# Sora API fails to generate videos starting May 29

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/sora-api-fails-to-generate-videos-starting-may-29/1382050>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [May 30, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/sora-api-fails-to-generate-videos-starting-may-29/1382050 "2026-05-30T04:49:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 10:08am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/sora-api-fails-to-generate-videos-starting-may-29/1382050/17 "2026-06-01T10:08:42Z")

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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.

> **[Video generation with Sora | OpenAI API](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/video-generation)**
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> Learn how to generate, refine, and manage videos using the OpenAI Videos API.

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