Is Sora down?
Sort of — Sora is having issues.
checked 0s ago · 0 user reports in the last 10 min
Some requests are failing right now.
Sora is OpenAI's text-to-video model and app for generating short AI video clips.
OpenAI's status page
Read 3m ago — Partial System Degradation open it
As of 10/13/2026, 3:53:20 PM, OpenAI reports Sora as having issues.
Is it just you?
Probably just youNo recent issue reports from other users.
Are you having issues?
What you might be seeing
- Errors or blank responses
- Intermittent failures
- Unexpected timeouts
Affected: Images, Login, Rate limits
What you can do now
- Retry later
- Switch modality if available
- Pause high-volume workflows
- Use text chat while images/voice recover
- Retry your original request later
Outages like this usually last
~108 min
Last time: Degraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode — back in ? min.
Working right now
Common questions
Why is Sora not working for me?
Sora is currently having service-side problems, so it is probably not you. Errors or blank responses. Intermittent failures.
How long do Sora outages usually last?
Based on recent OpenAI incidents we have tracked, outages like this typically resolve in about 108 minutes, though major incidents can take longer.
What can I use while Sora is down?
Right now these comparable AI services report themselves as up: Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek.
Does Sora have an official status page?
Yes — OpenAI publishes an official status page at https://status.openai.com; this page mirrors it.
How reliable is Sora?
Over the last 30 days Sora had 46 incidents totalling about 2273 minutes of disruption, for 94.7% uptime — #27 of 35 of the AI apps we track. The longest single incident lasted 24 hours or more.
How often does Sora go down?
Sora has had 46 incidents in the last 30 days, most recently on October 13, 2026. See the full outage history below.
How reliable is Sora?
94.7%
uptime · last 30 days
46
incidents · 30 days
≥24h
longest outage
#27 of 35
reliability rank
Over the last 30 days Sora had 46 incidents totalling about 2273 minutes of disruption, for 94.7% uptime — #27 of 35 of the AI apps we track. The longest single incident lasted 24 hours or more.
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Recent Sora incidents
How we know
This verdict is OpenAI's own reported status, read every five minutes. Reports from people on this page are shown alongside it, never mixed into it.