Canva Outage History
Past incidents and downtime events
Complete history of Canva outages, incidents, and service disruptions. Showing 50 most recent incidents.
June 2026(6 incidents)
Some users may have issues accessing Canva
5 updates
This incident has been resolved.
A fix has been implemented and we are currently monitoring
Some users may have issues creating designs or logging in on the Canva App on iOS devices in Australia and New Zealand. Our teams are working to resolve the issue.
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Some users may have issues creating design on the Canva App on iOS devices. Our teams are urgently looking into this and we will provide an update soon.
Some users may have issues accessing Canva
3 updates
This incident has been resolved.
Users may experience intermittent issues downloading designs. Our team are urgently working on a fix.
Some users may have issues accessing Canva. Our teams are urgently looking into this and we will provide an update soon.
Some users may experience slowness exporting video
2 updates
This incident has been resolved.
The issue has been identified and our engineers are working to implement a fix.
Some users may experience errors exporting video
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Users may experience errors exporting video. Our engineers have identified the issue and are working on a fix.
Some users may experience intermittent issues using Canva
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Users may experience intermittent issues when using Canva. Our engineers have identified the issue and are working on a fix.
Some users may have issues accessing designs on Canva
3 updates
This incident has been resolved.
The issue has been identified and our engineers are working to implement a fix.
Some users may have issues accessing Canva. Our teams are urgently looking into this and we will provide an update soon.
May 2026(8 incidents)
Some users may have issues accessing Canva
4 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
A fix has been implemented, and we are monitoring the results. Users should be able to use billing and payment features normally.
Some users may have issues with payments on Canva. Our teams are urgently looking into this, and we will provide an update soon.
Some users may have issues with payments on Canva. Our teams are urgently looking into this, and we will provide an update soon.
Some users might experience intermittent errors in Canva
4 updates
This incident has been resolved.
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
We are currently investigating the issue.
Intermittent errors uploading images and videos or using media editing tools
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We have implemented a fix and are monitoring the results. A very small proportion of users may experience issues uploading new images and videos, or using functionality which edits or transforms images and videos. We expect the issue to be fully recovered within ~20 minutes.
Users may experience intermittent issues uploading new images and videos, or using functionality which edits or transforms images and videos. Requests may succeed when re-attempted. We have identified the cause of the issue and are working on a fix.
Some users may have issues accessing Canva offline features
2 updates
This incident has been resolved.
Some users may have issues accessing Canva offline editing. Our teams are urgently looking into this and we will provide an update soon.
Some users may have issues accessing Canva
5 updates
This incident has been resolved.
We're continuing to monitor for any impact while we wait for AWS to resolve the underlying issue.
We've seen recovery and are currently monitoring for any further issues.
We’re currently experiencing intermittent issues due to an ongoing AWS service disruption. AWS has acknowledged the issue on their status page. We’re monitoring the situation closely and will update as more information becomes available. For vendor updates, see: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
Some users may have issues accessing Canva. Our teams are urgently looking into this and we will provide an update soon.
Some users might experience errors when trying to access designs
3 updates
This incident has been resolved.
Users might experience the following error: Trying to reconnect. You can continue editing, but you may lose your work. We have identified the issue and are working on a fix.
Users might experience the following error: Trying to reconnect. You can continue editing, but you may lose your work. We are currently investigating the issue.
Some users might experience errors when trying to access designs
3 updates
This incident has been resolved.
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Users might experience the following error: Trying to reconnect. You can continue editing, but you may lose your work. We have identified the issue and are working on a fix.
Users in some countries may experience issues trying to access Canva
5 updates
This incident has been resolved.
A fix has been implemented and we are currently monitoring for any further issues.
Users in some countries may experience issues trying to access Canva. We are currently rolling out a fix to restore service.
Users in some countries may have issues viewing media in the Canva Editor. We are currently rolling out a fix to restore service.
Users in some countries may have issues viewing media in the Canva Editor. We are currently rolling out a fix to restore service.
April 2026(8 incidents)
Some users may have issues accessing Canva
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Some users may have issues accessing Canva
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Users should be able to access Canva, we are monitoring the fix.
3 updates
This has been resolved.
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Users should be able to access Canva, we are monitoring the fix.
Some users may have issues accessing Canva
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Some users may have issues accessing Canva. Our teams are urgently looking into this and we will provide an update soon.
Users are having issues accessing designs
3 updates
This incident is resolved. Thank you for patience and understanding.
The incident is now mitigated. We will continue to monitor and resolve after confirming accessing designs are stable.
Users are having issues accessing designs. Our engineers are urgently investigating the issue.
Users may experience issues opening new and existing designs
5 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
The incident is now mitigated. We will continue to monitor and resolve after confirming operations are stable.
