Editor’s note (September 18, 2025): This article has been updated to explain that account-level $0 premium request budgets are being removed beginning on November 18, 2025. Learn more here.

GitHub is introducing a premium request overage policy for GitHub Copilot Business and GitHub Copilot Enterprise customers. This will provide you with simplified control over how your enterprise or organization handles premium request usage beyond your account’s included usage.

What’s changing

Instead of an automatically-created $0 budget that blocks usage when your premium requests are exhausted, you can now manage overages through a dedicated policy in your Copilot settings. The policy offers you two options:

  • Enabled (default) – Allow charges for usage beyond your account’s included premium requests
  • Disabled – Block usage when your included premium requests are exhausted

Beginning on November 18, 2025, account-level $0 premium request budgets will be removed from all enterprise and organization accounts. To avoid premium request paid usage, disable your premium request paid usage policy.

What’s not changing

  • Copilot for individuals (Pro/Pro+) plans are not affected at this time.
  • If you have a premium request budget in your account greater than $0, it remains unchanged.
  • Your included premium requests and seat pricing remain the same.
  • Your current budgets continue to work as before.

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