GitHub Copilot has evolved rapidly, and to keep the experience reliable for everyone, some important adjustments are coming to Individual plans. These changes—pausing new sign-ups, tightening usage limits, and adjusting model availability—are driven by the soaring compute demands of agentic workflows. If you're an existing subscriber, here's a clear breakdown of what's shifting, why, and how it affects your daily coding.
1. New Sign-Ups Are Temporarily Paused
GitHub has stopped accepting new subscriptions for Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student plans. This pause isn't permanent—it's designed to let the team focus on serving existing customers with a more stable, predictable experience. If you're already subscribed, nothing changes; you can continue using your plan as before. The move reflects the reality that agentic workflows are consuming far more resources than originally anticipated, and pausing growth helps maintain quality for those already on board.
2. Usage Limits Are Getting Tighter—With More Visibility
To prevent service degradation, GitHub is reducing the usage caps on Individual plans. The Pro+ plan now offers more than five times the limits of the standard Pro plan, so if you need extra capacity, upgrading is straightforward. At the same time, usage limits are now displayed directly inside VS Code and Copilot CLI, making it easier to stay aware of your consumption. This transparency helps you avoid hitting limits unexpectedly—and you can plan your heavy coding sessions around your allowance.
3. Opus Models Are Being Removed from Pro—But Stay in Pro+
Starting immediately, Opus models are no longer available in the Copilot Pro plan. However, Opus 4.7 remains accessible in Pro+. Two older versions—Opus 4.5 and Opus 4.6—are scheduled for removal from Pro+ as noted in GitHub's changelog. This consolidation streamlines the model lineup and ensures that the most powerful reasoning capabilities are reserved for subscribers who need the highest compute allowances, aligning model availability with the resource demands of advanced agentic tasks.
4. Session Limits: Preventing Peak Overload
Copilot uses a session limit to protect the service during periods of heavy demand. This limit caps the number of requests you can make in a short time window, and it's set so that most users won't be affected. If you do reach the session limit, you'll need to wait until the window resets before continuing. The limit is adjusted periodically to balance reliability with demand. Understanding this guardrail helps you avoid interruptions—especially when running multiple parallel agentic sessions.
5. Weekly Limits: Controlling Long-Running, Expensive Requests
Beyond session caps, Copilot now enforces a weekly limit on total token consumption. This addresses the cost and resource strain of parallelized, long-trajectory requests that can run for extended periods. The weekly limit is calculated using a model multiplier that accounts for each model's resource intensity. Like session limits, it's designed so that the majority of users won't hit it. If you do exceed it but still have premium requests left, you can continue using the service—just with lower priority.
6. Your Options: What to Do If These Changes Don't Work for You
GitHub understands that these adjustments may be frustrating. If you find that the new limits or model availability don't fit your workflow, you have an easy way out: you can cancel your Pro or Pro+ subscription and receive a refund for the remaining time on your current billing period. Just visit your Billing settings before May 20 to initiate the refund. This gives you a full month to evaluate whether the updated plans still meet your needs without being locked in.
In summary, these changes to GitHub Copilot Individual plans are necessary to maintain a high-quality experience for all subscribers. The pause on new sign-ups, tighter limits, and model adjustments all aim to balance the explosive growth of agentic usage with service reliability. If you're an existing customer, you'll benefit from a more predictable service—and you always have the option to upgrade or cancel. Stay tuned for further updates as Copilot continues to evolve.