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Copilot spend meter plan chart showing individual Copilot AI credit allowances: Pro 1,500, Pro+ 7,000, and Max 20,000.

Copilot spend meter shows where AI coding costs bite

Copilot spend meter is VS Code's new warning for AI credit overruns. Treat the 1,500 Pro credits as a budget, not a perk.

Lars Cornelissen · Jun 23, 2026

VS Code Autopilot default risk shown through 2025 developer environment usage: Visual Studio Code at 75.9 percent, Visual Studio at 29 percent, Notepad++ at 27.4 percent, IntelliJ IDEA at 27.1 percent, and Vim at 24.3 percent.

VS Code Autopilot puts agent risk in every default

VS Code Autopilot is now enabled by default, giving coding agents more autonomy. Treat the new default as a policy change, not a shortcut.

Lars Cornelissen · Jun 12, 2026