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GitHub tightens Copilot limits and pauses new signups

GitHub is cutting Copilot Pro usage limits, halting new individual plan signups, and locking Claude Opus 4.7 behind the $39/month Pro+ tier.

📰 The headlines

Simon Willison: GitHub Copilot tightens usage limits, pauses individual plan signups, and shifts to token-based pricing for agentic workflows.
GitHub Blog: GitHub is stopping new registrations for Copilot Pro, Pro+, and student plans, tightening usage quotas for personal plans, and removing Opus model from Pro; Pro users can upgrade to Pro+ for higher limits, with refunds available if limits cause issues before 2026-05-20.

🔍 Let's dive in

GitHub is overhauling its individual Copilot plans, citing the heavy compute demands of agentic workflows — long-running, parallelized AI sessions that consume far more resources than the original pricing structure anticipated. Usage limits are being tightened and shifted to a token-based model tracked per session and per week, replacing the older per-request approach.

Claude Opus 4.7 is being removed from the standard Pro plan and restricted to the $39/month Pro+ tier. GitHub is also pausing new signups for Pro, Pro+, and student plans entirely.

Existing Pro subscribers who find the new limits unworkable can cancel by May 20, 2026 and receive a refund for unused time. GitHub says usage limits will be surfaced directly in VS Code and the Copilot CLI to help users track consumption before hitting caps.

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⚖️ Pros & cons

Pros

Refund option available for users who cancel before May 20, 2026
Usage limits now visible in VS Code and Copilot CLI

Cons

Pro plan loses access to Claude Opus 4.7
Tighter usage quotas for existing Pro subscribers
New individual plan signups paused indefinitely

🕰 The timeline · 2 sources

Simon Willison analyst · 1d ago · 2/5

Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual plans ↗

GitHub announced changes to Copilot Individual plans including tightened usage limits, paused signups, and restriction of Claude Opus 4.7 to the $39/month Pro+ tier. The company cited agentic workflows' increased compute demands, with long-running parallelized sessions consuming far more resources than the original plan structure supported. The pricing shift moves from per-request to token-based usage limits on per-session and weekly bases to address margin pressure from compute-intensive agent requests.

Agentic workflows have fundamentally changed Copilot's compute demands. Long-running, parallelized sessions now regularly consume far more resources than the original plan structure was built to support.

— GitHub

Copilot was also unique (I believe) among agents in charging per-request, not per-token.

— Simon Willison

GitHub Blog first-party · 3d ago · 3/5

Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual plans ↗

GitHub will no longer accept new registrations for Copilot Pro, Pro+, and student plans. Personal plan usage quotas are tightened, and the Opus model is removed from the Pro plan (Opus 4.7 remains available in Pro+). If users encounter unexpected limits, they can cancel by 2026-05-20 and receive a refund for unused time.

Pro users can upgrade to Pro+ for higher quotas, and usage limits will be displayed in VS Code and Copilot CLI to help avoid overages.

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Sources: Simon Willison, GitHub Blog
Earliest: 2026-04-20T18:15:28.000Z
Latest: 2026-04-22T03:30:02.000Z
Lead URL: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/changes-to-github-copilot-individual-plans