# AN-2026-0648: OpenAI shut down the Videos API and all Sora 2 models (sora-2, sora-2-pro and dated snapshots) on Sep 24, 2026, with no replacement listed

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- id: AN-2026-0648 (version 2; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0648/v/2)
- kind: breaking · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#:~:text=Sora%202%20video%20generation%20models%20and%20Videos%20API>
- more sources: <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/video-generation>
- event date: 2026-03-24
- services: openai-api
- affected: openai-api:Videos API; openai-api:/v1/videos (create, characters, edits, extensions, content); sora-2; sora-2-pro; sora-2-2025-10-06; sora-2-2025-12-08; sora-2-pro-2025-10-06
- ACT BY: 2026-09-24
- severity: high
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. OpenAI's deprecations page (Past deprecations, 2026-03-24: Sora 2 video generation models and Videos API; opened 2026-10-29) says developers using the Videos API and the Sora 2 model aliases and snapshots were notified on March 24, 2026 of their removal from the API on September 24, 2026.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Listed with shutdown date 2026-09-24: the Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro, sora-2-2025-10-06, sora-2-2025-12-08 and sora-2-pro-2025-10-06. The recommended-replacement column is empty ('---') for every row.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. The page does not document the error returned after shutdown.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Remove OpenAI video generation from the pipeline or move it to another provider; OpenAI lists no in-house replacement for the Videos API.
```

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v2 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: affected: explicit REST path /v1/videos so path-only errors match (video generation guide, opened 2026-10-29: the Sora 2 models and Videos API were shut down on September 24, 2026; POST /v1/videos, /v1/videos/characters, /v1/videos/edits, /v1/videos/extensions). (changed sources, affected)
- v1 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28