How to find usage information on Github Copilot

Most of you already know, Github copilot is very nice addition to VS code and Visual Studio IDE. Past couple of months, it has been very good coding assistant to me in all coding projects, specially in Visual Studio 2022.

I was using Free plan for Github copilot ever since I have started using it. Limits on free plan was enough for me to work on project I worked in past. However, last couple of week development work has increased, there fore I was wondering whether I'm hitting my free plan limits on Github copilot.

When you hover our Copilot icon on Visual Studio 2022, it give following options:

If you click on the "Copilot Free Status" menu, you get something like below:

It just says, when the free limits will reset (monthly). So how to find out how much you have already used.

This is when ChatGPT with search tool came in handy. Following procedure describe how to find the free limit. It is not very user friendly, but for developers, this is not a complicated task.

Step 1: Login to your Github account and go to following URL (preferably on Chrome or Edge): 

https://github.com/settings/copilot

Step 2: Open Developer Tools

• Chrome/Edge: Press Ctrl+Shift+I (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Option+I (macOS)

• Firefox: Ctrl+Shift+K (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Option+K (macOS)

Step 3: Switch to the Network Tab

In Developer Tools, click on the Network tab and ensure “Preserve log” is enabled to keep track of activity when the page reloads.

Step 4: Reload the Page

Hit F5 or reload the browser page. This captures all network requests, including the entitlement API call.

Step 5: Filter Requests

In the Network filter bar, type entitlement to locate the key request:

Step 6: Inspect the Payload

• Click the request to open the Headers / Response pane.

• Go to the Response tab — it should display a JSON object detailing your usage quotas and how much remains.

As you can see in above screen shot, json response show the remaining entitlement. To be clear in above example, account has not used any of his/her entitlement.