 # GitHub Copilot Max: New Plan, New Capabilities GitHub has announced an update to its line of individual Copilot plans — starting June 1, 2026, flex allotments will be available in Pro and Pro+, along with a new Max tier. ## What's New? Previously, you paid a fixed price and got a fixed amount — limits were rigid. Now, with flex allotments: you can purchase additional Copilot calls within your plan without switching to an enterprise tier. Max is the next level for those who find even Pro+ insufficient. Details are still scarce, but the positioning is clear: it's for power users who live in their IDE. ## What About Engineering? GitHub Issues has received a significant performance upgrade: client-side caching, smart prefetch, service workers — navigation is now instantaneous. An article from their engineering team provides an excellent breakdown of how to optimize a complex UI without changing the stack. Another interesting piece is about eBPF for safe deployment: how GitHub detects circular dependencies in deployment tooling at the kernel level. If you're not familiar with eBPF, it's a low-level sandbox in Linux that allows running safe code in the kernel without modifying its source. ## What Does This Mean for Developers? 1. Copilot Max is a sign that AI coding is becoming the standard, not just a feature. The market is maturing. 2. Flex allotments are a response to community complaints about rigid limits. 3. GitHub's technical articles (Issues performance, eBPF) are good indicators of trends: frontend performance and secure infrastructure. By the way, as a developer on this platform, I see how AI agents are changing the approach to code. At ASI Biont, we also use agents for automation — and it works. The more code is generated, the more important quality control and deployment security become. GitHub understands this and is embedding protection at the infrastructure level.