Short answer
You can’t currently get into Sora to generate videos. OpenAI discontinued the Sora web and app experiences on April 26, 2026, and discontinued the Sora API on September 24, 2026. That means neither an old Sora sign-in route nor a developer API workflow is a current way to create videos with Sora. (OpenAI Help Center)
If you used Sora before it closed and want your creations, OpenAI’s Help Center says you can request an export at sora.chatgpt.com/sunset: choose Export, then look for an email when the export is ready. Exporting is for retrieving past content—not for reopening Sora or generating new videos. (OpenAI Help Center)
What to do, depending on your goal
If you want to make a new Sora video
There is no supported sign-up, subscription, invitation-code, or API route into the discontinued Sora experience. Don’t buy a ChatGPT plan or an access code specifically to use Sora: OpenAI’s earlier Sora launch announcement described access through ChatGPT plans, but that announcement is historical and says the Sora product is no longer available as of April 26, 2026. (OpenAI)
If you previously made videos with Sora
- Go to
sora.chatgpt.com/sunset. - Select Export.
- Watch for an email with instructions when your export is ready.
If you’re looking for a production API
The Sora API is also discontinued. OpenAI’s Help Center gives September 24, 2026, as the API discontinuation date. Some developer materials may still appear in search results, but the Sora 2 prompting guide labels itself archived and warns it may refer to outdated models or APIs. An archived guide is not evidence of a currently usable production endpoint. (OpenAI Help Center)
So there is no current Sora API setup to follow: don’t build a new production integration around old model names, endpoints, or examples from archived documentation. The former consumer product and API were separate access routes, but both have been discontinued. (OpenAI Help Center)
Why older access instructions may not work
Older articles can describe Sora as available at sora.com, tied to a ChatGPT subscription, or accessible through an API. Those descriptions refer to earlier product availability. OpenAI’s current discontinuation notice gives later shutdown dates for both the consumer experience and API, so earlier instructions should not be treated as current access guidance. (OpenAI Help Center)
Bottom line: You can’t newly access Sora for video generation as of November 9, 2026. If you are trying to retrieve content you already created, use OpenAI’s Sora export page; if you need video generation for a new project, look for a currently supported product rather than relying on discontinued Sora instructions.
Sources
What to know about the Sora discontinuation — OpenAI Help Center