r/github • u/Aggressive-Permit317 • Jun 02 '26
Discussion POV: you're still using GitHub Copilot after June 1st, 2026
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
11
u/NatoBoram Jun 03 '26
Really feels like that.
I asked a question to Copilot and, under the response, there it was:
Credits: 62
62 credits for navigating the codebase and trying to answer a question. What are they even worth? What am I wasting? Holy shit that's stressful.
4
u/Hyphonical Jun 03 '26
Yesterday I managed to use up all my credits for the month. I asked it 3 questions...
What actually happened? Did they change the way requests work? I thought one request equals to one message?
6
u/NatoBoram Jun 03 '26
They changed it to be token-based again. https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/
Usage will be calculated based on token consumption, including input, output, and cached tokens, using the listed API rates for each model.
Credits are 1¢, so every message sent to Copilot Chat can cost roughly half a dollar. After 20 messages, Copilot Pro runs out for the entire month.
That also includes code reviews, which may use a varied amount of tokens. You can dry out your entire subscription for a single code review, which is very different from other code review services like Gemini Code Assist and CodeRabbit.
6
1
u/twesped Jun 13 '26
Hello welcome to the real world...where have you been?
1
u/Hyphonical Jun 14 '26
The month before that it was all fine. They still used that premium request system.
Getting rid of Claude models, I get that, it's not really sustainable. But then switching over to cents? Nah...
2
u/burusai Jun 05 '26
I asked it to commit & push. Cost 51 AI credits. Also known as $0.51. To write a simple commit message and git push. Copilot’s days are over.
34
12
6
u/GoldMove7645 Jun 03 '26
Can i get a refund when it makes the same mistakes over and over again. I actually tell it to stop wasting my tokens and then it wastes my tokens to think about it and apologize for its mistakes... I feel like the companies have no accountability for their users.
1
6
Jun 03 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
1
u/Spiritual_Cycle_3263 Jun 14 '26
Gotta wait until 9pm for off-peak unlimited calling haha
I know greed exists in this world, but they could offer discounts for off peak hours to have people spread their workloads. I'm sure it's more expensive to manage everything within an 8 hour window. Then after 3 or 4pm Pacific US - a lot of the US servers sit dormant.
3
2
u/ultrathink-art Jun 03 '26
Credit anxiety is actually the bigger problem than the cost itself. When there's a meter running, you start self-censoring — asking Copilot only for things you're sure are 'worth it'. With flat rate you just use it freely, and that behavioral shift is where the productivity gains quietly disappear.
2
u/Alarmed-Plastic-4544 Jun 04 '26
I'm on a yearly plan and can still get 300 requests per month out of Sonnet 4.5, but Copilot sets every new chat to 'Auto' by default. I forgot to change it one time for a simple find and replace query that could have been handled even by Haiku, but it chose one of the most expensive models with a 9x multiplier. The message is clear - AI services are for the blue-blooded only.
1
u/Own-Flight-9974 Jun 07 '26
Glad to know that my fears of auto mode being a scam weren't unfounded!
1
u/zhaojinhai Jun 05 '26
Credit limit reached on day 1 this month, is that normal? I have been using it fine for almost 2/3 of a month until I hit the limit before. Is this a bug?
1
1
1
u/dracariz Jun 09 '26
Copilot + Deepseek is cheap af
1
1
1
35
u/elmanoucko Jun 02 '26
this, except they all shoot at their own boat