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Users may experience issues opening new and existing designs. Our engineers are working to resolve the issue.
Some users may experience issues accessing AI Voice
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Users may be unable to access the AI Voice feature for video creation. We are aware of the issue and are investigating a fix.
Some users are experiencing issues with AI image and video generation.
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Some users may have issues with: - Generating videos with Image to Video - Using AI Video Effects Our engineers have identified the issue and are working to resolve it.
Some users may have issues with: - Generating AI images in Magic Media - Generating AI images in the Elements tab - Generating images with Dreamlab - Generating videos with Image to Video - Using AI Video Effects Our engineers have identified the issue and are working to resolve it.
March 2026(3 incidents)
Some users may encounter issues loading Canva.
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We’ve applied a fix for this issue and are currently monitoring to make sure everything is working as expected. We’ll continue to keep a close eye on things and share any updates if needed.
Users may have issues loading Canva. Opening designs may yield a 503 error. We are currently investigating the issue and will keep you updated.
Media uploads failing for some users
3 updates
This incident is now mitigated. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Media uploads may be failing for some users. Users may experience the following error message: "We were unable to upload {{file}}. You might be logged out, offline or Canva's servers are unreachable." We are currently investigating and working to mitigate the issue.
Media uploads may be failing for some users. Users may experience the following error message: "We were unable to upload {{file}}. You might me logged out, offline or Canva's servers are unreachable.
Users may experience a 503 error message when accessing canva.com.
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We are currently investigating this issue.
January 2026(4 incidents)
Download issues for designs with uploaded images
2 updates
Thank you for your patience and understanding. As a workaround, you can try the following steps: - Remove the affected image from your design - Re-add the image to the design - Re-apply any photo edits - Try downloading again
Some users may experience download issues with designs that include uploaded photos or image files.
Canva apps appears to be in black/grey background
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Some Canva apps appear in black or grey, making the elements underneath difficult to see. As a workaround, we suggest changing your Canva theme from Light to Dark under the Accessibility: https://www.canva.com/settings/accessibility
Apps Creation Issue
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Event: We are aware that apps created after 2026-01-21 00:00:00 UTC are generated with an ID that contain an underscore which results in developers experiencing CORS issues and unable to test locally. Workaround: Please use Firefox as your browser for now, which should allow you to continue testing. We're actively working on a fix and will share more details about the specific issue shortly. Thanks for your patience, and apologies for the disruption to your workflow.
Users may experience issues with Logging in/Signing up.
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
The fix has been put in place and we are monitoring the issue
Users may experience issues with Logging in/Signing up. We are currently investigating the issue and will keep you updated.
December 2025(2 incidents)
Some users may experience an error upon accessing their Canva designs.
4 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We have put a fix in place and Canva has recovered. We are continuously monitoring the issue.
We are currently investigating the issue and will keep you updated.
We are currently investigating the issue and will keep you updated.
Canva is down due to Cloudflare outage
3 updates
Canva services have fully recovered following the Cloudflare outage. All systems are now operational.
We are continuing to monitor Canva services following the Cloudflare outage. All systems appear to be recovering.
Canva is down due to Cloudflare outage
November 2025(3 incidents)
Users may experience issues with Canva Al features
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
The fix has been put in place and we are monitoring the issue.
Users may experience issues with Canva Al features. We are currently investigating the issue and will keep you updated.
Connect API
3 updates
The issue is now resolved.
The fix has been put in place and we are monitoring the issue
Users are experiencing issues using Canva Connect API
Users are experiencing issues loading Canva
7 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We've implemented a fix and monitoring results.
We've implemented a fix and monitoring results.
We are working with Cloudflare to fix the issue.
Our CDN provider Cloudflare is having issues resulting in Canva being unable to load for some users. Please refer to https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
Users may be unable to load Canva.
October 2025(7 incidents)
Users are experiencing issues generating video through Magic Media
3 updates
This incident has been resolved.
- Fix has been implemented. Users should be able to generate videos with Magic Media now.
Users may experience issues when trying to generate videos through Magic Media.
Some users are unable to add credit cards as a payment method
2 updates
This issue has been resolved
We are currently investigating an issue where some users are unable to add credit cards as a payment method.
Users are encountering issues with accessing or using Canva.
23 updates
The issue has been resolved.
Most of Canva and our features have come back online. Our team is actively investigating: - loading designs on homepage (refresh sometimes works) - slowness related issues when downloading designs - errors related to generating images/video - errors creating or finding designs
Most of Canva and our features have come back online. Our team is actively investigating: - slowness related issues when downloading designs - errors related to generating images/video - errors creating or finding designs
Most of Canva and our features have come back online. Our team is actively investigating slowness related issues when downloading designs and errors related to generating images/video.
