GitHub Halts Copilot Growth as AI Coding Costs Outpace Subscriptions

GitHub has paused new sign-ups for Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student plans due to high compute resource usage from agentic coding workflows. This surge in demand is outpacing subscription revenue. Existing users are unaffected. The move aims to manage costs and resource allocation. Engineers should expect changes to Copilot pricing or availability in the future.