How to find premium request usage?

[DanBradbury]

Billing for premium requests will start on the following dates:

May 5, 2025: Copilot Free, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+
May 12, 2025: Self-service (credit card) Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise
May 19, 2025: Sales-served (invoiced) Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise

With the announcement that premium requests will start to be charged starting next month what are the current plans to expose a users current usage? Possible that I've missed an announcement of a new API endpoint / expansion of the copilot billing endpoint

Would like to make sure my workflow doesn't blow up my premium requests :D

[Akash1134]

Hi @DanBradbury,

Great question about tracking your premium request usage as we approach the billing start dates! Based on the official GitHub documentation, here's how you can monitor your premium request usage:

For Individual Users (Copilot Pro/Pro+)

You can view your premium request usage through the GitHub UI:

1. Click your profile photo in the upper-right corner of any GitHub page
2. Select "Settings"
3. In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click "Billing & Licensing"
4. Under "Usage by product", select the "Copilot" tab
5. You'll see your premium request usage there, with an option to "View details" for a more detailed breakdown

This UI should be available by the time billing starts on May 8, 2025, for Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users.

For Organization Admins (Copilot Business/Enterprise)

For organization-level monitoring, you can use the same UI approach as above, but you'll need to be an organization owner or billing manager.

Additionally, there are REST API endpoints available for programmatic tracking:

• GET /orgs/{org}/copilot/metrics - Provides organization-level metrics
• GET /orgs/{org}/team/{team_slug}/copilot/metrics - Provides team-level metrics

These API endpoints provide aggregated metrics, though currently they don't appear to specifically break down premium request usage per individual user. The metrics include data for features that use premium requests, such as Copilot Chat and various models.

Setting Spending Limits

To prevent unexpected costs, you can set budget limits in your account settings once the feature becomes available (starting May 8 for individual plans). This will help manage your usage by triggering alerts at 75%, 90%, and 100% of your budget.

Hope this helps with your workflow planning! As new monitoring features may be rolled out closer to the billing dates, I'd recommend checking the GitHub Copilot documentation for the most up-to-date information.

Thanks,
Akash

[IanDaley]

How bad is this? New limits are being imposed and there is still no way to check these limits.

"Should be available" - should be? Completely unsatisfactory for a paid product that was once sold as 'unlimited'

[phillips-tech]

You'll see your premium request usage there, with an option to "View details" for a more detailed breakdown

We're on Copilot Enterprise - no premium request usage here.

[zemariavg]

Hey,

Just wanted to add that I'm on Copilot Pro and have made a bunch of chat completions and premium requests, but when I go to:

Settings → Billing & Licensing → Usage by product → Copilot

…it still says "No usage found".

This is after May 8, so I was expecting something to show up by now. Is it still rolling out, or does usage only appear after certain thresholds?

Would be great to know if others are seeing the same. Thanks!

[quiet-node]

I got the exact same behavior. Still show No usage found

[sascharo]

Same for me, I get absolutely no relevant stats when I log in and check the mentioned section.

[phillips-tech]

There is now the option to download a Usage Report for Copilot Premium Requests (for Enterprise accounts at least) at Enterprise > Billing and licensing > Usage.

[quiet-node]

Cool thanks! It's not a good UX solution but hey at least we have something.

[zemariavg]

Did you end up receiving the report? I am on Pro and I have that option as well. Two weeks have passed and I still didn't receive any usage report in my email 🤷‍♂️

[phillips-tech]

Yes, I received the report without issue.