Users may encounter intermittent issues using Canva, including downloading designs and generating images and videos. We are continuing to monitor.
Users may encounter intermittent issues using Canva, including downloading designs and generating images and videos. We are continuing to monitor.
Users may still see issues with downloading designs and generating images and videos. We are continuing to monitor.
Users may still see issues with downloading designs. We are continuing to monitor.
Users may still see issues with downloading designs. We are continuing to monitor.
Users may still see issues with downloading designs. We are continuing to monitor.
Users may still see issues with downloading designs. We are continuing to monitor.
Users may still see issues with downloading designs. We are continuing to monitor.
We are seeing significant recovery. Users may still see issues with downloading designs. We are continuing to monitor.
We have seen the majority of functionality recovered. Users may still see issues with downloading designs.
We are seeing significant recovery. We are continuing to monitor.
We are seeing significant recovery. We are continuing to monitor.
We are seeing some signs of recovery in some regions. We are still working with our underlying cloud provider to restore full access.
We are currently experiencing significantly increased error rates which are impacting functionality on Canva. There is a major issue with our underlying cloud provider. We are working with them to restore full access as quickly as possible.
We are currently experiencing significantly increased error rates which are impacting functionality on Canva. Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore full access as quickly as possible.
We are currently experiencing significantly increased error rates which are impacting functionality on Canva. Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore full access as quickly as possible.
We are currently experiencing significantly increased error rates which are impacting functionality on Canva. Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore full access as quickly as possible.
We are currently experiencing significantly increased error rates which are impacting functionality on Canva. Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore full access as quickly as possible.
We’re aware that Canva and its features are currently unavailable for some users. Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore full access as quickly as possible.
Some users might not be able to access Canva
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
We are currently investigating this issue.
Some users may encounter an error or slowness when uploading files to Canva
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We've noticed an increase in failed and slow uploads in some regions, and are investigating
Text input and layout issues on iOS 26.0 (web browser and app)
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We have implemented mitigations for the identified issues and user functionality is restored. We are continuing to monitor for any problems related to the latest iOS releases.
We’re currently investigating critical issues affecting users on iOS 26.0. The main impact is on text input and editing, with layout problems also obscuring certain functionality. Most affected: iOS web browser Also affected: Native iOS app Our team is actively working on mitigations to restore full functionality.
Unable to import files from most apps
2 updates
This incident has been resolved.
We are currently investigating an issue wherein our users are unable to import files from most apps. We will update again once the issue is solved.
September 2025(4 incidents)
Planned Maintenance for Brandkit
2 updates
The maintenance is now complete
We are currently conducting maintenance for Brankit during this time: Logged in users will not be able to create/use their Brand Kit. Logged in users will not be able to use uploaded fonts/textstyles from their Brand Kit in the editor. Logged in users will not be able to use colors and chart colors from their brand kit in the editor. Magic write with brand voice will not be accessible. Canva.com/brand will show “There’s a problem loading this page” Brand controls will not be accessible. Publish controls and app controls will not be available The maintenance is expected to last for a few minutes.
Subfolders appear outside the main folders on the Projects page
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
A fix has been rolled out and we are monitoring the results to ensure the issue is fully resolved.
Users are experiencing issues with folders wherein the subfolders appear outside the main folders on the Projects page
Payment Errors
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We are currently investigating reports of users experiencing errors when attempting to process payments. Our team is working to identify and resolve this issue. We will provide updates as more information becomes available.
Users experiencing increase in timeout errors affecting image generation.
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Users experiencing increase in timeout errors affecting image generation in our Dream Lab, Canva AI, and Magic Media products. We’ve identified the root cause and are actively working on a fix.
August 2025(2 incidents)
Canva Access Issues - Indonesia
3 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We have implemented a fix for the access issues affecting users in Indonesia. We are currently monitoring the situation to ensure the issue is fully resolved and will provide updates as we verify everything is working normally.
We are currently aware of reports from users in Indonesia experiencing difficulty accessing Canva. Our team is investigating this issue and working to resolve it. We will provide updates as more information becomes available.
Unable to access Canva.com in the Philippines
2 updates
This incident is now resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We are aware that some users in the Philippines are currently experiencing difficulty accessing Canva. Our team is actively investigating this issue and working to restore normal service. We will provide updates as more information becomes available.
July 2025(3 incidents)
Users may have issues logging in or opening designs
3 updates
This has been resolved.
We are currently monitoring results.
Some users may encounter some issues in Canva: - Can't log in - Can't open designs
Users will have issues importing files as designs
2 updates
This incident has been resolved.
Users will have issues importing files as designs.
Magic Media generate image with style is unavailable
2 updates
Users now can generate content with Magic Media with styles selected
Generate image with style is experiencing errors. Users are not able to generate images with style selected.
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