GitHub is switching Copilot Chat from request-based billing to token-based billing using GitHub AI Credits. This change affects Zed users who use Copilot Chat for agent turns, inline assists, commit-message generation, tool calls, and subagent work. Code completions and Next Edit suggestions (edit predictions) are not affected. Users can preview their estimated costs via a GitHub usage report. Zed users who want to avoid the new pricing can switch to alternative model providers, including ChatGPT, OpenCode, custom API keys, or local models.
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