GitHub Copilot now lets Free users and students use MiniMax M2.5, but no official clients—Copilot CLI, VS Code, github.com/copilot UI, or OpenCode—display it. However, it's in the model listing API 3 times and and usable via GitHub OAuth. The model listing API provides a lot of detail about it. It indicates that M2.5 is being served by Fireworks, and that there's a "(Fast)" version served by Cerebras. Both are only available to "free" and "edu" subscriptions, to compensate, one would think, for the removal of premium models from the student plan ([https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/189268).](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/189268)) Both are marked as preview, "model\_picker\_enabled=false" and "model\_picker\_category=powerful". The ID of "MiniMax M2.5 (Fast)" is `minimax-m2p5-cb` instead of `minimax-m2p5-fw`. { "billing": { "is_premium": true, "multiplier": 1, "restricted_to": ["free", "edu"] }, "capabilities": { "family": "minimax-m2p5-fw", "limits": {"max_context_window_tokens": 196608, "max_output_tokens": 32000, "max_prompt_tokens": 164000}, "object": "model_capabilities", "supports": { "parallel_tool_calls": true, "reasoning_effort": ["low", "medium", "high"], "streaming": true, "structured_outputs": true, "tool_calls": true }, "tokenizer": "o200k_base", "type": "chat" }, "id": "accounts/msft/routers/mp3yn0h7", "is_chat_default": false, "is_chat_fallback": false, "model_picker_category": "powerful", "model_picker_enabled": false, "name": "MiniMax M2.5 (Copilot)", "object": "model", "policy": {"state": "enabled", "terms": ""}, "preview": true, "supported_endpoints": ["/chat/completions"], "vendor": "Fireworks", "version": "accounts/msft/routers/mp3yn0h7" } The reason the official clients don't show the MiniMax models is because the `model_picker_enabled` field on them is set to false. In Piebald we weren't aware of that field, and therefore by accident we don't respect it, thus revealing these options. They must be pretty new because we have plenty of Copilot users and none of have used MiniMax with Copilot before.
I own Github Pro+ Since February and it all was working fine. Not not only they removed Opus Fast, and "reduced limits on users" to only increase limit and now I cannot do work for 2 days? I specially reviewed their ToS that they so often quote for me to check, THERE IS NOTHING IN THERE that says rate limit, Github maybe you will enlighten me how can I know If I am going too fast so that I can Plan for this? I got 71% of requests left for the month, I won't be able to use them probably...
GitHub Copilot CLI now supports remote sessions! https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-13-remote-control-cli-sessions-on-web-and-mobile-in-public-preview/
When you're vibe coding and letting AI do the heavy lifting, the downtime gets boring fast, and continuous work is a real pain in the ass. To get a little relaxation, I built a stress-relief mini-game that lives directly on your Windows desktop as a transparent overlay, letting you stomp Goombas right on top of your open IDE. You can download the setup file from my GitHub (https://github.com/bxf1001g/desktop_mario/releases) and let it run silently in the background; just hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M to instantly bring the game up, press Esc to quickly hide it when you need to look busy, and hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M again whenever you need another break. This isn't the full version yet, just something fun I threw together as a side thing, so contributors are always welcome!
CoPilot Pro + VSCode extension is kinda a better deal than I expected: so far I vastly prefer GPT 5.4 Extra High to Claude Opus 4.6 and I'm only at 6% usage after at least like five hours of heavy work with it
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-10-pausing-new-github-copilot-pro-trials/ Free stuff is over. Personally I think this a great idea. If you cant afford ten bucks for some machine to do your thinking, you're doing it wrong. Rate limiting might go away if all the leeches are removed.