You can’t use Sora 2 now through OpenAI’s consumer app or website, and its API has also been discontinued. OpenAI says the Sora web and app experiences ended on April 26, 2026, and the Sora API ended on September 24, 2026. As of November 8, 2026, the old steps for generating a video are no longer a way to create a new Sora video. (help.openai.com)
Can you still get Sora 2?
No—not through OpenAI’s Sora app or website. OpenAI’s discontinuation notice gives the end date as April 26, 2026. Older guides describing an app, a web interface, or invitation codes are historical instructions, not current ways to sign up.
The API is not a current alternative: OpenAI lists September 24, 2026 as its discontinuation date. That means this tutorial can’t provide working Sora 2 API setup or generation steps. There is no current official Sora 2 endpoint or model workflow to use based on the cited discontinuation information. (help.openai.com)
What the old video-creation steps looked like
A third-party guide published on October 5, 2025 described this consumer-app sequence: open the creation screen, choose text, a photo, or a Cameo, write a prompt, and generate the video. Treat this only as historical context: the app and website have since been discontinued, and those steps won’t restore access. The guide’s additional claims about clip length, number of results, generation time, invitations, and specific features shouldn’t be assumed to describe a current service.
For illustration, a prompt in that guide described a Cameo sitting on a beach at sunset with a coffee cup and waves in the background. It’s an example of how a prompt can specify a subject, setting, and action—not a prompt you can submit to Sora today.
Is there a production Sora 2 API tutorial?
Not for a currently available OpenAI Sora 2 API. Because the API was discontinued on September 24, 2026, there’s no live Sora 2 request-to-result workflow to document here. Don’t rely on old snippets as current production instructions, and don’t treat a third-party provider’s API as OpenAI’s Sora 2 API. OpenAI’s API deprecation documentation lists the shutdown date. (developers.openai.com)
How to export videos you already made
If you have existing Sora content, OpenAI’s Help Center says to go to sora.chatgpt.com/sunset and select Export. OpenAI says you’ll receive an email when the export is ready and recommends exporting your content as soon as possible. (help.openai.com)
Bottom line
You can’t currently make a new video with Sora 2 through OpenAI’s consumer app or website, and the Sora API is no longer available. If your goal is to retrieve past work, use OpenAI’s Sora export page; if your goal is to generate a new video, you’ll need a different currently available tool rather than an old Sora 2 tutorial.
Sources
What to know about the Sora discontinuation — OpenAI Help Center