GitHub Student Developer Pack Approved, but Copilot sign-ups are "temporarily paused" #198236
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🏷️ Discussion TypeQuestion 💬 Feature/Topic AreaBenefit Activation/Waiting Hi everyone,Hi everyone, I recently got approved for the GitHub Student Developer Pack through GitHub Education. My application was successfully verified, and I can see that my student benefits are active on the Education page. However, I'm unable to use the GitHub Copilot benefit. In both GitHub.com and my IDE (VS Code), Copilot still shows up as the Free plan. I noticed there is a yellow warning banner on my Education Benefits page stating: Just to be sure, I have already tried the standard troubleshooting steps:
Has anyone else experienced this specific "paused" issue recently after being approved for the Student Pack? Does anyone know typically how long these sign-up pauses last, or if there is any additional step required to claim Copilot Pro for students once the pause is lifted? Any help, guidance, or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! |
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Hello , This is a known, platform-wide issue — not something wrong with your account. If you are a verified student and your Copilot Pro trial was cancelled due to this, you can try visiting https://github.com/github-copilot/free_signup to attempt enabling Copilot Student access. GitHub Your Student Developer Pack benefits (Codespaces hours, partner offers, etc.) are still active — only the Copilot Student plan activation is blocked for now. No troubleshooting step on your end will resolve this; it's a server-side restriction. |
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This is so frustrating because I was an existing user on Copilot Student but I got removed and had to reapply. They've been worsening the service to the point of literally not letting me use it anymore! At this point, might as well just pay for a competitor instead. |
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Hello ,
This is a known, platform-wide issue — not something wrong with your account.
On April 20, 2026, GitHub announced it would temporarily suspend new sign-ups for GitHub Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, and the Copilot Student plan. The free Copilot Free plan remains available, and existing users can still upgrade between plans. Roboin
GitHub's VP of product development explained that "agentic workflows have fundamentally changed Copilot's compute demands," and the pause is designed to maintain a reliable and predictable experience for current customers. The New Stack
So the banner you're seeing — "New Copilot plan sign-ups are temporarily paused" — is intentional and affects all newly app…