GitHub Student Pack approved but Copilot still stuck on Free and only shows $4 coupon

[tgul1]

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Bug

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Verification Help & Guidance

Hi everyone,

Hi everyone,

My GitHub Student Developer Pack was approved on April 18, 2026, and the benefits page says my academic benefits are available until April 18, 2028.

However, when I use the Copilot redeem link from the Student Developer Pack, it redirects me back to my existing Copilot Free account instead of activating the student Copilot benefit.

I also checked my billing page, and instead of seeing the student Copilot entitlement fully applied, I only see a coupon that says “$4.00 off per month for 2 years until April 20, 2028”.

My school email is already connected to the same GitHub account that received the student approval, so this does not appear to be an account mismatch.

Has anyone had this exact issue where the Student Pack is approved, but the Copilot benefit stays on Free and only a $4 coupon is applied instead?

If a moderator sees this, I would like help checking whether my Copilot student entitlement is stuck or needs to be manually refreshed.

Thanks.

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also >_<

[tgul1]

Hi @WatchuLookingAt + @Yang-y-X-1207 & @zayaisla43,
I can see you all commented here so want to make sure you see these update.

The changes to Copilot Individual Plans announced in the GitHub blog & changelog + this discussion cover all the details, and that discussion may be updated if new information becomes available.

These following updates apply across Copilot plans, including Education users.

The main changes are:

• New signups for Copilot Student, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ are paused
• Opus-family models are being removed from Copilot Pro.
• New rate limits are being introduced.
• More transparent rate-limit progress is being added.

What is not changing:

• Code completion remains free.
• Plan prices are not changing.
• Existing users will not be removed.

Reading the comments above, I think it might apply that if you are eligible but you had not previously claimed Copilot benefit, you are not eligible to use that activation. Right now all new activations of Copilot Student, Pro, and Pro Plus are paused. We don't have a work around for this, and we don't have a timeline we can share on when this may change.

To keep conversations all in one place and to ensure you receive timely updates, we’ll be closing this post and recommend you subscribe to the discussion linked above.

Thank you!

[tgul1]

Thank you so much for the update and for taking the time to let us know! I completely understand — I’ll keep an eye on the linked discussion for any new information.
I’m hopeful this gets resolved as soon as possible, as I was really looking forward to using my student benefits. Could you please notify us or update the discussion when new activations for Copilot Student are available again? I want to make sure I don’t miss the window once it reopens.
Thanks again for the transparency and for all the work you do supporting students. Really appreciate it! 🙏

[six6thsense]

this is straight up discrimination