Copilot Pro+ – Weekly Rate Limit Not Resetting After Expected Reset (Copilot)

[yandersr]

Describe the bug

I'm experiencing an issue with my Copilot Pro+ subscription.

At approximately 14:33, I attempted to use Copilot Chat and received the following error:

"Sorry, you have been rate-limited. Please wait 2 minutes before trying again or consider switching to Auto.
Server Error: Sorry, you've exceeded your weekly rate limit. Please review our Terms of Service.
Error Code: user_weekly_rate_limited"

I waited over an hour before trying again, but the same error persisted.

I initially reached the weekly rate limit a few days ago, which was expected. However, the limit should have reset by now, but I am still receiving the same error today.

To clarify:

I am not currently sending large prompts or maintaining long conversations
The error appears immediately upon trying to use Copilot Chat with a simple Hello message
The issue persists even after waiting well beyond the expected reset window

Affected version

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Steps to reproduce the behavior

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Expected behavior

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Additional context

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[ehendrix23]

I am having the same issue:

I suddenly had received a rate limit of 51 hours:

{"type":"session.error","data":{"errorType":"rate_limit","message":"Sorry, you've hit a rate limit that restricts the number of Copilot model requests you can make within a specific time period. Please try again in 51 hours. Please review our Terms of Service (https://docs.github.com/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service). (Request ID: DFDE:31F14:4F0C5C:5C2E01:69DD9EC7)","statusCode":429,"providerCallId":"DFDE:31F14:4F0C5C:5C2E01:69DD9EC7"},"id":"95e9c9b9-ea17-49c0-a22e-22486e91e146","timestamp":"2026-04-14T01:56:31.150Z"}

which means wait until 2026-04-16T05:10:41.482Z

It is now 2026-04-16T22:15:00Z (16:15PM local time) and I'm still rate limited.
When I had tried it gave me:

You've reached your weekly rate limit. Please upgrade your plan or wait for your limit to reset on April 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM

When I try later again I get:

You've reached your weekly rate limit. Please upgrade your plan or wait for your limit to reset on April 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM

So I wait few hours and then have it try again. Now it says:

You've reached your weekly rate limit. Please upgrade your plan or wait for your limit to reset on April 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM

How can it be that I was rate limited for a certain amount of time, and then without me doing anything it keeps in moving?
Why am I even rate limited? Where can I see how much I have used compared to my rate? How close I am to my rate? When it will actually reset? Why is it keep on pushing it out when I haven't done anything except for trying?

I have use 30% of my premium requests. I am CoPilot Pro+.

[yandersr]

In my case, it eventually got resolved, but I’m not 100% sure what fixed it. What I did was:

Updated Visual Studio to the latest version
Waited a few hours without retrying repeatedly

After that, the rate limit error disappeared and things started working normally again.

[ehendrix23]

In my case, it eventually got resolved, but I’m not 100% sure what fixed it. What I did was:

Updated Visual Studio to the latest version Waited a few hours without retrying repeatedly

After that, the rate limit error disappeared and things started working normally again.

I already updated, and been waiting for hours. There is something seriously broken on their end as it suddenly started to happen and based on the amount of feedback/issues of others hitting it all around the same time and then same issues with it never actually resetting I would say that they rolled something out that is not working as it should.
But the lack of feedback/response from them is horrendous.

[eloyfm-boop]

I dont even get a timer, lucky you guys. I just have nothing

[saddamhossain]

Today I had a very bad experience with 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐇𝐮𝐛 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨+ during active development.

I hit a message saying: “𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭. Try again in 3 days.” 😁

The issue is, I still have 500+ premium requests remaining, but they are blocked due to a separate weekly cap.

From a developer experience point of view, this is frustrating and unpredictable. Usage limits should ideally be aligned with available requests, not hidden weekly throttling.

It broke my workflow momentum at a critical point in development.

Just sharing a real-world experience from today.

[amarmaafifi-gif]

same issue for me, i consumed only 17% of my copilot premium + and i hit a weekly rate limit in a critical moment