[2026-03-16] Incident Thread - Copilot

We’re aware some users on Copilot Pro (complementary, trial and paid) are seeing premium/advanced models disappear from the VS Code model picker and/or show “Contact your admin,” and we’re actively investigating.

In the meantime, please do not click "Start paid plan" as a workaround from the Copilot Pro trial - this will remove you from the trial and initiate a paid subscription.

If you’re affected, please reply with your plan type (Student / Pro trial / Pro paid), VS Code + Copilot extension versions, OS, and roughly when the issue started.

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[guij2]

I am affected, upgraded from student to pro trial plan, and the issue started around 6 hours ago (could be longer, but that's when I woke up and noticed.) Happening on all my systems across the VSCode extension, web copilot chat and copilot CLI.

[f5alcon]

I have this issue noticed it as soon as I opened it 5 hours ago. I'm on pro trial

[southamericarust]

I'm having trouble with 2 accounts, I created this one to test it and it's having problems too.

[mviniC-Skia]

I'm affected and using the pro trial plan and the issue just started today. I still can't use any premium models.

[Virtwin-EnergyAB]

affected, i am on Pro trial

[strzelec2012]

From today morning. PRO TRIAL.

[evilru]

I just recognized it ~1h ago.

subscription pro trial
vscode 1.112.0-insider (6da8508c163304b57109793b1b930b737f06c5ff)
copilot chat 0.40.2026031601
copilot cli 1.0.5
os windows 11 + wsl

[jishan1019]

Affected – Copilot Pro Trial

I’m also experiencing this issue.

Plan: Copilot Pro Trial
VS Code Version: 1.109.5
Copilot Chat Extension: 0.37.9
OS: Linux x64 (6.17.0-14-generic)

Claude Sonnet and Opus models were visible and working yesterday. However, starting today they no longer appear in the Copilot Chat model selector.

I confirmed this is happening on my Pro trial account, and the premium/advanced models have disappeared from the VS Code model picker.

The issue started approximately today (2026-03-16).

[NathanNatNat]

This is NOT just VS Code.
It is happening in Visual Studio IDE 2026 also.
It's happening on both Pro paid and Pro trial.

[jakabaskara]

same here, i changed to pro but sonnet still not appear

[maquieirajoseluis]

Today (2026-03-16), both Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Claude Opus 4.6 have disappeared from the model selector in Copilot Chat. These models were available and functioning correctly yesterday.

Plan: Copilot Pro Trial
VS Code Version: 1.111.0
Copilot Chat Extension: 0.39.1
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0 (macOS)

[ifeeltech]

Same here, I'm on PRO Trial, no Sonnet or Opus

[StevenMaude]

This is NOT just VS Code.

Seeing this in the GitHub cloud coding agent; only have Auto and GPT-5.1-Codex-Max available for my Copilot Pro trial.

[ahmed-abdou1]

I've already clicked on the "Start Paid Plan" as this was the solution in another thread, although I was on the copilot pro plan. Is there any way to reverse this since this post mentioned that we should not click on the "Start Paid Plan"?

[alberfdez1523]

Affected – Copilot Pro Trial

I’m also experiencing this issue and now the trial end and i'm paying and models pro dissapered.

Plan: Copilot Pro Trial - Copilot Pro
VS Code Version: 1.111.0
Copilot Chat Extension: 0.39.1
OS: Windows 11

[bermuda99]

it works now. im on TRIAL and it does show for me.
Maybe because I deinstalled copilot on VSCODE, reinstalled it again and rebooted? I will never know and tbf, I never wanna know because it works.

[Razig17]

it worked for me also but i didn't do anything i think they fixed it

[cutetian]

Even paid pro users can no longer use the Claude model?

[agengx]

Previously, I was unable to manually select Claude Sonnet or Claude Opus from the model list in the JetBrains IDE plugin. However, the issue seems to have been resolved today, and the models appear to be working normally now.

