Cannot use any premium model, Pro+

[OGTripleK]

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I just bought Pro+, I want to try the sonnet 4 with agent but I got this message..?
You have exceeded your premium request allowance. We have automatically switched you to GPT-4.1 which is included with your plan. Enable additional paid premium requests to continue using premium models.

This happend to every premium model. I already enabled everything in copilot features, sonnet 4 / 3.7. Still got this message.

Anyone got this problems?

[sumioshi]

I'm experiencing the exact same issue. Just upgraded to Copilot Pro+ and after only a couple of interactions with Claude Sonnet 4, I got the message saying I exceeded my premium request allowance, even though I barely used it and my billing shows $0.

It automatically switched me to GPT-4.1 and won’t let me use any premium models. Everything was working fine until I hit that false limit.

Really hoping this gets fixed soon. It's frustrating to pay for Pro+ and lose access to the main features right away.

Thanks for reporting it... you're not alone!

[chaiwiwatmixx]

I paid $39 but github copilot says You have exceeded your premium request allowance. We have automatically switched you to GPT-4.1 which is included with your plan. Enable additional paid premium requests to continue using premium models

Even though I have never used it before, why is it not allowed?

[ps6067966]

I paid $39 but github copilot says You have exceeded your premium request allowance. We have automatically switched you to GPT-4.1 which is included with your plan. Enable additional paid premium requests to continue using premium models

Even though I have never used it before, why is it not allowed?

have you got any solution?

[OGTripleK]

I created a support ticket and the support team ask me to request for refund lol.

Not expected this but I accepted the refund, and will wait until this issue is fixed or become more stable overtime?

[ps6067966]

Not expected this but I accepted the refund, and will wait until this issue is fixed or become more stable overtime?

how to raise ticket?

[flatmoonsociety]

I have exactly the same problem. My payment is visible as success in transaction history, however in my revoult account i can see it is pending on provider side, maybe that is the issue.

[ps6067966]

I have exactly the same problem. My payment is visible as success in transaction history, however in my revoult account i can see it is pending on provider side, maybe that is the issue.

What is the solution for this?

[roelkok]

I have the exact same issue. Bought Pro+ yesterday but unable to use its features

[roelkok]

Raised a support ticket and it has been fixed for me now.

[ps6067966]

Raised a support ticket and it has been fixed for me now.

how to raise support ticket can you guide?

[mnarang2]

I am also facing the same issue , are there any further inputs for this to work ...?

[flatmoonsociety]

It started to work for me today.

[bechir23]

@sbjohansen what was the problem ?

[flatmoonsociety]

@sbjohansen what was the problem ?

Must have been something on GH side. I didn't have anything and it started to work.

[elliottbiondo]

Same issue

[dogia]

Same issue :/ WTF!

[stride-ae]

Same I just complete my subscription now, Cannot use the features

[Akash1134]

Hi everyone,

We shared your reports with the appropriate team earlier and this issue should now be resolved.

Could you please confirm the current experience and share feedback.

Thanks!

[knuckles-codes]

Hi @Akash1134, still experiencing this issue

[MessyComposer]

Still not resolved @Akash1134

[Hamziss]

same issue with Eduaction pro

[annamenitskaya]

I also cant use premium model

[micronmic588]

facing this issue for a few days.

[ghost]

i am also facing the same issue

[ghost]

facing this issue please help me everyone

[benardgomashie]

I also just saw the same thing. As a premium subscriber, what is going on? What does it mean?

[mrthinh307]

did you resolve it?

[stride-ae]

False information and this never been fixed.
Both Models, the Copilot Native paid models as well as my own Model with my own API's

[mehrzadgen]

I am facing the same issue, is it a bug? What should I do ?

GitHub Copilot Pro+ - month: $39.00 USD
Jun 7, 2025 - Jul 6, 2025

[guilhermenunes09]

Same here 👀

[elmastercillo]

me too, I WANNA WHAT I PAID FOR!!!!!!!!!!

[gmgurgen]

I totally agree with @davidawkap,
I got reply from support which i told that my usage is aligned with what they indicated. And informed me 4.5 can use 50x, which is not included in my pro plan.
But no one has answered how did i consume 300 request the first minute i logged in after the day my subscription renewed.
I was considering set a budget and give it a try, but as i read other people commented about how it didn't work either, i haven't give it a try.
I see people struggling with this situation longer than me and it makes me worry further about how long will it take to get it right?

