but you're missing the point. It isn't just about trying to save $10 a month; it's about predictable performance. Right now, losing the unthrottled reasoning of Opus 4.6 and being forced to burn tokens 2.5x faster (jumping from a 3x to a 7.5x multiplier) for a degraded, "Medium thinking" model just isn't worth the price of the subscription. Whether Microsoft is taking a loss on compute or not, silently rug-pulling your paying users isn't the solution. Honesty and transparency should still matter. In the meantime, considering reactivating my Cursor subscription and finding other workarounds to get reliable access to the models I've built workflows around and have come to depend on. |
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And yet, Microsoft is just removing a popular, well used service. Great idea. |
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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 |
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What are the exact limits for session and weekly usage? |
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They will not tell you because else its hard to "tweak" them, aka tighten the limits even more without you noticing ... |
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Unless I was unlucky with recent 2-3 requests (although it was gpt5.4 medium so should eat like 1-2% max), or github being slow (both possible) I think they reduced the total number of requests as well. I have been at ~60-70% and im at 80%. MAYBE I AM INCORRECT. BUT. Without any number from GitHub I WILL assume I am correct and pretend to be angry, while looking for alternative. Google at least has balls to show you all the graphs of your usage. Here? I can only trust that they are not doing anything, while staring at "%" |
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My case (after 3 weeks of 1-5 hours per day), this started happening yesterday: 
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I got two requests in and I was rate limited for 5 hours on my Pro account. |
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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? |
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this is literally what happend to me |
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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. |
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Because CC is trash.. but you wanna use Opus model |
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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. |
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I am on the same boat. What other options do you guys have? This is s*** |
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How big is the context window for Opus 4.7? |
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192k Tokens. Same as 4.6 |
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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+. Any thoughts? |
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I am in a simliar situation like you are. First shocked and angry. Now I also consider other options. My first try was to use other models in Copilot. It seemed to be like in early times. I wanted to change coding logic (Flutter) and gave the same instructions to other models. Nothing felt like Opus 4.6. But I cannot compare anymore. I just find Gemini 3.1 Pro nice to use. Additionally I installed Codex today. May be more people can write their ways too. |
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A very stupid decision !! |
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Yeah, see this, straight from the horse's mouth: https://messagebase.net/Read/6346/wow-visual-studio-202x-is-a-dead-product |
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They're doing better than ever financially |
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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. |
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@admin Your daily/weekly limit notification interrupts models workflow, stop doing this disgusting tactic as feature, better use you existing copilot usage panel rather than interrupting agent task, costing users more. |
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just a little note guys, they don't need your business anymore |
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I'm not even using their premium models , im using models from different providors through api keys , still im getting the weekly rate limit error. Now people can't even use their own models crazy |
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Any info on fully switching to token based pricing? Stuck in limbo really hurts. Don't know if I should refund and have everyone switch or try holding out. |
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It’s fine to have a rate limit like Codex, but why did GitHub disable Opus? A limit of x3 or x5 would be fine for Pro. I rarely code and mostly use code completion, but for debugging and analysis, I need Opus. Sometimes GPT Copilot feels different from GPT in Codex. |
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Same I am observing that there is no way we can use all of our usuage, this doesn't make sense what if keep my premium request to spend at the end of month, I will never able to do it. |
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It wouldn't have felt so bad if opus 4.6 was still there |
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Seriously. I finally have a set of instructions that are okay to work with opus 4.7 for my needs, but I have to baby sit it. Which takes a lot of the fun out of AI pair programming, with delegating tasks to it. Its not creative in trying to figure out adjacent things in line with the work needed. Opus 4.6 had a curiosity and creativity that made it extremely well suited for deep investigations into how my works stupid code base is structured across 570 repos of a bout 300 "micro"services. Opus 4.7 gives up before its made it to anything useful. Where 4.6 would noodle through until we had a concrete plan of the changes we need. Its like Opus 4.7 gets to "an" answer and gives up, it found it. Its taken quite a bit of working on my agent modes, skills, and copilot instructions that add back that curiosity. Based largely on anthopics migration guide from 4.6 to 47. |
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Hi, I'd like to flag a specific situation I think deserves attention. My GitHub Student Developer Pack was verified on April 20, 2026 — the exact same day the signup pause went into effect. This means that despite having an active benefit valid until April 2028, I haven't been able to activate the Copilot Student plan from day one. The issue isn't just lacking access right now: my 2-year benefit window is counting down while the pause lasts, effectively reducing my usable time with no way to recover it. Is there any mechanism to compensate for this lost time, or any way GitHub Education Support could manually activate the benefit for cases like mine? |
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I think it’s pretty clear to everyone that a per-request billing model isn’t as profitable as a per-token one. Logically, it makes sense: big companies are burning through tokens and they couldn't care less. |
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Chasing profit is not wrong, but the most important thing is that, copilot does not perform better than codex or claude code. If it is not cheaper, what is the point to stay. |
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Another Account DowngradeI upgrade to Pro+ to have better limits with Claude Opus 4.6. Now we can't use it because that feature no longer exists for personal plans. Seriously? We can only use the 7.5x more expensive 4.7 which is worse at coding or downgrade to the even worse Sonnet. Y'all must be having a laugh doing this and then waiting for the shocked and angry users you could care less about to respond. This is really bad faith. 
