Copilot Pro active but premium models and Copilot web are blocked

[4codeitaly]

🏷️ Discussion Type

Bug

💬 Feature/Topic Area

Copilot in GitHub

Body

I have an active Copilot Pro subscription.

However, I am experiencing the following issues:

• Cannot access https://github.com/copilot (Access denied)
• Premium models like Claude Opus and Sonnet were available before but are now locked (showing "Upgrade")
• In VS Code, premium requests are disabled.

It seems that my account is being blocked from using premium models and Copilot web due to billing restrictions or entitlement issues.

Could you please help confirm if this is expected behavior and how to properly enable premium models again?

Thank you.

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[DonniFlex]

Sorry if I'm doing something wrong by posting in this thread. I didn't want to create a new thread, but since about 24h I started to get the same message. My Gemini extension in VS Code doesn't even work. I did use VPN and it might be one of the reasons it was disabled today while for some others even few days ago if I read and understood everything correctly about this type of error. Using split tunnel on VPN from now on.

[NAGOHUSA]

I am too, any insight into this?

[4codeitaly]

Hi @DonniFlex,

You’re not doing anything wrong.
GitHub has temporarily paused all Copilot Pro trials (including active ones) due to abuse.

👉 https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-10-pausing-new-github-copilot-pro-trials/

That’s why Copilot/Gemini suddenly stopped working. It’s not really caused by your VPN — just a timing coincidence.

You’ll need to wait or switch to a paid plan for now.