[Bug] Copilot Pro+ - Premium models blocked despite paid overage enabled with $10 budget (Stop usage: No)

[PikarryPham]

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Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone from the GitHub team or the community can help me with this issue. I've been stuck for a while and have tried everything I can think of.

Plan: GitHub Copilot Pro+ ($39/month) — active subscription
IDE: VS Code (latest version)

Problem

My premium request usage has reached 100.3%. Since then, all premium models (Claude Sonnet 4, Claude Opus, etc.) are completely blocked in VS Code. I keep getting this message:

"You have exceeded your premium request allowance. We have automatically switched you to GPT-4.1 which is included with your plan. Enable additional paid premium requests to continue using premium models."

The problem is — I HAVE already enabled additional paid premium requests.

My current budget configuration

Product/SKU	Budget	Stop usage	Spent
All Premium Request SKUs	$10.00	No	$0
Copilot	$10.00	No	$0

As you can see, both are set to Stop usage: No with a $10 budget each. Yet the system shows $0 spent, which means it's not processing any overage billing at all. I am willing to pay $0.04/request for additional usage, but the system simply won't let me through.

What I've already tried (none of these worked)

• ✅ Set budget for "All Premium Request SKUs" to $10, Stop usage: No
• ✅ Set budget for "Copilot" to $10, Stop usage: No
• ✅ Completely closed and reopened VS Code
• ✅ Signed out and signed back into GitHub Copilot in VS Code
• ✅ Restarted extensions via Command Palette
• ✅ Waited over 30 minutes for billing to sync

Nothing has changed. Premium models remain blocked.

Impact

I'm a full-time data engineer working on time-sensitive projects. I rely heavily on premium models (especially Claude Sonnet 4) for writing ETL pipelines, debugging complex data processing logic, and working with large codebases. Being forced to use only GPT-4.1 is significantly affecting my productivity.

I upgraded to Pro+ specifically for the expanded premium allowance and access to advanced models. It feels pointless if I can't even pay for additional requests when the quota runs out.

Questions for GitHub team

1. Is this a known billing sync bug? Many similar reports exist in this forum.
2. Is there a delay between enabling paid overage and it actually taking effect?
3. Can someone from the team look into my account and check why overage billing is not being applied?

Thank you so much :(

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[angelarose210]

having the same issue

[NicolasDeza]

Pareil, quota atteint. Malgré un nouveau budget les modèles payants ne sont pas actifs et ils basculent en 4.1, et le nouveau budget reste a 0€ sur les 10.