Source: GitHub Changelog — 2026-07-13
Summary
GitHub added a license-cost estimate to Code Quality's billing page, letting enterprises see active-committer counts across their org ahead of the feature's move from free public preview to a paid, per-committer product on July 20, 2026. The estimate covers only the per-committer license charge — it excludes GitHub Actions minutes consumed by CodeQL analysis and usage-based charges for AI-powered capabilities like Copilot Autofix, so it's a floor on the real cost, not a full projection.
Key Takeaways
- Code Quality — GitHub's static-analysis and AI-assisted code-review product built on CodeQL — has been free during public preview and converts to a paid product on July 20, 2026.
- The new estimate lives on the billing entity's Billing and Licensing page and shows consumed licenses plus an estimated monthly payment, calculated from active committers on repositories with Code Quality enabled.
- The estimate is deliberately partial: it reflects only the per-committer license cost, not the GitHub Actions minutes CodeQL analysis burns through, and not the usage-based billing for AI capabilities like Copilot Autofix — so actual bills will run higher than the number shown.
- This gives engineering leads and billing admins a two-week runway (July 13–20) to decide whether to keep Code Quality enabled per-repo or per-org before charges start, rather than finding out the cost retroactively on an invoice.