Getting "You seem to have a billing issue. Please adjust your billing settings to continue using codespaces."

[nycan]

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The message in the title occurs whenever I try to do anything related to Codespaces, including going to the Codespaces homepage, opening a Codespace, or creating a new Codespace. I last used Codespaces about two weeks ago with no error, so it has occurred sometime between then and now.

From what I have found in other discussions, this seems to occur most frequently when free usage has ran out. However, I receive emails when usage has been used up, but have not received any emails this month. Additionally, the "billing and licensing" section of my account settings does not show anything out of the ordinary: under the usage tab, all the amounts are listed as $0. I have also tried clearing my site data for Github, but that did not change anything either.

Do you have any ideas for what is causing this error or how I can fix it? Any help is appreciated.

[kevinchen-pimq]

Pricing for paid usage

Correct pricing	1 GB-month $0.07
Billed pricing	1 GB-hr $0.07

1 GB-month = 720 GB-hr
1 GB-month = $0.07
720 GB-hr = $0.07
1 GB-hr = $0.000097 is the correct pricing per hr

Visit https://github.com/settings/billing/usage
You can find out it is currently billed at 1 GB-hr $0.07

I've contacted support and haven't received a satisfactory response yet.
I suggest you file a ticket too.

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[mohammadamuie]

✅ 1. Check if you are part of an organization
Codespaces requires billing to be enabled either:

on your personal GitHub account, or

via a GitHub organization that has Codespaces billing enabled.

If you were previously using Codespaces under an organization's billing and you're no longer a member, you’ll lose access unless you enable personal billing.

✅ 2. Verify your personal billing settings
Go to: https://github.com/settings/billing

Check under “Codespaces” tab if personal billing is set up.

If not, click “Enable Personal Account Billing for Codespaces”.

Make sure you have a valid payment method on file, even if you're on a free plan (some setups require this to continue).

✅ 3. Confirm usage quota
Even though your dashboard may say $0, it could mean you’ve used up your included Codespaces hours (like 60 hours/month on the GitHub Pro plan), but haven’t gone over into billable usage — hence the $0.

To verify:

Go to https://github.com/settings/codespaces

Scroll down to “Usage” and review your hours used.

✅ 4. Check your organization’s Codespaces policy (if applicable)
If you are in a GitHub organization:

Visit the organization settings → Codespaces.

Ensure the organization allows Codespaces and is correctly configured for billing.

✅ 5. GitHub Status Page
Rarely, there could be a platform-side issue. Check:

https://www.githubstatus.com
to rule out any ongoing issues with Codespaces.

✅ 6. Last resort: GitHub Support
If nothing above resolves it, reach out to GitHub directly:

Submit a support request

Make sure to include:

Your username

Screenshot or exact message

Approximate last time Codespaces worked

[supervoidcoder]

✅ 1. Check if you are part of an organization Codespaces requires billing to be enabled either:

on your personal GitHub account, or

via a GitHub organization that has Codespaces billing enabled.

If you were previously using Codespaces under an organization's billing and you're no longer a member, you’ll lose access unless you enable personal billing.

I own nearly all the organizations I am part of (except for one). One example is OmniBlocks; you can find it in my profile. I can't use Codespaces for either OmniBlocks or my personal account. Neither is paid.

✅ 2. Verify your personal billing settings Go to: https://github.com/settings/billing

Check under “Codespaces” tab if personal billing is set up.

If not, click “Enable Personal Account Billing for Codespaces”.

Make sure you have a valid payment method on file, even if you're on a free plan (some setups require this to continue).

No.

✅ 3. Confirm usage quota Even though your dashboard may say $0, it could mean you’ve used up your included Codespaces hours (like 60 hours/month on the GitHub Pro plan), but haven’t gone over into billable usage — hence the $0.

To verify:

Go to https://github.com/settings/codespaces

Scroll down to “Usage” and review your hours used.

SKUs
Units
Price/unit
Gross amount
Billed amount
Codespaces compute 2-core
11.84 hr
$0.18
$2.13
$0
Codespaces compute 4-core
24.08 hr
$0.36
$8.67
$0
Codespaces storage
10.6 GB-hr
$0.07
$0.74
$0

Is this too much?
i guess i'll just send a support ticket.

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[supervoidcoder]

I have the exact same error. It seems like GitHub has frozen all of my free tier benefits, making GitHub practicaly useless. Maybe it's a bug with the new $0 budget changes? I was using codespaces like less than an hour ago but when I tried again, it just... fails?

^^^ i definitely haven't used 100% of none of these It only started for me like a couple of hours before. This is terrible. Our entire class needs codespaces to do work, including me. Please help, GitHub.

[supervoidcoder]

This is being reported by everyone else with a free plan. My code is now locked behind a paywall, or a bug. There's 20 other people I know here that it doesn't work.