Issue with GitHub Copilot Free Monthly Limit Reset Date

[MAlazhariy]

I subscribed to the GitHub Copilot Free Plan on December 18, 2024, and fully utilized the code completion limit for the month. Afterward, I disabled the Copilot plugin to avoid using the service until my limit reset. I did this until January 20, 2025, when I expected my monthly limit to reset and for me to be able to continue using Copilot.

However, upon re-enabling the plugin on January 20, 2025, I received the following message:

"You've reached your monthly code completion limit. Upgrade your plan to Copilot Pro (30-day Free Trial) or wait until 2025-02-19 for your limit to reset to continue coding with GitHub Copilot."

This is unexpected, as I did not use any part of the service. The message suggests that my limit reset will only happen on February 19, 2025, which seems to indicate an error in the system’s calculation of my reset date.

Expected Behavior:

The monthly limit should reset on January 19, 2025, based on my subscription start date, especially considering I did not use any code completions during the new month quota of January prior to the reset.

Actual Behavior:

The system is incorrectly calculating the reset date as February 19, 2025, and showing the message that I have reached my monthly limit.

Additional Notes:

• I made sure to disable the plugin entirely during the period after reaching the limit to ensure I wasn't consuming any code completions.
• The issue seems to be related to a miscalculation of the monthly limit reset period, as no usage occurred during the gap, and my reset should have happened on January 19, 2025.

Could you please check why this discrepancy is happening and adjust my limit reset date accordingly?

I hope you will work on resolving the issue so that it does not appear to users.

[Akash1134]

Hi @MAlazhariy

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We've reported the issue internally and will keep you posted with any updates.

[HyperShark1007]

@octo-badger It's a work around. I linkedin the copilot app to my Microsoft account and it's fine for me. Instead of waiting for them to fix the bug. Also ut doesn't seem to have a cap from my observations. If you have the edge browser use copilot from there. Paste your code. Check for issues and it will tell you what to fix

[swiggersjoeri-ship-it]

still the same issue here.

[IndianCoder3]

Well I am a VS Code user, it just decided to push it another month it said March 20, now its April 20 (2026).

[Boombii]

Same thing here, didn't use it at all in march so far and shows 20th of April...

[marcelsby]

Same here.

[RunninglVlan]

Having the same issue. For the last couple of days it said that the limit will reset on Jan-18, now it's Jan-20 and it says I need to wait till Feb-18!

[Jamespronger37]

yeah same here

[adityapawar327]

This is a known bug affecting many Copilot free tier users since October 2025. The reset date keeps pushing forward by one month instead of actually resetting your quota. Many users reported the same pattern

Try these methods : -

• Multiple accounts trick: Make 2-3 GitHub accounts and switch between them for fresh credits (the workaround you mentioned works)
• Student benefits: If you're a student, grab the GitHub Student pack - way better limits

[danicoder13]

Same here

[IndianCoder3]

Well I am a VS Code user, it just decided to push it another month it said March 20, now its April 20 (2026). Well I don't have a plan just signed in to VS Code and its the AI Agent

[annamalaiarunachalam]

yes, the Microsoft mrn5 who are notorious for messing up everything - when the founder pla85 with UGDs what do u expect from node11as and other f1lth135 in MS - for 3 months, I get the same msg that I have used my limit - but the fact of the matter is I have not used this crappy IDE for 5 months - I have been using Kiro, AG, Cursor - I did not even touch this bloated VScode - but it claims I reached the limit - I guess MS's family members used it wo our knowledge.

[guillermo-avalos]

Having the exact same issue. Reached the limit and was supposed to be reset on January 17th. On the 17th., it jumped to February 17th.

EDIT: Looks like it's been fixed.

