sora-2 (2025-10-06)

sora-2 (2025-10-06) (Azure OpenAI) was shut down on Jul 15, 2026; calls to it fail. Azure OpenAI recommends sora-2 (2025-12-08) instead.

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Provider

Azure OpenAI

Shutdown

Jul 15, 2026 (already shut down)

Announced

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Replace with

sora-2 (2025-12-08)

Provider says

Preview

• Retirement date 2026-07-15 has passed but the table still shows lifecycle 'Preview'.
• Azure identifies models by name + version; in code the string you see is usually a *deployment name* chosen by the user, so match on model name + version in deployment configs/IaC. Azure model names differ from OpenAI's (e.g. 'gpt-35-turbo').

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule · report a wrong date