# Is Sora shut down? Yes, OpenAI has retired the app and API

> OpenAI's pages say the Sora product is no longer available and list the API for removal on September 24, 2026, with no replacement named.

URL: https://claudegpt.si/news/is-sora-shut-down  
Published: 2026-10-29T02:51:03.290Z  
Author: ClaudeGPT Si Newsroom  
Section: Apps  
Topics: OpenAI, Sora, Video generation, Deprecations  
Publisher: ClaudeGPT Si

## Key takeaways

- OpenAI's page for Sora 2 now says the Sora product is no longer available.
- OpenAI's deprecations page lists the Videos API and all Sora 2 models for removal on September 24, 2026, with no replacement.
- OpenAI's status page lists no Sora component and showed no incidents on October 29, 2026.

Yes. OpenAI has shut down Sora, and the company's own pages say so. The page that introduced Sora 2 now carries a note that [the Sora product is no longer available](https://openai.com/index/sora-2), and OpenAI's [deprecations page](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations) lists the Sora API for removal on September 24, 2026. As of October 29, 2026, that date has passed.

If Sora stopped working for you, this is why. It is not an outage, and there is nothing to fix on your side.

## What OpenAI has confirmed

- **The app.** OpenAI's own page for the Sora 2 launch now says the product is no longer available. OpenAI's help center blocked our requests, so we could not read its discontinuation article and do not give an app shutdown date.
- **The API.** On March 24, 2026, OpenAI notified developers that it would remove the Videos API and the Sora 2 models. The deprecations page gives September 24, 2026 as the removal date.
- **Which models.** The deprecations page lists `sora-2`, `sora-2-pro`, `sora-2-2025-10-06`, `sora-2-2025-12-08` and `sora-2-pro-2025-10-06`, all with the same September 24 removal date.
- **A replacement.** None. The replacement column for every Sora entry on that page is empty.

## What the status page shows

OpenAI's [status page](https://status.openai.com) lists no Sora app or Sora API component. On October 29 it reported all systems operational and no known issues. That fits a product that has been retired rather than one that is broken. A "not working" search for Sora will not find an incident, because there is none.

## What happens to your videos

We could not open OpenAI's help center article on the discontinuation, so we cannot say what export or deletion terms apply. Check it yourself if you need your files.

## What OpenAI hasn't confirmed

- **Why.** None of the OpenAI pages we could read explain the decision. We are not repeating reasons that come only from press coverage.
- **A successor.** OpenAI's deprecations page names no replacement video model or API. We found no OpenAI page announcing one.
- **Whether video generation returns elsewhere.** Reports that Sora 2 lives on inside ChatGPT are not confirmed by anything we could read from OpenAI. Do not rely on them.
- **Refunds and credits.** We could not read the help pages that would cover this.

## What to do now

Developers who built on the Videos API need another video provider. OpenAI offers no drop-in replacement. Anyone who paid for Sora access should check OpenAI's help center for what applies to them.

For the wider picture of what OpenAI is shipping, see the [OpenAI news page](https://openai.com/news/).

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Sora shut down?

Yes. OpenAI's page for Sora 2 says the Sora product is no longer available, and its deprecations page lists the Sora API for removal on September 24, 2026.

### Why is Sora not working anymore?

Because OpenAI retired it, not because of an outage. OpenAI's status page lists no Sora component and reported no known issues on October 29, 2026.

### When did the Sora API shut down?

OpenAI's deprecations page gives September 24, 2026 as the removal date for the Videos API and the sora-2 and sora-2-pro models. It notified developers on March 24, 2026.

### Does OpenAI have a Sora replacement?

The deprecations page names no replacement for any Sora model, and we found no OpenAI page announcing a successor.

## Sources

- [Deprecations](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations), OpenAI
- [Sora 2 is here (page now marked as no longer available)](https://openai.com/index/sora-2), OpenAI
- [OpenAI status](https://status.openai.com), OpenAI