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[BUG] Cannot switch to a free AI model #406

Description

@BonoJovi

Describe the bug

I currently have a monthly subscription to Copilot Pro, but after using up my premium tokens in GitHub Copilot CLI, I cannot switch to a free AI model.

Example: Claude Sonnet 4.5 -> GPT-4.1

Affected version

Version 0.0.350 · Commit 6bd4106

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Type 'COPILOT_MODEL=gpt-4.1"

✗ Model call failed: {"message":"You have no quota","code":"quota_exceeded"} (Request ID: E373:246B49:65284:95CC4:68FDE883)

✗ Quota exceeded. Upgrade to increase your limit: https://github.com/features/copilot/plans

Expected behavior

No response

Additional context

Operating System: Linux (Pop!_os 20.04 LTS)

Activity

  1. added theissue type on Oct 26, 2025
  2. EvanBoyle commented on Oct 26, 2025

    @EvanBoyle
    Collaborator

    We don't yet support free models. These are the supported models today:

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    I will leave this bug open to track (1) the unhelpful error message and (2) the ask for free models.

  3. EvanBoyle commented on Oct 26, 2025

    @EvanBoyle
    Collaborator

    Issue tracking adding a 0x model is here: #32

  4. BonoJovi commented on Oct 26, 2025

    @BonoJovi
    Author

    I had assumed free AI models were already available. Understood. I look forward to your response at your convenience.

  5. EvanBoyle commented on Oct 26, 2025

    @EvanBoyle
    Collaborator

    PR open to fix the error message just FYI.

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