[adityapawar327]

This is a known bug affecting many Copilot free tier users since October 2025. The reset date keeps pushing forward by one month instead of actually resetting your quota. Many users reported the same pattern

Try these methods : -

• Multiple accounts trick: Make 2-3 GitHub accounts and switch between them for fresh credits (the workaround you mentioned works)
• Student benefits: If you're a student, grab the GitHub Student pack - way better limits

[sousamj2]

Hello @adityapawar327 .
Still if I make 1 github account per month, soon I will have several to manage (now requiring also AF2 configuration).
And if I really want to be lazy, I could just create X+ accounts and use them until the credits are over, then delete them and restart again. No need for paid tier. But I am guessing this is not the logic of GitHub!
My student years are long behind me (at the time there was not copilot)...

[adityapawar327]

I would recommend that you use other code editors. I personally use Cursor, Kiro, and Windsurf. You can choose a specific model you like. Kiro is currently giving away a lot of credit, which may help you :)

[Akash1134]

Hi everyone,

This issue should now be resolved. Please let us know if you continue to experience any problems.

Thanks

[octo-badger]

Ahhh, I see - thanks for your help :)

[gbenroscience]

Hi everyone,

This issue should now be resolved. Please let us know if you continue to experience any problems.

Thanks

I am still having this issue on https://github.com/gbenroscience. Was supposed to reset March 26, but it has extended till April 2026.
Infact, my account is a personal account, not organizational, but it seems this issue has even disabled Github Actions on my repositories. Github actions are failing on https://github.com/gbenroscience/ParserNG

[alexaspinalldev]

I'm still having this issue. "Your limits will reset in 1 day" has been showing for a week now, and I'm stuck using GPT4.1

What additionally doesn't help is that all GPT models seem to have gained a concussion this week...

[TekGeek2003]

Mine finally reset

[gbenroscience]

I can confirm that the issues were resolved for my account. Both with Copilot and Github Actions
Thanks

[jay13jay]

I'm having the same problem. Limit says it was going to reset on the February 1, now it's saying March 1. This is obviously not fixed yet

[sujit-neoconcepts]

As of now 2 Feb. I am getting this message.
You've run out of free code completions. You still have free chat messages available in the Copilot Free plan. These limits will reset on March 31, 2025.
it doesn't make sense. limits should reset after 1 month.

[adrianopedro]

Here... the same..
It was suppose to be reset yesterday.. and today says "These limits will reset on March 2, 2025"

[Alpha-Anas]

I am also facing the same issue, despite my Github Account verfies my active student status and Github student benefits, I am getting limit exceeded error for Copilot in Vscode. I have tried reinstalling and relogging in to Copliot extention, but facing the same issue.

Edit: The issue got solved, after re-verifying for my Github Student benefits, I did not reapply to Github Copilot which was required to be applied separately, after doing that the issue got resolved.

[huachuman]

I have been waiting until today for my limit to reset, because it previously said Feb 4, but now it's saying I've reach the limit until March 4, and I did not use any of my credits today. And I just realized it did the same thing last month. I've been waiting months for this to start working again but it keeps claiming I've used the limit when I never even had the chance to use it. It's like it keeps getting pushed back a month.

[cailmdaley]

I am also have this problem with the free plan (not student); the notification box says my limit will reset on March 31st, nearly two months in the future.

[Akash1134]

Hi everyone,

We’re sorry to hear you're experiencing issues with Copilot Free. I’ve escalated the matter to our product team internally and will ensure we provide you with an update as soon as possible.

If you are a verified student, could you please go to the pack offers page, scroll down to the "All offers" section and select Copilot, if you can redeem it you are fine, if you can't, I suggest you to contact support again by raising a ticket here, select "I am a verified student having trouble redeeming my Global Campus offers" and explain your problem.

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[jlgonrod]

It worked for me perfectly. Thanks a lot, @Akash1134!

[ElalChico]

Hello, you are promoting GitHub Copilot as if it were free, but it’s not. The free usage runs out too quickly and you’re forced to pay. It’s not open source. At the very least, you should allow the use of other free models. But please don’t advertise it as free when in reality the free usage is quickly exhausted and users are forced to wait another month or pay. Please don’t ruin VS Code, which used to be a great development platform.
If this is a mistake, please clarify it publicly. Otherwise, you must clearly state that GitHub Copilot is not free. Emphasizing that it is free when the usage is extremely limited and quickly exhausted is misleading. Users deserve transparency, not deceptive marketing. If the service requires payment after minimal use, this must be explicitly communicated — no ambiguity, no hidden terms.

