Anyone else get a vague GitHub shakedown notice?

# [QGIS-Developer] anyone else get a vague github shakedown notice? is this about qgis? Source: [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/068430.html](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/068430.html) **Greg Troxel**[gdt at lexort\.com](mailto:qgis-developer%40lists.osgeo.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BQGIS-Developer%5D%20anyone%20else%20get%20a%20vague%20github%20shakedown%20notice%3F%0A%20is%20this%20about%20qgis%3F&In-Reply-To=%3Crmi4ii624zv.fsf%40s1.lexort.com%3E) *Fri Jul 10 09:17:56 PDT 2026*- Previous message \(by thread\):[\[QGIS\-Developer\] Coming soon: QGIS Plugins Website v4\.0\.0](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/068425.html) - **Messages sorted by:**[\[ date \]](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/date.html#68430)[\[ thread \]](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/thread.html#68430)[\[ subject \]](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/subject.html#68430)[\[ author \]](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/author.html#68430) --- ``` tl;dr: I got an email from github threatening to start billing me, and have eliminated most reasons why it would have arrived, and my qgis association is next. For background, I've had a github account for a long time, but never signed up for a paid plan or given them billing information. I have been a listed member of a few organizations, that I "left" a few months ago as the tone of paid services and AI increased, since they were defunct anyway. A few days ago I got email, purporting to be from github, delivered via sendgrid, and DKIM signed from github. So I suspect it's really from them. Trimming parts that aren't useful enough for anyone to read: You're receiving this because your organization is using the GitHub Code Quality public preview. As we shared on June 16, Code Quality moves to general availability on *July 20, 2026*. This email covers the details: what you'll pay, what's included, and how to prepare. *Pricing* Code Quality is priced as a *base subscription plus metered usage* : Component How it's billed What it covers *Per-committer license* $10 per active committer per month Enterprise access to Code Quality: findings, scoring, Rulesets integration, Security Overview, and org-level governance *AI-powered usage* Usage-based (AI Credits) Copilot code review on Code Quality-enabled repos, AI-assisted detection, Copilot Autofix generation *Deterministic analysis* GitHub Actions minutes CodeQL-powered maintainability and reliability scans — fast, predictable, and token-free Active committers are counted on repositories where Code Quality is enabled, using the same active-committer methodology as GitHub Advanced Security. For more information, you can review our documentation here ( https://docs.github.com/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-code-quality ). *How to prepare* * If you have a GitHub or Microsoft account team, reach out to them with any questions. They have a pricing calculator and can model costs based on your actual usage. * Evaluate your repository coverage. Decide which repositories should continue with Code Quality enabled after July 20. Disabling Code Quality on a repository before July 20 means no charges for that repository. More details are available in our documentation ( https://docs.github.com/code-security/concepts/about-code-quality ). You are receiving this because you’re a part of GitHub Sponsors. As for sponsors, I am not enrolled, and I have not sponsored anyone. So their email is wrong. I wonder: - is qgis using "Code Quality" and somehow because I have a clone, have filed issues/etc. I got it? - did others get this? - any thoughts on whether this is confused, vs underhanded, and is anyone worried about surprise bills? ``` --- - Previous message \(by thread\):[\[QGIS\-Developer\] Coming soon: QGIS Plugins Website v4\.0\.0](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/068425.html) - **Messages sorted by:**[\[ date \]](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/date.html#68430)[\[ thread \]](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/thread.html#68430)[\[ subject \]](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/subject.html#68430)[\[ author \]](https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2026-July/author.html#68430) --- [More information about the QGIS\-Developer mailing list](https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer)