Additiotional paid premium requests enabled, yet You have exceeded your premium request allowance.

[OliverMichalik]

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There seem to be related topic about this issue, but none truly proposed a solution to this problem.

Even with additional premium responses enabled in Copilot, I still get the error

"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."

Only after each restart of VS code I can get one additional premium request, which is correctly billed in my github account.
Later I figured that I can just click the "Restart Extensions" button to get another response available from Sonnet 4.

I have:

1. Pro plan on copilot
2. Latest VS code
3. latest extens
4. Billing enabled on github
5. Budget enabled and not exceeded
6. The copilot status say

Premium requests 100%
Additional paid premium requests enabled.

So I assume its set up correctly, this must be a bug. But is it a bug in copilot extension, in github, in vs code? I don't know.
Anyone knows a solution?

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[Hazimehhassan]

Seems like it is easy

[Hazimehhassan]

[juanGitCode]

Same issue here switch to GitHub Pro I reach the max premium requests and did just like mention above by @OliverMichalik and same issue I can continue to use Sonnet 4

[juanGitCode]

some how its working just that it took some time to update maybe...

[jerrydelivo]

I don't have a budget. I deleted the budget for the premium requests accidentally. but i upgraded to pro+ and i still get the same error message when i try Claude 4

[OliverMichalik]

It still hasn't been fixed for me, I even tried different projects, different devices, and still the same...
I have set up budget and it is being used, but before each Premium request I have to click "Restart Modules"
And also it works once every day after 00:00 without restarting

[albinotonnina]

same for me. @OliverMichalik where is "restard modules"? Thank you

[Akash1134]

Hi everyone,

For those getting the message " You have exceeded your premium request allowance", I wanted to clarify how premium requests work with GitHub Copilot.

All chat-based features—such as Ask, Edits, and Agent modes—consume premium requests when they use advanced AI models. The number of requests consumed depends on the model and its associated multiplier. Here are a few examples:

• GPT-4.5 in Copilot Chat: Uses a 50× multiplier; one interaction counts as 50 premium requests
• Claude Opus 4: Uses a 10× multiplier; one interaction counts as 10 premium requests
• GPT-4.1 and GPT-4o on paid plans: Included in the plan and do not consume premium requests

Please see the full list of Model multipliers for paid plans for more information.

Once your monthly premium request quota is exceeded:

• Access to premium models and Copilot Code Review will be restricted until the next quota reset date
• You will not be charged extra unless you have configured a Copilot Budget
• If you have set a Copilot Premium Requests budget, additional usage will be billed at $0.04 USD per premium request. Once your budget is exhausted, access to premium models will stop again.

To avoid hitting your quota or incurring charges:

• Check which model you're using: Switch to GPT-4.1 or GPT-4o to avoid premium charges
• Monitor your usage: Understand which features and models are contributing most to your request count
• Be aware of rate limits: Even included models may be subject to rate limiting once quota is exceeded

[Deafpie]

Thanks! But lets say I've reached my limit and I wanted to add 10$ to my premium requests. How long will it take for it to recognize that I've added a budget? Will it not recognize it until the 1st of the month and then just add it to my allowance?

[tamusjroyce]

I have the same question as @Deafpie

[yanndc]

same here. that's the whole point, never had so much issues to have someone to accept my money.

[vviseguy]

I'm experiencing a similar error, with the exception that the text under the bar reads "Additional paid premium requests disabled." Is there anything I need to be doing other than setting up a budget? All the guides, help etc. just point me towards setting a budget, which I have done.

[OshJones]

Sorry only just seen response. Yea should be under manage subscription and you choose the paid one again. Should cancel free trial and start the paid one then. Glad it sorted it for you as well

[Vadimm89]

How do you clear the free trial? I ended my subscription but every time I click upgrade again it just redirects me to the copilot settings page because I still have time in my trial left. No way to upgrade to pro pro

@iamtheoutlaw. I have the same issue. I have a few days left on my trial, and even after I canceled it and switched to Pro, the Licensing section still says “Copilot Pro (free trial month)” and “You cancelled your free one-time 30-day trial and won’t be charged for Copilot. Your access to GitHub Copilot expires in 3 days.”
Did you manage to resolve this issue in the end?

[JavierKniffki]

Models --》Enable In GitHub settings, there’s now a new tab called “Models.” Just enable it, and once you’ve used up your included premium calls, you can make additional premium calls — they’ll simply be billed per token.

[Vadimm89]

@JavierKniffki
I turned it on yesterday, but nothing has changed. I suspect that even though I canceled the trial and switched to Pro, I still can’t use the additional premium requests until the trial period ends.

[Vadimm89]

[ivangomes]

[the1abel]

Still no luck.
I have this (Models paid usage) Enabled.
I also have a budget set for Models of $50.00.
I also have a valid credit card on file in the Payment information's Payment method (which was used recently to pay for monthly access to GitHub Copilot before I joined my new company and was "assigned a seat as part of a GitHub Copilot Business subscription".

[JavierKniffki]

Tenía el mismo error y me funcionó lo de simplemente habilitar, tal y como sugiere ivangomes.

[nikzral]

ISSUE IS WITH FREE TRIAL!

For some reason the free trials don't support additional budgets for copilot premium requests. Need to be on the paid Copilot subscription, not on trial. Can just click 'start paid subscription' on the 3 dots in Settings>Billing & Licensing on your current copilot plan.

[iamtheoutlaw]

If you started a trial recently, it must end before premium requests will work. It seems like a bug. Didn't work for me even when I tried starting my plan immediately. I got fed up and switched to Cursor fast

[akshay-nullpointer]

@nikzral is right. The migration from Free Trial of the paid plan to Paid Plan is the key issue. For anyone facing the same issue or wanting to check, here are the steps. Settings (on profile drop down on top right) -> Billing and licensing (dropdown) -> Licensing -> On the Github Copilot section click on Manage Subscription -> Convert to Paid.

[Pavluho]

Confirmed. Converting to the paid plan via these settings resolved the issue for me as well. Thanks for the tip!👍🔥😁

[vladsterian-diconium]

but I don't have any Manage Subscription here:

Any ideas? I have canceled my trial but nothing happens

[Vadimm89]

Yes, you should wait 12 days. Even if you canceled trial. I had the same issue.

[clmcgrath]

my organization is setup for our team to have copilot enterprise , i set an enterprise budget of an additional $200/mth if we run out of premium requests this is not reflecting in vscode we are getting the error "Additional paid premium requests disabled." in the copilot pane in vscode
how do we enable this for our team members

[iamtheoutlaw]

If you started a trial recently, the trial has to end before premium requests will work. It seems like a bug. I got fed up and switched to Cursor fast

[clmcgrath]

i found our issue , even if you set a large budget if you have stop usage checked in the budget limit it will stop any overage period and ignore the budget entirely , definitely seems like a bug

[MartyStorm]

PROBLEM SOLVED!!! I was still in the 30 day free trial period. I simply skipped the rest of the trial period and that fixed it.

[NabilZaman]

How do you "skip" the trial period?

Edit: This did in-fact fix the inability to use paid premium requests. The ability to skip the trial period is in the Billing > Overview > Manage Subscriptions menu

[alkan212]

Hi, i found the issues

1. Enable "Models Paid Usage"

2. Then go on "Budgets and alerts" and click on "New Budget"

3. Select "SKU-level budget" / Product="Copilot" / SKU = "copilot premium request"

4. setup the budget you want and save

[Rakhilpr96]

I resolved it by enabling models paid usage and updating budget for existing "All Premium Request SKUs". DO NOT CREATE A NEW BUDGET.