Commercial software intelligenceEvidence checked · 8 September 2026
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SK-2026-127 · Enforcement & transition policy

GitHub retires the Copilot Billing Preview app

GitHub retired the Copilot Billing Preview app on 3 August 2026 in favour of built-in AI usage, budget, usage-report and billing-API controls.

Preview app retired

Commercial transition

Previous stateCustomers could use the standalone Copilot Billing Preview app for reporting.
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New stateThe preview app is retired; replacement surfaces include the AI usage page, spend and user-level budgets, raw usage reports and the billing API.

Who is affected

GitHub customers and administrators relying on the standalone Copilot Billing Preview app.

Action required

Move reporting and control workflows to the built-in billing settings, budgets, reports or API and remove preview-app dependencies.

Evidence boundary

This is retirement of one preview app, not removal of Copilot usage visibility, budgets or billing data.

Timeline

  1. Retirement announced

    GitHub identified the built-in replacement controls.

  2. Preview app retired

    The standalone Copilot Billing Preview app was retired.

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