Meta: Usage based billing model

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading the usage-based billing changelog and the GitHub Copilot billing documentation linked in the issue. The issue does not name a code entry point, test, or specific change; billing questions are directed to GitHub Support, so there is no defined contribution or completion criterion here.

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Description

chat-billing

This issue tracks issues related to the usage based billing experience, launched on June 1st, 2026.

The best way to get help with billing issues is to reach out to GitHub Support:
https://support.github.com/

The GitHub documentation is the best source of information for the new billing model. VS Code users can monitor their AI credit consumption by clicking the status bar icon in the bottom-right corner of VS Code:

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