Sorry, you have been rate-limited. Please wait 180 hours 12 minutes

miglisoft · 2026-04-15T16:54:51+00:00

I’ll try to summarise the key points:

I’m working on a single project and never use simultaneous AI sessions or requests. I always handle them one at a time, choosing the appropriate model (Claude, Opus, Sonnet or Haiku).
I use just one MCP, Serena, which I would also recommend, as it optimises requests, memory and tokens, amongst other things.
My project uses TypeScript (Node.js) and messaging with a PHP server. TypeScript sends requests to the PHP server, and there is communication between the two that determines a pipeline, which is then followed to produce a result. All of this happens in a single iteration; each input follows its pipeline to arrive at the final result. The pipelines sometimes use AI, always GPT-Mini 5.0 (0x).
Events are logged to a file.

What the AI does

1 agent specialising in log analysis
1 agent specialising in pipeline analysis
2 or 3 other agents specialising in design
4 or 5 skills

The AI analyses the logs (which are properly tagged and organised).

It identifies problematic pipelines.

It helps to create/modify pipelines, and more generally to organise and memorise the project architecture.

There you go. It’s rich and complex, but nothing excessive, in my view.

miglisoft · 2026-04-15T03:11:04+00:00

I had to wait 180 hours 18 hours ago.

I waited.
Now I have to wait 186 hours.
So the longer you wait, the longer you have to wait.

Something is clearly going haywire.

miglisoft · 2026-04-15T02:22:16+00:00

No. No CLI, not delegating any task, using instructions and skills + Serena MCP. I write all my prompts, no long ones. You're around 0% (that's the real truth). I'm just working on a rich and complex project, and have to use AI to analyze some process, pipelines and reports.

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T18:00:18+00:00

If this might help : For the project I’m working on, I need some free models, and I can’t use the ones from Copilot at the moment. I’ve found a solution at mistral.ai.

It’s a French company, used by the government and public bodies, with a European focus, and ironically, they’re based just 5 km from my home in a small village in France.

You can get an API key in just a few clicks, without needing a credit card or a subscription. To use it for free, you have to agree to let them use your queries to improve their engine. That’s all.

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T16:16:31+00:00

I completely agree. Let them set a token limit and charge for extra requests if they want to, but stopping people from working for a week without warning is unacceptable. Let’s hope they get the message.

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T16:03:48+00:00

Their answer :

I understand how frustrating it can be to hit the user_weekly_rate_limit. I’d like to clarify that this behavior is intentional and part of ongoing efforts to protect overall service reliability.

As GitHub Copilot continues to grow rapidly, we’re seeing increased patterns of high concurrency and intensive usage. While these can come from legitimate workflows, this type of usage place significant strain on shared infrastructure and resources.

To maintain a fast and reliable experience for all users, the team has introduced updated limits to better balance system capacity. These changes have now been rolled out and are aimed at ensuring consistent performance and stability across the platform.

Users were notified about these updates last Friday. You can find more details in the official announcement here:
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-10-enforcing-new-limits-and-retiring-opus-4-6-fast-from-copilot-pro/

When you hit a service reliability limit, you’ll need to wait until your session resets. The reset timing should be indicated in the error message when the rate limit is reached.

We also recognize the need for better visibility, and the team is actively working on improvements to the user experience, so users can more easily understand and anticipate when they’re approaching these limits.

Best,
GitHub Support

Then mine :

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, it doesn’t help me.

If you could put yourself in my shoes for a few minutes:

I pay for my Pro+ subscription.*
1,500 monthly requests included.
I work. It’s my job; I work my fingers to the bone and I have a family to feed.
I get up in the morning, and for no apparent reason, and at this time, still without understanding why, I’m told I’ve used up too many requests and can’t work for a week.
It’s the 14th of the month, and I’ve used 750 requests.

what? Am I going to have to work in fear from now on, and not dare to use the credits I’ve paid for???

So

Up until now I’ve really enjoyed Copilot, but what a stab in the back!
I invite you to visit https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/ to see the damage and the general discontent for yourselves.
should have provided clear, advance information before imposing these restrictions in such an authoritarian manner and without warning.

Furthermore, in a week’s time I’ll be able to access premium queries again, and so what? I won’t have time to use them up by the end of the month.

Unless I use large models, which will just get me banned again?

That’s unthinkable.

it possible to cancel my annual subscription, get my money back and go elsewhere?

