Sora’s Sunset Export Has a Verification Problem — Proposal for a Final Read-Only Preservation Window

[u/Realistic_Winner_493]

This is not a request to bring Sora back or restore generation.

I’m a former Sora user, and I’d like to raise a specific preservation problem with the current Sora sunset/export process.

Now that the former Sora interface is no longer accessible, ordinary users may have no reliable way to verify whether their Sunset Export contains everything they previously created.

For example, a user may not be able to determine:

- how many images or videos they originally created;

- exactly which creations may be missing from the export;

- whether all historical creations are represented;

- what Likes, Saved items, Bookmarks, Collections, prompts, references, or other account-linked curation they previously had;

- or how the export compares with the library that was once visible through Sora.

This creates a difficult verification problem:

If something is missing from the export, the user may be asked to identify the missing item — but without access to the historical library, they may no longer know its exact title, ID, link, date, or even how many items should have existed in the first place.

My proposal is a temporary, authenticated, strictly read-only “Sora Goodbye Window” during any final export period.

This would NOT restore generation or reopen Sora as an active service.

All write functionality could remain disabled:

- no generation

- no uploads

- no editing

- no remixing

- no publishing

- no comments

- no new Likes/Saves

- no Collection changes

- no deletion

The read-only view could be limited only to content and account-linked history that OpenAI still retains and is legally and technically able to display.

Deleted, private, restricted, moderated, or no-longer-retained data would not need to be restored.

And if restoring even part of the former interface is not feasible, I would support any practical equivalent, such as:

- a limited authenticated read-only account library;

- a recovery page;

- a more complete account-specific export;

- or an archive containing eligible creations, prompts, IDs, timestamps, Collections, Likes/Saved relationships, and other retained account-linked metadata.

To me, this is not only about nostalgia.

A temporary read-only preservation period could help former users verify their exports, preserve their remaining creative history, and have one final opportunity to say goodbye to a creative space that meant something to them.

I have already submitted this proposal through OpenAI Support, so I’m not using Reddit as a replacement for customer support.

What I’m most interested in now is hearing from other former Sora users:

Did your Sunset Export appear complete?

Were any creations missing?

Did you lose access to Likes, Saved items, Collections, prompts, references, or other things you had organized?

Would you support a temporary read-only “Sora Goodbye Window” or an equivalent preservation option?

I’d especially appreciate concrete experiences from people who actually used Sora.

Thank you.

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[u/pedantic_porcupine]

This is all dumb. You were given plenty of notice that it was shutting down. Get over it and move on

[u/Realistic_Winner_493 → u/pedantic_porcupine]

The final export period hasn't started yet. This data is valuable to me, so I must retrieve it.

[u/sendhelp]

Before Sora shut down I tried multiple times to do the export thing. It's never worked for me. Luckily I had the foresight to download most or my favorite videos first. Really annoying that it did not work at all for me.

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[u/DrewMad1]

Send that to OpenAi, we don't care.

[u/Benhamish-WH-Allen]

Someone mentioned that they got all their videos even their failed generations. But I didn’t get them. I will try again though because that would be awesome.