GitHub Copilot just got a lot more complicated — and not in a good way. If you tried to sign up for Copilot Pro recently and hit a wall, that's not a bug. GitHub quietly paused new sign-ups for Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student plans starting in late April 2026. No end date announced. No workaround offered. Just a message and a door that won't open. That alone would be worth covering. But they made two other changes at the same time: Opus-family models are gone from the Pro tier, and rate limits are now visible inside VS Code and the CLI. Three changes, one announcement, and most developers only noticed the first one. Let me walk through all three. Sign-Ups Paused: Who's Locked Out New individual subscribers can't get into Copilot Pro, Pro+, or Student right now. The pause covers all three. Business and Enterprise plans are unaffected — if you're a company buying seats, you can still do that. Existing subscribers aren't being removed. Your plan, your access, your billing — none of that changes.…