GitHub copilot premium calculation #826

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opened 2026-02-16 17:28:29 -05:00 by yindo · 5 comments
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Originally created by @mozbz on GitHub (Jul 20, 2025).

Originally assigned to: @thdxr on GitHub.

Even if I send multiple follow up questions/requests in a session, it doesn't count as a new premium request. With this one can workaround premium request limit by using same session for multiple questions. This may be against GitHub usage policy.
In vscode agent mode if any follow up message is sent it counts as another premium request. In codecompanion nvim too this same behaviour is seen.

Originally created by @mozbz on GitHub (Jul 20, 2025). Originally assigned to: @thdxr on GitHub. Even if I send multiple follow up questions/requests in a session, it doesn't count as a new premium request. With this one can workaround premium request limit by using same session for multiple questions. This may be against GitHub usage policy. In vscode agent mode if any follow up message is sent it counts as another premium request. In codecompanion nvim too this same behaviour is seen.
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@mohak34 commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2025):

I guess github changed their pro subscription usage to session based recently. I remember reading something about this in an article from github a week back due to its limited 300 requests and user complaints. Will try finding that article

@mohak34 commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2025): I guess github changed their pro subscription usage to session based recently. I remember reading something about this in an article from github a week back due to its limited 300 requests and user complaints. Will try finding that article
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@mohak34 commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2025):

https://github.blog/changelog/2025-07-10-github-copilot-coding-agent-now-uses-one-premium-request-per-session/

This is the article but I see people having problems with this not taking effect. But that was for people who use vscode. In opencode, it works the way, github announced it to be by taking one 1 request per session.

@mohak34 commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2025): https://github.blog/changelog/2025-07-10-github-copilot-coding-agent-now-uses-one-premium-request-per-session/ This is the article but I see people having problems with this not taking effect. But that was for people who use vscode. In opencode, it works the way, github announced it to be by taking one 1 request per session.
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@mozbz commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2025):

I think that is talking about the GitHub copilot coding agent which is different from vscode coding agent.

@mozbz commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2025): I think that is talking about the GitHub copilot coding agent which is different from vscode coding agent.
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@Arithmomaniac commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2025):

@mozbz Correct. See https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/billing/copilot-requests#premium-features:

Feature Premium request consumption
Agent mode in Copilot Chat Agent mode uses one premium request per user prompt, multiplied by the model's rate.

Some of the confusion is addressed in https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/concepts/coding-agent/coding-agent#copilot-coding-agent-versus-agent-mode

@Arithmomaniac commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2025): @mozbz Correct. See https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/billing/copilot-requests#premium-features: | Feature | Premium request consumption | | --- | --- | | [Agent mode in Copilot Chat](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/copilot-chat/asking-github-copilot-questions-in-your-ide#copilot-edits) | Agent mode uses **one premium request** per user prompt, multiplied by the model's rate. | Some of the confusion is addressed in https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/concepts/coding-agent/coding-agent#copilot-coding-agent-versus-agent-mode
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@msmirnyagin commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2025):

calling the model by calling the tool does not count as a request. It is calculated in the cursor in the same way.

@msmirnyagin commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2025): calling the model by calling the tool does not count as a request. It is calculated in the cursor in the same way.
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Reference: anomalyco/opencode#826