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sora-2 model retirement
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On July 15, 2026, the preview version 2025-10-06 of model sora-2 was retired. Calls targeting this model version fail since that date. The retirement affects requests made under Azure AI Foundry.
What to use instead of sora-2
Move to sora-2 version 2025-12-08 as the replacement.
In Azure AI Foundry's words
Model: sora-2; Version: 2025-10-06; Lifecycle: Preview; Retirement date: 2026-07-15; Replacement: sora-2 (2025-12-08)
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
*.services.ai.azure.com - Model
sora-2- Released
- October 6, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- July 15, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
Questions
When does sora-2 shut down?
Calls to the model sora-2 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on July 15, 2026.
What happens to calls after July 15, 2026?
They have failed since July 15, 2026.
When was sora-2 released?
sora-2 was released on October 6, 2025, according to models.dev.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
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