Copilot CLI Now in Usage Metrics Totals
CLI activity now rolls into Copilot usage metrics totals instead of a separate section. Your dashboard numbers will increase — review thresholds.
TL;DR
- CLI activity now rolls into top-level usage totals instead of sitting in a separate section
- CLI appears as a feature breakdown alongside code completions and other Copilot capabilities
- Your dashboard numbers will increase — review any thresholds that depend on these fields
New
- CLI in top-level totals —
code_generation_activity_count,code_acceptance_activity_count,user_initiated_interaction_count, and LOC metrics now include CLI contributions alongside IDE activity. - CLI in dimensional breakdowns — CLI appears as
feature=copilot_cliintotals_by_feature,totals_by_model_feature,totals_by_language_feature, andtotals_by_language_model. - Unified reporting — No more manual stitching of
totals_by_cliwith IDE-only metrics to get a complete picture of Copilot usage.
Breaking Changes
- Top-level totals now represent IDE + CLI combined, not IDE-only — if your dashboards or alerts depend on these fields, numbers will increase and may trigger false positives on thresholds.
- The existing
totals_by_clisection remains unchanged for backward compatibility, but it's now redundant with the integrated data.
Update your Copilot usage metrics integration via the GitHub REST API documentation.
Source: GitHub Changelog
