Is copilot no longer free for students?

[fedorkanin]

Github Copilot

Question

Github Copilot was free for students and teachers with confirmed student status. Is it no longer the case?

Edit: issue is fixed

[Vrajs16]

I am having the same problem. I checked GitHub develop campus and saw that my email is still verified

in visual studio code it's not working and getting this error:

I logged out and did everything yet nothing is working?

Edit:
Got an email saying it's renewed, but only for like a month?

[Dan0xE]

they seem to check the eligibility monthly now, pretty sure that's the reason why you got this email

[Haidar0096]

how did you solve this?

I am having the same problem. I checked GitHub develop campus and saw that my email is still verified

in visual studio code it's not working and getting this error: I logged out and did everything yet nothing is working?

Edit: Got an email saying it's renewed, but only for like a month?

How did you manage to solve this? Ihave the exact same problem

[FGBxRamel]

I have the same question. I've got the exact problem mentioned in this discussion .

[Iheuzio]

I have the same issue across all my ides, was fine a few hours ago now...

[Iheuzio]

update:

[PaulFWatts]

Exactly the same problem here.

Hopefully it's just a glitch?

[savicaleksa]

Same problem here.

[Dradows]

Same here!

[velrmilion]

Having the same issue here.

[HDcookie]

I'm in the same boat, I can't use it at all, and no email

[K-cermak]

Same issue here.

[i13e]

I am having the same issue and just received 3 emails now 4 emails from Github Support saying the exact same thing as the top comment.

[rafael-rm]

I'm having the same problem, I hope it's just an error.

[HDcookie]

Looks like it's fixed

[blakeNaccarato]

Solution that worked for me

Thanks to my GitHub support person for helping me sort this out. I visited the link below and was able to reactivate Copilot.

https://github.com/github-copilot/free_signup

(Note: This link doesn't work properly on the GitHub mobile app! Open it in your browser!)

So please try this solution before opening a ticket yourself, otherwise keep reading for my original comment.

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If you're still having issues after trying the above...

I am writing a meta-comment here to link a few active discussions about this issue:

• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/41371 (this discussion, most votes)
• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/41378
• https://github.com/community/Global-Campus-Teachers/discussions/118#discussioncomment-4369255 (my comment on this issue)

And here are a few apparently resolved/locked discussions about a bad deploy causing this issue about a month ago:

• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/40025
• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/40037

The dev response implies this affected a small percentage of users, and the change was rolled back a month ago. Perhaps the change has rolled out again without a fix?

Should we concentrate discussion here, the highest voted among the active issues? It specifically asks about Copilot for students, but it represents the teacher situation as well.

A suggested workaround is to open a ticket, via this comment: https://github.com/community/Global-Campus-Teachers/discussions/118#discussioncomment-4371361

If the solution above didn't work for you, please leave a comment indicating that.

[jieunboy0516]

thanks worked for me.

[Nunomst]

Thanks!

[Alukardie]

Finally, thanks!!

[im-ThiagoC]

Thanks!

[HungChunLi]

Thanks!

[FDD-YOSA]

To this day there is still this problem. They are so slow to fix it.

[3chospirits]

likewise!

[timelic]

same issue

[xiaobanni]

same issue with me!

[c19y9x]

same

[multipletwigs]

It was fine a few hours ago, and I got this issue like 10 minutes ago!

[otkrickey]

same issue on 9/Jan/2023

[ThreeCatsLoveFish]

same issue on jan 9

[leijuns]

same issue on jan 9

[rikurunico]

I have same issue on 9/Jan/2023

[ZhengzheXu]

same issue on jan 9

[inannan423]

same issue on jan 9,that's very frustrating for me

[yoke0104x]

same issue on jan 9,that's very frustrating for me

[Dan0xE]

same issue here, I assume its due to policy changes (they seem to check the eligibility monthly now, that's why some people seem to get the email saying that their subscription has been extended by one month )

(Credits to Hikaru Chang)

[HikaruChang]

I think GitHub will check every month to see if you are eligible to continue using it for free.

[Jm-Paunlagui]

Received this email too?

But verified student

Haiiiyaa,

[aadityamayankar]

Facing the same issue as a lot of others.

I seem to have found the answer.

Does this ☝️ mean we'll have to open a ticket every month?

[HikaruChang]

I think GitHub will check every month to see if you are eligible to continue using it for free.

[343N]

Same issue here. Any solutions? Previously suggested solutions don't work, I get redirected to buy Copilot. I still have GitHub Pro though.

[otkrickey]

Solved: #43634

[otkrickey]

@xiaobanni

[xiaobanni]

Thanks for your careful analysis.

[marcosncosta1]

Did anyone find a solution? I am having the same problem here

[savicaleksa]

From time to time, Github will check if you're still a valid student and if you're allowed to use Github Copilot for free.
Don't worry, it's not a long process, and you'll get your Github Copilot back in no time.

[ff781]

So I just signed up 2 days ago, do I just have to wait?

If I go to https://github.com/github-copilot/signup it just asks me to buy the paid plan

[Eddie2111]

Alright, same issue again

My account is still a verified student account. Will be renewed again right?

[davecheney]

@Eddie2111 your student coupon has expired. If you are a current student you can reapply for the GitHub student pack and you will receive a coupon for an additional 2 years of copilot access

[aslamanver]

Same issue