GitHub discovered a token counting bug that broke its Copilot pricing model, prompting rate limit implementation to manage infrastructure strain. The move affects customers who spent heavily on credits and mirrors similar capacity pressures at Anthropic and OpenAI. GitHub also suspended Copilot Pro free trials due to abuse and retired Anthropic's Opus 4.6 Fast.
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Customers revolt as GitHub Copilot 'fixes' rate limits
GitHub's token-counting bug exposed infrastructure limits, forcing Copilot rate limits that mirror industry-wide capacity constraints at Anthropic and OpenAI.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline
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