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38 HOUR RATE LIMIT?!?!?! #192678
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Numerous other people are having this problem. If this is not remedied soon I suggest cancelling. The only way they'll learn is if you vote with your wallet. Don't expect a response from GitHub. |
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It’s absolutely fraud |
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Why do i get the feeling they did this so users would go somewhere else,
freeing up usage?
because the whole "Fairness" thing is BS. People who pay for Pro+ get
better rates than those who don't...
this is the whole "Equity" BS corporate entities like to push on people
after telling them "You get more as a Pro+ member, just pay us more money"
all just so they say, "We rate limited you for 181 hours so people who
didn't pay anywhere near as much can get the same quality"
Delusional...
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Numerous other people are having this problem.
#180092
#192435
Don't expect a response from GitHub.
*This is fraud at this point. People are paying monthly to access a
service and are not being able to.*
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im paying for pro+ and they are limiting me as well. horrible decision with these rate limits. ill be requesting refund for false advertising and canceling sub |
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Yeah, it's to the point where I'm getting a weekly rate limit and having to wait 1 minute before I can use it again, then I initiate another prompt, just to get rate limited for another minute... throwing off my entire workflow... they're just pushing us all to their competitors at this point. |
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Wenn ihr die aktuelle Entwicklung von [Claude.ai] verfolgt, seht ihr, dass das Rate Limit dort schon etwas länger integriert ist. Natürlich schaut die Konkurrenz genau hin, und gleichzeitig stehen die Unternehmen in Amerika im ständigen Austausch. Es war also nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis Microsoft – als börsennotiertes Unternehmen – nachzieht. Was Microsoft meiner Meinung nach nicht ganz durchdacht hat: Die meisten Coder nutzen Claude.ai bereits ohne Copilot. Durch die Einschränkungen fällt der Absprung zu Claude nun sogar noch leichter. Aktuell gibt es auch in der VS Code Insider-Version kein Update dazu, weshalb das Problem vorerst bestehen bleibt. Es sei denn, die Programmierer laufen schneller weg, als es Microsoft lieb ist! If you've been following the development of [Claude.ai], you'll see that the rate limit has been integrated there for some time. Naturally, the competition is watching closely, and companies in America are in constant communication. It was only a matter of time before Microsoft—as a publicly traded company—followed suit. What I think Microsoft hasn't quite thought through is that most coders are already using Claude.ai without Copilot. These restrictions make switching to Claude even easier. Currently, there's no update for this in the VS Code Insider version, so the problem will remain for now. Unless, of course, the programmers abandon it faster than Microsoft would like! |
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Same here. I’m also a paying user, and what makes this worse is that the lockout is not just a minor slowdown — it turns into tens of hours of unusable access after hitting a weekly limit. A 38-hour wait on a paid developer tool is not a reasonable premium experience. In my case, I’m not just paying the base subscription either. I’ve already spent significantly more through premium requests, yet the system still behaves as if the answer is simply “upgrade” or “wait.” That stops making sense very quickly. The issue is not that limits exist. The issue is that paying users are being pushed into long lockouts without clear transparency on what the real usable limits actually are. GitHub needs to explain how these weekly lockouts are calculated and why this is considered acceptable for paid plans. |
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Now I just hit my weekly limit and have to wait 1 minute, still messes up my workflow because it's annoying as hell... |
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Hi, we appreciate you reaching out to report this issue. We have recently needed to pause GitHub Copilot Pro trial plans due to a significant rise in abuse of our free trial system, as announced on the GitHub Blog: Pausing new GitHub Copilot Pro trials. Wanted to re-emphasize that this is a temporary pause. We are actively working on improved safeguards to prevent misuse of the trial system ⭐ We are aware that some users are having trouble cancelling the trial and we are working towards a solution. For more information and real-time updates, please subscribe to this discussion to receive notifications as we post additional details. |
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@Akash1134 is this being worked on or resolved? because I hit my "weekly" limit to be told to wait 1 minute, I start up again, get 3 steps then have to wait 10... how does this even work? there's no good documentation on this, plus I've hit my "weekly" limit a dozen or so times... I'm still a Pro+ user... |
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@Akash1134 now it just keeps changing... told me to wait until 6:39, then at 6:40 it hit the limit again... this has been going on all week and none of us have received an answer that actually pertains to us. 
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@Akash1134 now I'm kicked off for 3 MORE DAYS... at least it's not telling me how many hours anymore 
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no, at least he is not our kind developer, he is just BUSINESSMAN. |
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Whatever he is, now I'm looking into a Class Action Lawsuit. No word, Rate limiting those who paid not to be, and lack of any real humanity at this point. It's Class Action Lawsuit time! |
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Keeping all of this buried in forum threads helps no one. More people should share their screenshots and experiences on X and LinkedIn so this issue gets proper visibility. Paid users deserve transparent limits and consistent communication. #FixCopilotLimits |
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Same issue here. Subscribed Copilot Pro+ and based on my usage overview, I have clearly not reached my rate limit. Since 3 days I'm blocked by rate limit issue. Support questions completely ignored. I cancelled by annual subscription and asked for refund. No response. What difficulties does Github has to not able to communicate clearly to their paid customers what's currently going on? This is so insane! |
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They can't communicate this, or at all... But it seems that in their attempt to further limit free/trial users, they messed up and accidentally did it to their Pro and Pro+ users. I spent 38 hours waiting, just to rate limited every 20 messages for an hour at a time... So hopefully they fix this soon, or really just alienating users to free up resources. |
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I think Github is deliberately down-voting discussions they don't like. I posted a discussion item 30 minutes ago and it is already halfway down the page: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/192773#discussion-9893366 |
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I suggest commenting to update on your situation every hour or so, that pushes it up the page. |
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It is actually a bit shocking they don't release better statements. I mean if this was an accident because they were trying to stop the abuse of the free tier and someone dun goofed, I can live with that! but saying absolutely nothing while myself and others getting rate limited every 5 minutes for anywhere between 5-20 minutes, all the while letting all of us make assumptions that they are trying to force away paying customers with no hope of a refund, or they are trying to be "fair" when people like me pay more for uninterrupted service is just bad... If GitHub wasn't owned by Microsoft, I would give them a break... but they are, so I'm not... |
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There's a couple threads on hacker news, I suggest to upvote / comment them to gain visibility: |
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well I'm not getting the 38 hour rate limit anymore, but still getting the weekly rate limit and having to wait an arbitrary 10-20 minutes before I can proceed again. they're just petty at this point. |
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this is out of control at this point. I'll be looking into alternatives to this extremely disappointing service and problem. I'm a Pro+ subscriber. 
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now I'm kicked off for 3 MORE DAYS... at least it's not telling me how many hours anymore 
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i have pro+ |
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and ofc i have same rate limit to 20.04 |
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At this point I'm looking into Class Action Lawsuits. I didn't pay for Rate Limits, I paid to NOT GET THEM. and GitHub clearly doesn't give a sh*t about its users or paid subscribers. |
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Im right there with you. Im paying to not get rate limits... I must wait another 48hours.... |
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Are you serious? I have a 38 hour rate limit because I hit my Weekly limit??
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