[Jamespronger37]

i have been having troubles with github copilot on vs code as well

[qwerttvv]

Is there any news?

[octo-badger]

Hi @Akash1134 - it's been a month and a half and more people are getting affected by this daily.
Any update? The silence and the fact the bot just instantly closes any issues raised makes it feel like we're talking to a brick wall.

I've aggregated just a few of the issues (closed, but unresolved) here: microsoft/vscode#303379
Anyone affected by this feel free to add to it.

Personally I'm looking into other options - MS shooting themselves in the foot with this.

[thegroosalugg]

I have this issue. I first used the service at the start of Jan and used up my completions in a couple of days. It said wait until 31st of Jan for it to reset. I just realised that it never was, it still says it has been used, and now tells me to wait until 31st of March. That is 3 months of waiting for a reset.

[xfy6238]

same issue; Copilot Free, no reset;

[huachuman]

Github is starting to look more an more like those microsoft support threads where they either send you on a wild goose chase or never fix the issue on their end

[PlunkettSean]

I also have the same issue. Should have Reset Feb 3, 2025 now says March 3, 2025.

[VSCodeNooby]

i am getting this error

Error: (query) Execution failed: Error: Failed to get response from the AI model; retried 5 times (total retry wait time: 93.68566490819629 seconds) (Request-ID DF56:1B12FD:8E53B9:9E0FF0:xxxxxx) Last error: CAPIError: 400 The requested model is not supported.

and my account hasn't been reset

[hory-portier]

I am experiencing the same situation from Visual Studio (Not VS Code)
It was supposed to reset 2 days ago, but today I tried using Copilot, and found out that the reset date was pushed by month.
When I opened my github account settings I've found that my chat usage is at 100% despite me not using it for more than 30 days now. Code completion at 15%, but I can't be sure I didn't use code completion a few times, since I opened visual studio once few days ago and write some code, and IDE suggests some completion, especially for comments, no matter if I want it or not.

[pattontim]

If you check the meta bot here it is autoclosing reports of anyone mentioning they have free limit reset issues and directing users to the wrong issue. As mentioned by @octo-badger

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/149578#discussioncomment-16218387

The bot has autoclosed over 1000 issues and has directed several hundred reports of 'free limit did not reset' to the wrong issue. This suggests the extent of the problem is not fully being logged.

microsoft/vscode#252230

[ygoe]

GitHub Copilot is total crap, don't even consider it exists. I'm waiting for almost two weeks now, the next reset date is getting closer than the last missed one. Bots getting out of control, nobody there to control them anymore. It just fits into the picture. That stupid AI can't handle bug reports, it can't even count and compare simple numbers – how should it even code? I won't be throwing money at them if the essential experience is already that bad. I might consider a Claude subscription, but their free service is down most of the time, probably because of the lack of resources. I couldn't test that for complex requirements yet because I didn't get results back. All in all, that AI thing is eating up the world's resources and we're not getting out an appropriate amount of value from that. Think I'll be coding myself again, then I know what I get and fully understand it, even if I have to think about it a few days longer, it's so worth it.

[ygoe]

My ticket was closed with an incomprehensible response. Yesterday I had 0% quota usage. Today everything is at 100% and I can't use any Copilot services anymore. Reset date was unchanged all the time, still at 8 April. Still useless crap.

[wang-zuxian]

I am experiencing the same situation from Visual Studio and VS Code.
It was supposed to reset 2 days ago(2026-03-18), but today(2026-03-20) I tried using Copilot, and found out that the reset date was pushed by month.

[octo-badger]

See https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/149578#discussioncomment-16234667

[m1key]

@Akash1134 care to respond? It would be good to know what we can expect.

