Sora Videos API jobs complete, but MP4 download fails with 403 Files are not accessible.
OpenAI Developer Community
April 30, 2026
I think _j’s test is useful because it shows the content endpoint can work for at least some accounts/jobs.
I also tested this and was able to retrieve/download completed video content successfully.
So this may not be a general Videos API outage. It could be specific to your account/org/project, the generated file attached to that job or a backend file-access issue affecting some outputs.
Since you already tested several request variants and even different org/key combinations. I’d probably send this to the Help Center if it keeps happening, with the job IDs, timestamps, request/error bodies and mention that other users were able to retrieve completed video content successfully.
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