VS Code 1.125 Adds Copilot Spend Meter After Billing Shock

VS Code 1.125 adds in-editor visibility into additional Copilot budget usage as GitHub's AI-credit billing model continues to draw developer scrutiny. The release is a direct response to the wave of complaints that followed the June 1 switch to token-based pricing.

The 1.125 release puts a real-time Copilot cost widget in the status bar, lets developers set per-session and per-day spend caps, and surfaces the token-equivalent cost of every inline suggestion and chat reply. Visual Studio Magazine notes that the same release adds a "code review" panel that pre-aggregates PR feedback from any agents you've delegated review to, hinting that VS Code is also repositioning itself as an agent command center rather than just a code editor. For developers, the practical takeaway: it's now possible to use Copilot's agentic features without the dread of an end-of-month bill shock.