GitHub Adds Copilot Usage Metrics API Flags for Missing Telemetry and Outdated Versions

At a glance

GitHub has added new items to its Copilot usage metrics API. Administrators can now see users whose editors are not sending usage data, and users running editors or extensions below the minimum supported version. This lets admins check missing data themselves.

Key points

1. 1

   For each user, you can see whether client telemetry (usage records sent by the editor) has arrived.

2. 2

   It shows item by item whether the editor and Copilot extension a user runs meet the minimum supported version.

3. 3

   It counts, per day, the number of users with no telemetry and the number of users on outdated versions.

4. 4

   The two counts can overlap, so they should not be added together, and unique user totals should not be calculated by combining daily figures.

Why it matters

Users without telemetry still count as active, but their lines-of-code or feature-usage details are missing. Admins can find the cause quickly and fix the problem without a support request.