[JunganSe]

I am also experiencing this problem.
It was supposed to reset yesterday (2026-03-19), but now it says 2026-04-19 and usage is still at 100%.

[octo-badger]

See https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/149578#discussioncomment-16234667

[octo-badger]

Everyone whose quota isn't resetting should create a support ticket (they just close bug reports):
Go here: https://support.github.com/contact-next
As usual it tries to just give you an unhelpful AI-generated answer, but there's a semi-camoflaged button to actually create a support ticket right down at the bottom.

UPDATE: see @pblivingston 's post:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/149578#discussioncomment-16278295

They've managed to get resolution within 1 day by raising a support ticket with the title "Quota reset failure" and selecting categories corresponding to "Copilot billing" and "Usage quotas".

My similar ticket has been sitting 4+ days seemingly unread, so no guarantees.

[pblivingston]

I double-checked when I opened that ticket - I thought I had opened it on the 20th (one business day ago), but it turns out I opened it on the 18th.

So that's at least 3 business days, and opened the day before yours (if you mean 4 actual days), so there may still be hope! Though someone else mentioned others having waited much longer, so as always milage may vary.

Apologies for not double-checking that before!

[octo-badger]

Yeah, I imagine it's quite variable - all good, thanks for your help.

[CQGitKIP]

This worked for me as well, thank you.

[pattontim]

That's funny. I tried to open a ticket based on copilot feedback but my support ticket was archived within 1 business day without the issue being resolved at all. My issue from 3 weeks ago remains untouched, 'updated 1 hour ago' but without any comments.

Edit: I opened a third ticket with title "Quota reset failure" and they responded much quicker.

[octo-badger]

Mine was fixed a couple of days ago - FYI, the engineer said they've found the bug and fixed it so it SHOULDN'T happen again.

[jammie-jelly]

More than a year later. This bug is still not addressed.

[CourieousCat]

I am also getting this bug. My code limit was meant to be resetting yesterday or today. I don't know what to do about it. If the support people see this, please fix or tell me how to myself. Thanks.

[octo-badger]

See https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/149578#discussioncomment-16234667

[sovetski]

Same problem here, before I was using Copilot Pro and never got this problem, I think it is an expected behaviour from GitHub...

[sovetski]

Resolved today by contacting them from here https://support.github.com/contact-next

[pattontim]

"[Copilot usage did not reset this month (Copilot)]
open created 3 weeks ago for pattontim"
Dialup response times

[dongluo-cmd]

Thanks. Start from this link and opened a ticket. The support resolved it for me. Not sure if the same issue will happen again next time or not.

[jmmoyadev]

Still this bug is not resolved. My free subscription it was supposed to be reset yesterday - March 21st, 2026 -, and today the message is that the account will be reset on April 21st without using it... The same happened last month, when on February 21st should be reset too...

[octo-badger]

See https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/149578#discussioncomment-16234667

[Sand2Silicon]

A year later I'm having the same issue. Paced myself to use ~90% of my quota by the day before "monthly reset" date, and the next day the date pushed back a month, but my usage staid at 94% used....

[octo-badger]

See https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/149578#discussioncomment-16234667

[annamalaiarunachalam]

so many people have complained - for the past 5 months and FDFs MS superstars spending time in bjr0jth3jls I guess - enjoying the msgs, spendting va1uabke time with their colleagues.

[TekGeek2003]

I just got this

[JunganSe]

Today, or one of the recent days, my quota was reset and it's working properly.
So at least for me it's fixed!
Thank you, team! <3

[ermshiperete]

Same for me. Yesterday the quota was reset (and showed up on github.com), today it also shows up as reset in vscode.

[Catman2608]

It got fixed for me today, but now Claude Code is better than this.

[IndianCoder3]

Well, the only way I got it to reset was support tickets... you need to raise a ticket, then it may give you a AI solution, just scroll down and Continue, and wait...

[HyperShark1007]

Mine is fixed too. Resets on April 19.

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