I’ve been thinking about one possible way to address the verification problem around Sora’s sunset exports.



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



If OpenAI is able to offer a final export window, what if former users were temporarily given an authenticated, strictly read-only version of their retained Sora history?



I made these unofficial UI concept mockups to show what I mean.



The idea is simple:



• Search

• Review

• Verify

• Preserve

• Download



No generation.

No uploads.

No editing or remixing.

No publishing.

No new Likes, Saves, folders, or other write actions.



Only retained and eligible material that OpenAI is still able and permitted to display.



Why I think this matters:



Some former Sora users have reported exports that fail, appear incomplete, change between attempts, or are otherwise difficult to verify.



The deeper problem is that once the original Sora library is inaccessible, a user may not even know what is missing.



If an export contains 2,000 files, how does the user know whether 2,000 is the complete account history if there is no longer any account-level library or manifest to compare it against?



A temporary read-only archive could help users verify and preserve their data before final deletion, while keeping generation and every other write function disabled.



If restoring an old interface is impractical, equivalent solutions could also work:

a minimal recovery library, a richer account export, historical media listing, IDs/timestamps/metadata, or another authenticated verification surface.



This is an unofficial community proposal, not an OpenAI announcement.



I’d especially like to hear from former Sora users:



Would something like this have helped you verify or preserve your export?  


Earlier proposal:

[https://x.com/fp\_xm91609/status/2087585044617744698](https://x.com/fp_xm91609/status/2087585044617744698)  


Export-verification follow-up:

[https://x.com/fp\_xm91609/status/2092312473789677736](https://x.com/fp_xm91609/status/2092312473789677736)

Sora exports are difficult to verify — so I mocked up a final read-only “Sora Goodbye Window”