---
title: "ElevenLabs API Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro retired: 2026-09-24 | Harbyn"
description: "ElevenLabs API Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro retired, effective Sep 24, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/elevenlabs/2026-09-23-image-video"
last-updated: 2026-10-02
---

# ElevenLabs API Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro retired

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/elevenlabs/2026-09-23-image-video>.

Retirement - ElevenLabs API. high severity. In effect. History: recorded after the fact.

Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro stop generating on September 24, 2026. Flows and templates using a Sora node need another video model to run again; Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash is suggested. Existing generations remain available in history.

The deadline passed on Sep 24, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [ElevenLabs API](https://harbyn.com/vendors/elevenlabs.md) |
| Kind | Retirement |
| Severity | high |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Effective | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Lead time | Recorded after the fact: added 8 days after the deadline |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses ElevenLabs API, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog.md> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-02 22:20 UTC, sha256 `43059b8c565217296a65aec4778d9144268c3e8a8f519bf3cab220b206846b58`)

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