AI credits consumed per user now in the Copilot usage metrics API

GitHub's Copilot usage metrics API now reports AI credits consumed per user per day, enabling enterprise administrators and organization owners to track consumption alongside usage data. The new `ai_credits_used` field appears in user-level reports for single-day and 28-day periods at enterprise and organization levels, helping connect consumption to value and plan for usage-based billing.

AI credits consumed per user now in the Copilot usage metrics API The Copilot usage metrics API https://docs.github.com/enterprise-cloud@latest/rest/copilot/copilot-usage-metrics?apiVersion=2026-03-10 now reports how many AI credits each user consumed per day, derived from the same AI credits consumption data used in the usage-based billing API https://docs.github.com/rest/billing/usage?apiVersion=2026-03-10 . What’s new whats-new A new ai credits used field is now included for each user in the user-level reports and indicates the total AI credits a user consumed. This is an overall per-user total across all of that user’s Copilot activity. The field is available in both the single-day users-1-day and 28-day users-28-day user-level reports at the enterprise and organization levels. Why this matters why-this-matters Connect consumption to value: ai credits used sits in the same reports you already track for usage, so you can see consumption next to the work that drove it. Understand adoption across your teams: See how AI credit usage is distributed across your enterprise or organization to recognize where Copilot is delivering the most value. Plan for usage-based billing: Monitor day-over-day consumption patterns to anticipate AI credit ranges and inform budget decisions. Important notes important-notes - These metrics are available to enterprise administrators and organization owners who have access to Copilot usage metrics https://docs.github.com/copilot/concepts/copilot-usage-metrics through the REST API. ai credits used is an overall per-user total. It is not currently broken down by feature, model, or surface.- The field is available in the user-level reports. It is a metrics signal for analyzing consumption, not a billed total—refer to billing for invoicing. Visit the Copilot usage metrics API documentation https://docs.github.com/enterprise-cloud@latest/rest/copilot/copilot-usage-metrics?apiVersion=2026-03-10 to learn more. You can also join the discussion within GitHub Community https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/announcements .