GitHub Copilot Usage-Based Billing Goes Live June 1 — Developers Report Credit-Burn Shock

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Copilot's metered token billing took effect June 1, 2026, pricing each request by model, request type, input size, and response complexity. Devs report burning quotas in hours: a Pro+ user spent 8% of monthly credits in two hours, another spent $6+ on a single change request, and a Claude 4.8 session reportedly consumed 1,180 credits (~16% of a Pro+ allowance). Many are migrating to direct Anthropic/OpenAI access or routers like OpenRouter, RooCode, and LM Studio.