OpenAI discontinues Sora experiences

OpenAI shut down Sora’s web and mobile experiences on April 26, 2026, ending public access to its standalone AI video product. (help.openai.com) The company said the Sora API will be discontinued on September 24, 2026, giving developers about five months before the remaining video service goes dark. (help.openai.com) OpenAI’s developer documentation says the Videos API and several Sora 2 model names are already marked deprecated. The list includes `sora-2`, `sora-2-pro`, `sora-2-2025-10-06`, `sora-2-2025-12-08`, and `sora-2-pro-2025-10-06`. (developers.openai.com) OpenAI told users who want to keep existing Sora content to export their data before the app shutdown. That makes April 26 the practical deadline for anyone relying on the consumer interface to retrieve projects. (help.openai.com) Sora was OpenAI’s text-to-video product, a tool that turned written prompts into short generated clips. The shutdown means OpenAI is exiting both the consumer app and, later, the developer layer built around that system. (help.openai.com) (developers.openai.com) The help article frames the process as a discontinuation, not a migration, and gives two fixed dates rather than an open-ended transition window. The first cutoff has already passed; the second is set for September 24, 2026. (help.openai.com) For developers, the operational change is simple: any product feature still calling Sora’s video endpoints needs a replacement before late September. After that date, the deprecated models and Videos API are scheduled to shut down. (developers.openai.com) OpenAI’s message closes with a deadline, not a relaunch plan. Sora’s public app is already gone, and its API now has an end date. (help.openai.com)