GitHub Copilot Pauses New Sign-Ups, Removes Opus Models from Pro Tier

Originally published on TechSifted — May 3, 2026

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GitHub quietly paused new sign-ups for Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student plans starting in late April 2026 with no announced end date, while also removing Opus-family models from the $10/month Pro tier — pushing complex reasoning tasks to higher-priced plans. Rate limits are now visible inside VS Code and CLI. Business and Enterprise plans remain unaffected. The changes reflect GitHub’s efforts to manage capacity and operational costs as Copilot evolves into an agentic coding platform.

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