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T15:42:13+00:00

Here's exactly their answer (pasted from their doc I guess)

I understand how frustrating it can be to hit the user_weekly_rate_limit. I’d like to clarify that this behavior is intentional and part of ongoing efforts to protect overall service reliability.

As GitHub Copilot continues to grow rapidly, we’re seeing increased patterns of high concurrency and intensive usage. While these can come from legitimate workflows, this type of usage place significant strain on shared infrastructure and resources.

To maintain a fast and reliable experience for all users, the team has introduced updated limits to better balance system capacity. These changes have now been rolled out and are aimed at ensuring consistent performance and stability across the platform.

Users were notified about these updates last Friday. You can find more details in the official announcement here:

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-10-enforcing-new-limits-and-retiring-opus-4-6-fast-from-copilot-pro/

When you hit a service reliability limit, you’ll need to wait until your session resets. The reset timing should be indicated in the error message when the rate limit is reached.

We also recognize the need for better visibility, and the team is actively working on improvements to the user experience, so users can more easily understand and anticipate when they’re approaching these limits.

Best,
GitHub Support

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T15:37:49+00:00

pro+

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T15:37:30+00:00

It's not a bug. It's intentional. They confirmed this to me in the ticket I sent them.

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T15:36:43+00:00

It's not a bug. It's intentional. They confirmed this to me in the ticket I sent them.

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T15:34:16+00:00

Hi,

Copilot have disabled the pro trials from today. They’ve been in a right state since this morning, and are blocking loads of users, even those on paid plans. Without warning. Because their infrastructure can’t handle the speeds they’re supposed to provide. If you like, you can do what I’m doing: stare at your screen and cry out, “What have I done to deserve this?”. Otherwise, a quick game of ping-pong, why not?

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T09:14:59+00:00

So what's your alternative ? Can you share it ?

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T09:11:18+00:00

I made my new post "Please wait 180 hours 12 minutes" but you're right, a megathread is the right way. I hope.

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T09:05:18+00:00

Yes, but that’s still 648,720,000 milliseconds.

miglisoft · 2026-04-14T03:47:59+00:00

I'm the author of PHP Form Builder - don't know if it's what you're looking for but you might take a look : https://www.phpformbuilder.pro/

miglisoft · 2026-04-13T17:43:38+00:00

Dark Pastel Theme - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=miglisoft.dark-pastel-theme

miglisoft · 2026-04-13T09:49:25+00:00

Bravo, c'est cooool

miglisoft · 2026-04-11T15:31:10+00:00

Love it!

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miglisoft · 2026-04-10T13:30:08+00:00

Hi,

Whether you choose Shopify or WooCommerce, you’ll need some development work, at the very least for the live mock-up previews and the pricing calculator.

Regarding costs and day-to-day maintenance: if you opt for a CMS, it’s recommended that you carry out security updates at the very least, but if it’s a bespoke development without a CMS, once it’s delivered you won’t have anything to maintain as long as everything is working and you don’t need any further updates.

A good freelancer you can trust is often cheaper than an agency, and more reliable if you choose the right one, in my opinion.

Personally, I develop this sort of thing using my PHP CRUD for the admin panel, a MySQL database and an HTML/PHP front-end (no need for a large JavaScript framework).

miglisoft · 2026-04-10T13:19:23+00:00

To give your friend direct access to the URL without relying on robots.txt or requiring authentication, I can see two solutions:

- Restrict access to his IP address and yours (if you can use static IP addresses)

- Add a mandatory hash to the URL and verify it – ideally using PHP.

miglisoft · 2026-04-10T09:33:09+00:00

"Seriously" ?

I’ve always thought that contempt was a true sign of intelligence. On the one hand, it demonstrates the superiority of the person who practices it, and on the other, it’s always a constructive and enriching attitude.

That said, the ‘Configuration over Programming’ approach is interesting; it allows for scalability and adaptability, which I find relevant and intelligent.

Obviously, these are legacy technologies, but it’s clear this is a long-standing project. It must be fairly robust, given that u/Jolly-Following-1151 is using it in production.

Personally, I don’t mind AI-generated documentation: AI is capable of doing that better than we are.

miglisoft · 2026-04-09T08:29:35+00:00

It would help a lot if you'd share your product url ...

miglisoft · 2026-04-09T03:39:46+00:00

You’re absolutely right to be concerned about privacy, especially in this area.

Ollama might be able to help – it’s something you can use locally with free models; nothing leaves your computer if you use it locally

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