Microsoft Brings Token-Based Billing to GitHub Copilot (Updated)

Internal documents reveal that Microsoft intends to update GitHub Copilot to support token-based billing, a dramatic shift.

Microsoft's GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch

GitHub Copilot currently bills per request, which is any interaction the user has with Copilot, as opposed to per token. That ...
The Next Web

GitHub freezes new Copilot sign-ups as agentic AI breaks the economics of flat-rate developer subscriptions

GitHub has paused new Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student sign-ups as agentic AI workflows generate costs exceeding monthly plan ...
Developer Tech

GitHub restricts Copilot as agentic AI workflows strain infrastructure

Agentic workflows are overwhelming compute infrastructure, forcing GitHub to restrict Copilot access and enforce strict ...

Customers revolt as GitHub Copilot 'fixes' rate limits

According to Kir, GitHub's capacity issues follow from the collapse of its pricing structure. It used to be that prompts to ...
Windows Report

GitHub Limits Copilot Access, Moves Claude Opus 4.7 to Pro+ Tier

GitHub limits Copilot plans and restricts Claude Opus 4.7 to Pro+, as rising usage pushes infrastructure and cost controls ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub Actions artifacts found leaking auth tokens in popular projects

Multiple high-profile open-source projects, including those from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Red Hat, were found to leak GitHub authentication tokens through GitHub Actions artifacts in CI/CD ...
VentureBeat

GitHub adds donation button, token scanning, and enterprise tools

At its Satellite conference in Berlin today, GitHub — the code hosting platform Microsoft acquired for $7.5 billion in stock last year — unveiled improvements it says are intended to make software ...