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Limiting what a session can do is ridiculous. How a job being done only depends on the nature of the job. Such limiting actually limit what copilot could do, instead of how users could use it. pro+ is already the highest individual plan, I have no room for upgrade. And by reading the error message for a few times, I guess this is referring to the 5h rate limit. As a Windows platform developer using MSVC to create GUI work, usually my workflow will be asking copilot to debug my application with windbg and UIA at the same time. I think these tools are the unique value that Microsoft offers to make app development so easy. But in order to make agentic engineering being involved, strong agentic power and strong model is necessary. Github copilot is also a Microsoft product, but if it limiting its developments from working fluently for Microsoft platforms, given also that Visual Studio has a much poorer supports of github copilot integration, already pushing me to use vscode, I don't think I need to explain more. |
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This seems like a malicious maneuver...these rate limits are making it so i cant even use all my requests. I get a flow going and then i have to wait till tomorrow to continue? This has made me seek other tools. I knew it would be the end of the golden age of ai eventually but i thought we had maybe another year... Microsoft, youre billionaires. Why so much greed? |
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I agree, the rate limit complaints seem to have offended so folks at the company and the removal of things like claude opus 4.6 is punitive. They really need to follow the google model and make the tools used by most more available not less. I think these same irritated people at the company will continue to add annoying new features for those who complain, i.e., once you hit 50% of your weekly limit you get a notice about it after every prompt. 
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Your screen snippet just gave me ptsd, i just got all worried in this thread even though im not asking ai anything. Thanks alot bro..😭 |
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I have a Pro+ account, but I keep getting rate limited and beside that I noticed we are also being throttled with much slower responses. Almost every message comes with rate limit warnings, which makes it stressful because it constantly feels like I am about to lose access at any moment. I am currently at 38% of my requests, mostly because the extreme rate limits over the past few weeks have made it hard to use it normally. I have been pushing work into 7.5x requests just to get some value out of my subscription, but even then I cannot fully use what I paid for because I keep getting blocked every few hours with 2 to 3 hour waiting periods. I thought Copilot was built for developers, but the current usage limits do not feel developer friendly anymore. The experience feels like torture because it creates constant fear, interruption, and stress for people who are just trying to get real work done. This kind of extreme pressure tactic will scare away serious developers, companies, and heavy users. The only people who may stay are light users or small usage coders who do not rely on the product for serious daily work. That seems like a bad strategy because the customers who need Copilot the most will simply move to other platforms / solutions. Also, offering a refund option may sound generous on the surface, but probably its just all in the big plan to push existing subscribers out so GitHub Copilot can transition into more expensive packages more easily. So be careful, because taking a refund may leave you worse off than staying with the already limited access we have now. In my opinion, the team making these product decisions should be replaced or restructured with a team that understands developers, heavy users, and real customer workflows much better. |
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Can't agree with you more. They came up the "premium request" method which completely fits my needs, and now they move away from it for some reason, and keep limiting actually makes me unsubscribe to other providers who have a "transparent" way of knowing how much context left. |
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This is the reason i havent canceled yet BUT as soon as i find a replacement> i will be dust in the wind... |
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I am writing to express my frustration regarding the recent, unannounced changes to GitHub Copilot plans. Making drastic cuts to usage limits and removing models overnight, without any prior notice, is not a professional way to manage a paid service. This sudden shift has caused significant disruption to many users who rely on this tool for their daily work. Specifically, I would like to address: The "Sudden" Factor: Changing the terms of a paid subscription instantly, without a transition period, feels like a breach of trust between GitHub/Microsoft and its customers. Token Limits: Are there any plans to restore or increase these limits? The current restrictions make the service far less effective than it was just days ago. The Shift to Competitors: By making these changes, you are effectively driving your user base toward competitors like Cursor. Most professional users are already migrating because they feel ignored by this new strategy. This approach creates a very negative impression of GitHub’s long-term strategy. We expect more transparency and a commitment to maintaining the service quality we originally paid for. |
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Ive been using github copilot frantically since a few months before the 200 or 300 request limit was implemented a while back. I was like...man this tool is TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. Ive been shaking in my boots trying to build a local powered alternative ever since. Luckily im pretty well off now but even with my own tool i was planning to continue using github copilot because it just adds more i can do on top of my tool but damn this new limitation array is pooping in MY toilet bowl while i was actively taking a dump...just rude if you ask me. |
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Ok im just wondering if anyone has been building any local tools and solutions to these types of rug pull antics..i have and i want to connect with other devs so we can combine our tools. Idgaf if youre a vibe coder or a real programmer, we just gotta take control of our workflows because this is absolutely depressing. |
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Ileices is my discord name lets talk |
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Adding you now |
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I also sent you a FA. Interested to join since I have similar plans. |
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Im not seeing your request. Did you add me on discord? Its the same as my github |
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@Ileices yes it shows pending. my name on Discord is the same as here. b14ckyy |
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The only official answerr of copilot, is cancell your subscription, (https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/193360#discussioncomment-16675025) |
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🆕 Community Manager Update: April 23, 2026
We've updated the main post to include a consolidated FAQ covering common questions about refunds, plan changes and eligibility, rate limits, model availability, and the current pause on new Copilot plan signups (including Education). Please review the updated section above for details.
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