GitHub Copilot drops opus, pauses new pro users

Using copilot chat, the usage limit alerts are horrible. It is visible on every interaction, even after being dismissed. If dismissed during “thinking” it reappears multiple times, almost once per step.

The removal of opus is a shame as it seems pretty capable. Struggling to see the value of copilot at all now. The default ‘free’ model is useless. Asking it for example to iterate over 5 items to make a change it often will only do the first item. When giving more clarity to do all, it again does the next one on the list but never all of them, despite being adamant it has.

We’ve heard your frustrations about usage limits and model availability, and we need to do a better job communicating the guardrails we are adding–here’s what’s changing and why.

1. New sign-ups for GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student plans are paused. Pausing sign-ups allows us to serve existing customers more effectively.
2. We are tightening usage limits for individual plans. Pro+ plans offer more than 5X the limits of Pro. Users on the Pro plan who need higher limits can upgrade to Pro+. Usage limits are now displayed in VS Code and Copilot CLI to make it easier for you to avoid hitting these limits.
3. Opus models are no longer available in Pro plans. Opus 4.7 remains available in Pro+ plans. As we announced in our changelog, Opus 4.5 and Opus 4.6 will be removed from Pro+.

These changes are necessary to ensure we can serve existing customers with a predictable experience.

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