On the other hand, i see this text "Allowance will reset August 1, 2025".
If this is the case, it doesn't matter whenever our renewal date but allowance reset monthly on first day of the month i want to ask why no one has mentioned about this in answers, tickets or documentation?

[davidawkap]

@gmgurgen

You're right. I received the same warning 29 days ago, on the exact day I paid $390 for the yearly Copilot Pro+ subscription, and I had to open a support ticket immediately.

What’s even more confusing is that while I was on the $10/month plan, I actively used Claude Sonnet 4 for a full month without hitting any quota limits. I only upgraded to the yearly Pro+ plan because I was satisfied with the experience.

But right after upgrading, my premium request count was already at zero, and just after a few interactions, I got the quota warning. I opened a ticket immediately — but it’s been 29 days now and I still haven’t received any response from GitHub Support.

[gmgurgen]

In another github support, they said copilot chat is maintained by VSCode team and told me to open an issue on their repository. I did it and vs-code bot told to look at meta issue microsoft/vscode#252230 (again). Which brings me back here :)
It's like a yo-yo, going back and forth same topics but no improvement, not a single hopefull answer.

[caiwilliamson]

I'm starting to get worried now. Radio silence on my support request. No acknowledgement of the actual problem, just patronising clarifications about how things work (even though the problem is that they don't f*****g work at all). My free trial is up and my paid plan is about to start tomorrow. I'm already unable to use budgets. Some people in this thread have been waiting for 2 months for a fix. I didn't think being robbed and gaslit by GitHub was on the bingo card for 2025.

[JSKF]

Barely touched GitHub Copilot chat, and hit my quota almost instantly, no transparency at all, I'm incredibly confused. Why are the Copilot folks not explaining why quotas are getting hit substantially faster now?

[Root-source-ai]

Paid for the Pro+ ... used it a lot that I'm at 100% Premium request allowance... should reset by the first of the month... its not! Awesome!

[alanh0vx]

the quota was reset on 1-Aug, let's how it goes after reaching the limit again (see if new budgets / upgrade to pro+ will work).

[elmastercillo]

Mine started working yesterday after 3 weeks. Without me doing anything.

[mwullink]

still having same issue, getting error below while having business plan:

You have exceeded your free request allowance. We have automatically switched you to GPT-4.1 which is included with your plan. To enable additional paid premium requests, contact your organization admin.

[lakewoodphone]

Same Issue here. I close and reopen vscode for every request.

[kkarpe-dm]

Yikes!

Was using Claude Sonnet 4 & switching to GPT-4 completely ruined my code!
Any chance of this being fixed anytime soon?

Or is it just a "bug" (emphasis on the quotation marks)
to 'force' users to use Microsoft-based LLMs?

I find it hard to believe a guru Tech-Team from Github (Microsoft in general) can fail to address what seems to be a rather minute problem after so many complaints

Anyways - In the meantime said circumstances have made me move to Claude-Code since it runs well in VS Code Terminal

hope this gets fixed soon? (Working on Copilot Chat is much more efficient than Terminal imo)

[rubepocegeka]

Having the same problem, this should be a prio item for the team at GitHub otherwise switching to Cursor

[phonnollh2]

After updating my budget to allow to pay more I am still getting this error! I don't know how this product went out without rechecking user's budgets at login. Now I paid more money, after running out of free requests, ran out of paid requests, enabled more money to be spent, and still can't use it.

Tried logging in and out and blowing out credential cache. Anything else?

[Etrama]

I have the same message:

I pay 100 USD a year for the Copilot subscription.

I wish I could at least find the daily refresh time or something.

[Etrama]

Apparently, it's the first of every month:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1lnduqw/cant_work_out_why_on_copilot_pro_plan_i_got_cut/

[Etrama]

Sorry about the spam, you can check your premium requests quota here:

[nikzral]

ISSUE IS WITH FREE TRIAL!

For some reason the free trials don't support additional budgets for copilot premium requests. Need to be on the paid Copilot subscription, not on trial.

[seladi81]

I have the same issue currently

[atepepeter-svg]

I have the same issue. I even increased my limit and paid an additional USD $ 500 but still can't use the goddamn thing. SCAM SCAM SCAM >>>>. Fix this bull ....

[d1favero]

Wtf? Is this still not fixed?? I'm in the middle of a sprint and this thing shows up, upgrade the budget does nothing??

I'll need to wait a MONTH?? lol!! easy cancel