GitHub pauses new Copilot sign-ups as agentic AI strains infrastructure

GitHub has paused new sign-ups for several individual Copilot plans and tightened usage limits, saying newer agentic coding workflows are consuming far more compute than its original pricing and service model was built to handle. The move is a reminder that as AI coding assistants grow more autonomous, vendors may have to balance developer demand against infrastructure cost and service reliability. “As Copilot’s agentic capabilities have expanded rapidly, agents are doing more work, and mo...