The behavior matches a usage or throttling limit that has been reached and not yet reset. For Copilot-based features, limits are typically enforced per period (for example, per hour, per day, or per month) and are tied to the environment, license, or plan. When the quota is exceeded, Copilot features can remain blocked until the system’s usage calculation resets for that period.
To address this:
- Check the applicable Copilot or feature quota
- For Copilot-based workloads (such as Copilot Studio agents or AI Builder actions), review the documented quotas and limits for the plan in use and compare them with recent usage.
- For example, Copilot Studio agents and AI Builder actions consume Copilot or AI Builder credits, and environments can enter overage where usage is blocked until the monthly calculation resets.
- Verify capacity/credits and overage
- In Power Platform scenarios, an admin can use the Power Platform admin center to view Copilot or AI Builder credit consumption and see whether the environment is in overage or close to its limit.
- If credits are exhausted or overage enforcement is active, Copilot-related actions are blocked until the next monthly reset or until more capacity is added.
- If limits are reached, adjust licensing or capacity
- An administrator can purchase additional capacity packs or move to a pay-as-you-go model (where supported) so that usage limits are higher and throttling/overage is less likely to occur.
- If the limit should have reset but has not
- If the message has persisted beyond the expected reset window (for example, more than a full billing/usage cycle) and usage is still blocked, the next step is to open a support case with Microsoft Support so they can check the backend quota and reset behavior for the account or environment.
Because limits and reset schedules differ by product and plan, and the message refers generically to “Tasks,” the exact reset timing depends on the specific Copilot feature and license in use. If the limit has not reset after the documented period for that feature, contacting Microsoft Support is required so they can investigate and correct the quota state.
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