where the copilot credits went

Short summary

GitHub Copilot moved to usage-based AI credit billing on June 1, 2026, metering input/output tokens at model-specific rates instead of fixed seats. The author built gh-aw-fleet to attribute credit consumption across repository fleets and discovered that agentic workflows—particularly automated dependency bundling—consume over half the budget silently each week until the invoice arrives. This real-world FinOps challenge mirrors the industry's newly formed Tokenomics Foundation, which aims to establish open cost accounting standards for token-based systems.

• •GitHub Copilot now uses usage-based AI credit billing (as of June 2026)
• •Single agentic workflow consumed $22.96/week, over half of total costs
• •Author built gh-aw-fleet to track and attribute credit consumption across repository fleets

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