GitHub Copilot moves all plans to usage-based AI Credits from June 1, 2026

GitHub announced that every Copilot plan would switch from premium requests to a monthly allotment of GitHub AI Credits on June 1, 2026, with usage priced on input, output and cached tokens at each model's API rates. The Hacker News thread drew 767 points and 553 comments.

Who is affected:

All GitHub Copilot subscribers, especially heavy agent users.

Action needed:

Review your AI Credits usage in Copilot settings and set a budget.