Plan type: Pro trial
IDE: IntelliJ IDEA (Copilot extension)
OS: Windows
Date: 2026-03-16

[sudheeer7]

I am also affected by this.

Plan Type: Pro Trial
OS: Windows 11
Issue Started: 2:30 PM UST
VS Code: Version: 1.111.0
Github Copilot Chat Extension: 0.39.1

[D13056]

I'm also afected all top models are gone within the middle of school project, i am finished. accidently i clicked pro plan even.

Version: 1.111.0 (user setup)
Commit: ce099c1ed25d9eb3076c11e4a280f3eb52b4fbeb
Date: 2026-03-06T23:06:10Z
Electron: 39.6.0
ElectronBuildId: 13330601
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Identifier
github.copilot-chat
Version
0.39.1
Plan Student
Pls fix as sonn as possible

[saprecar]

Check this out
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/189268

[aminuboy1]

Affected – Copilot Pro (Teacher Education Benefits)

I’m also experiencing this issue and all claude models pro disappeared, and I am seeing contact your admin for claude opus and sonnet models.

Plan: Copilot Pro Trial - Copilot Pro
VS Code Version: 1.111.0
Copilot Chat Extension: 0.39.1
OS: Windows 11

[KBKUN024]

I was also affected by this yesterday.

📋 Plan type — Pro trial

🖥️ VS Code version:

Version: 1.111.0 (Universal)

• Commit: ce099c1ed25d9eb3076c11e4a280f3eb52b4fbeb

• Date: 2026-03-06T23:06:10Z

• Electron: 39.6.0

• Chromium: 142.0.7444.265

• OS: macOS 26.3.1 (Darwin arm64 25.3.0)

🖥️ Copilot extension version: 0.39.1

💻 Operating system: macOS

🕐 Roughly when the issue started: 2026-03-16 22:00:00 UTC+8:00 Asia/Shanghai

[KBKUN024]

It seems normal right now:

claude sonnet 4.6 is back!

[KBKUN024]

It seems normal right now: claude sonnet 4.6 is back!

About few minutes ago, these models showed again

[OEvortex]

Is Copilot free for OSS maintainers also nerfed?

[nikomeguro2004]

Affected and i don't have opus and sonnet I'm on a student plan and at the same time i only have the free models no other models are available

[VidhitSikri]

Affected , i used to work on opus and sonnet models and am on student developer pack where i get 300 premium requests per month

the issue started when recently in aomewhere in previous week where i cant use anthropic sonnet and opus model alongside gpt 5.4 as it says contat your admin.

[mathcoke]

Plan type: Pro paid (Recently upgraded from Student plan)
VS Code version: 1.111.0
Copilot extension version: github.copilot-chat v0.39.1
Operating system: Windows 11 (Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100)
Roughly when the issue started: March 16, 2026 (Premium models were working fine right after the Pro upgrade, but suddenly disappeared and showed the "Contact your admin" error).

[oslo254804746]

Affected – Copilot Pro (Student Education Benefits)

I’m also experiencing this issue and all claude models pro disappeared, and I am seeing contact your admin for claude opus and sonnet models.

Plan: Copilot Pro Trial - Copilot Pro
VS Code Version: 1.111.0
Copilot Chat Extension: 0.39.1
OS: Windows 11

[soham247]

Plan type: Student

VS Code version: 1.111.0
GitHub Copilot extension version: 0.39.1

Operating system: Windows

When the issue started: 15th March

[cfpy67]

I'm on pro trial and not seeing the sonnet models. Using macos, copilot cli latest version. Please fix asap

[cheyennnnne]

订阅 Pro 试用版
VSCODE 1.111.0 (user setup)
Copilot 聊天 0.39.1
OS Windows NT x64 10.0.26200
昨天开始出现无法使用claude Haiku 4.6和claude sonner 4.6，今天开始连cluade Haiku 4.5都无法使用。

[KBKUN024]

2小时前我自动恢复了，突然看到又可以使用了，估计依旧在陆续修复了