Sora 2 shutdown day
officially done, no one-to-one replacement
The Videos API and sora-2 were shut down from the API on 2026-09-24, and the official model page states there is no one-to-one replacement API (checked 2026-10-21). The official table lists the shutdown date for the Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro and the dated snapshots, and the recommended replacement column is blank. Official price before the shutdown: $0.10/sec for Sora 2, $0.30/sec for Sora 2 Pro.
Updated 2026-10-21
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Four separate facts
Shutdown date on the table
2026-09-24 Videos API --- plus sora-2, sora-2-pro, dated snapshots. Notice date 2026-03-24. The official model page states it is shut down.
Replacement column is ---
The official model page states there is no one-to-one replacement API. OpenAI did not name a successor video id. Writing “swap to the next Sora” as officially announced contradicts the table.
“A new video API will land”
The community guesses a successor. The table prints no name. That is a rumor.
Official price before the shutdown
Sora 2 is $0.10/sec and Sora 2 Pro is $0.30/sec, the official price before the shutdown. The official model page is also marked Deprecated and Legacy.
How to handle a shutdown with no replacement id
When the table gives a date and a blank successor, copy 2026-09-24, grep sora-2 and Videos API, then either delete the feature or move it to a video vendor you actually contract. Do not expect a text-API reseller to “also carry Sora”. QCode sells text APIs.
What the 2026-09-24 block prints
Fetched 2026-10-21: On March 24th, 2026, we notified developers using the Videos API and Sora 2 video generation model aliases and snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on September 24, 2026. The official model page adds: The Sora 2 models and Videos API were shut down on September 24, 2026 and are no longer available. There is no one-to-one replacement API. Each sora-2 row shows --- as replacement.
Timeline
Official notice date. Shutdown pointed at 2026-09-24.
Re-checked: the 2026-09-24 shutdown rows are still on the table, and the official model page states it is shut down with no one-to-one replacement API.
Shutdown date on the table. The official model page states it was shut down on 2026-09-24, with no one-to-one replacement API.
Three evidence tiers
Officially announced / confirmed
Officially confirmed: 2026-09-24 shut the Videos API and the sora-2 family; the replacement column is blank, and the official model page states there is no one-to-one replacement API. Deprecations table, not a forum.
Rumor / what the community is saying
Rumor: a next-gen video API will cover the gap. The official model page states there is no one-to-one replacement API and the table names nothing. Promoting that rumor to officially announced will wreck a calendar. Unpublished: the successor product. 2026-10-21
Text path versus video ids
sora-2 in your repo
Stopped on 09-24 per the table. No official successor id to paste.
Text workhorses that still run
Same key, gpt-5.6-sol (official $4 / $20, promo through at least 2026-11-21). That is not “Sol generates the same video”.
Three steps after the shutdown
The shutdown date on the official table is 2026-09-24 and it has passed. Grep sora-2, sora-2-pro, Videos API. The official model page states there is no one-to-one replacement API, so do not invent a successor id. Move text work to Sol.
What to do on QCode
Copy the key, point the OpenAI-compatible base URL for text at https://api.qcode.cc/openai/v1 , model=gpt-5.6-sol (official $4 / $20, promo through at least 2026-11-21). Next step: send a tiny text request; it should return 200. On the OpenAI side, the sora-2 models and the Videos API were shut down from the API on 2026-09-24, and the official model page states there is no one-to-one replacement API. /models lists the text model ids currently available (for example gpt-5.6-sol, gpt-6.1-sol); billing is per token, each model's unit price is listed on /models.
FAQ
Is 09-24 officially confirmed?
Yes. The official deprecations table writes the shutdown as September 24, 2026, and the official model page states it was shut down that day, is no longer available, and has no one-to-one replacement API.
What is the official successor id?
The official model page states there is no one-to-one replacement API. The table prints --- as replacement, and no successor id is published.
What was the official Sora 2 price before the shutdown?
Sora 2 is $0.10/sec and Sora 2 Pro is $0.30/sec, the official price before the shutdown (official model page, checked 2026-10-21).
Was the shutdown date changed?
OpenAI did not move it. The model page states it was shut down on 2026-09-24.
Same as the gpt-4-turbo sunset?
No. turbo has recommended Sol. sora-2’s replacement column is empty.
Can a text model replace video?
No. This page keeps a text path. It does not call Sol a Sora substitute.
Sources
Shutdown rows dated 2026-09-24, the blank replacement column and the March 24th, 2026 notice: developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations (checked 2026-10-21); the Sora 2 model page with its shutdown note, the Deprecated and Legacy marks and the per-second official price: developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/sora-2; Sol price: official pricing page through at least 2026-11-21.
Sora 2 is shut down, the text path keeps running
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Tracks the officially announced shutdown; the OpenAI deprecation page and the Sora 2 model page are the reference (checked 2026-10-21). Model availability is listed on /models.