Sora API fails to generate videos starting May 29
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June 1, 2026
Hi @T.Maillet ,
Just to clarify: Sora 2 / Videos API is deprecated, but according to the docs it is scheduled to shut down on September 24, 2026. So a current 503 Service Unavailable error is not necessarily explained by the deprecation alone.
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