How often does Canvas LMS have outages?

Canvas LMS has had 50 reported incidents recently. Visit apistatuscheck.com/incidents/canvas-lms for the complete outage history with timelines and resolution details.

Canvas LMS Outage History

Q: What was the last Canvas LMS outage?

The most recent Canvas LMS incident was "Clients attempting to create courses and content via Ignite AI in Canvas Career are receiving errors" on April 2, 2026. It was classified as minor impact and is currently resolved.

50 incidents reported. Data sourced from the official Canvas LMS status page.

Total Incidents

Major/Critical

Minor

Resolved

April 2026

Clients attempting to create courses and content via Ignite AI in Canvas Career are receiving errors

minor

Apr 2, 02:41 PM→Apr 2, 05:40 PMresolved

Apr 2, 05:40 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Apr 2, 02:58 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Apr 2, 02:41 PM

investigating — We are currently investigating this issue.

March 2026

Some Users are getting 502 errors when accessing New Quizzes

minor

Mar 30, 03:13 PM→Mar 30, 10:59 PMresolved

Mar 30, 10:59 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Mar 30, 07:57 PM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Mar 30, 04:11 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

+4 more updates

Users are experiencing incorrect images showing up in Classic Quizzes

minor

Mar 27, 05:51 PM→Mar 27, 11:03 PMresolved

Mar 27, 11:03 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Mar 27, 10:35 PM

identified — We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

Mar 27, 09:26 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+4 more updates

Some institutions are experiencing Media files not loading or previewing within New Quizzes or Speedgrader.

minor

Mar 24, 10:45 PM→Mar 25, 02:49 AMresolved

Mar 25, 02:49 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Mar 24, 11:23 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

Mar 24, 10:55 PM

investigating — We are continuing to investigate this issue.

+1 more updates

Some users may be experiencing slowness or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

minor

Mar 23, 01:43 PM→Mar 23, 02:20 PMresolved

Mar 23, 02:20 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Mar 23, 01:43 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Delayed New Quizzes Data in Canvas Data

minor

Mar 19, 04:38 PM→Mar 19, 11:38 PMresolved

Mar 19, 11:38 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Mar 19, 08:28 PM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Mar 19, 07:23 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

+4 more updates

Page Errors when Accessing Canvas Discussions Implementing Advanced Rubrics

minor

Mar 10, 11:13 PM→Mar 11, 12:03 AMresolved

Mar 11, 12:03 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Mar 10, 11:50 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

Mar 10, 11:50 PM

investigating — We are continuing to investigate this issue.

+3 more updates

February 2026

Some Users may Encounter Slow Load Times or Page Errors when Accessing Canvas

minor

Feb 24, 11:04 PM→Feb 25, 12:56 AMresolved

Feb 25, 12:56 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Feb 25, 12:49 AM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Feb 25, 12:12 AM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+3 more updates

Users are experiencing page load errors in Canvas.

major

Feb 24, 02:52 AM→Feb 24, 03:25 AMresolved

Feb 24, 03:25 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Feb 24, 03:24 AM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Feb 24, 03:23 AM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

+2 more updates

Some users in the Sydney region may experience long load times or page errors in Canvas.

minor

Feb 24, 02:23 AM→Feb 24, 03:09 AMresolved

Feb 24, 03:09 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Feb 24, 02:23 AM

investigating — We are currently investigating this issue.

Some users may be experiencing slow load times or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

minor

Feb 23, 04:29 PM→Feb 23, 05:01 PMresolved

Feb 23, 05:01 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Feb 23, 04:29 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

A small subset of users in the United States among those who use multi-factor authentication are unable to log into Canvas.

minor

Feb 20, 03:45 AM→Feb 20, 08:37 AMresolved

Feb 20, 08:37 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Feb 20, 06:54 AM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Feb 20, 06:20 AM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

+3 more updates

Some users may be experiencing slow load times or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

minor

Feb 12, 04:58 PM→Feb 12, 08:58 PMresolved

Feb 12, 08:58 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Feb 12, 04:58 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

DocViewer failing to render new files for some users

minor

Feb 11, 11:11 PM→Feb 12, 01:40 AMresolved

Feb 12, 01:40 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Feb 12, 01:29 AM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Feb 11, 11:41 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+1 more updates

Users attempting to contact us via Phone may see longer wait times.

minor

Feb 10, 06:06 PM→Feb 10, 07:04 PMresolved

Feb 10, 07:04 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Feb 10, 06:34 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Feb 10, 06:10 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+1 more updates

Some Canvas users are unable to log in using mobile applications

minor

Feb 6, 09:44 AM→Feb 6, 09:50 AMresolved

Feb 6, 09:50 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Feb 6, 09:48 AM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Feb 6, 09:44 AM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented. Desktop version of Canvas is fully operational, and currently authenticated customers can access our mobile apps without errors.

Learnosity outage impacting assessment delivery to students

none

Feb 4, 06:49 PM→Feb 4, 08:13 PMresolved

Feb 4, 08:13 PM

resolved — "As of 19:12 UTC, traffic has returned to normal and everything remains stable. We have resolved the incident affecting assessments in VA (us-east-1). Learnosity Support and Systems Engineering teams...

Feb 4, 06:57 PM

monitoring — "As of 18:52 UTC, the Learnosity System Engineering team has put a fix in place. We will continue to monitor for some time to ensure a stable recovery, but all services are operational again. Learnos...

Feb 4, 06:54 PM

investigating — We are continuing to investigate this issue.

+1 more updates

Some users may encounter errors when previewing or downloading files in Canvas

none

Feb 2, 01:00 PM→Feb 2, 01:00 PMresolved

Feb 2, 01:41 PM

resolved — Between 06:00 and 06:20 MST, some users may have experienced errors when trying to preview or download files in Canvas (e.g. images, videos, attachments).

January 2026

Some users may be experiencing slowness or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

none

Jan 29, 05:43 PM→Jan 29, 05:57 PMresolved

Jan 29, 05:57 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 29, 05:43 PM

identified — We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

Jan 29, 05:43 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

Some users may be experiencing slowness or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

minor

Jan 29, 02:19 PM→Jan 29, 03:50 PMresolved

Jan 29, 03:50 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 29, 03:29 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Jan 29, 02:55 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+1 more updates

Users may see some services stating that they are either queued or in progress and to come back later.

minor

Jan 28, 06:41 PM→Jan 28, 08:05 PMresolved

Jan 28, 08:05 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 28, 07:48 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Jan 28, 07:26 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+3 more updates

Some users may encounter degraded performance when using New Quizzes.

minor

Jan 28, 02:33 PM→Jan 28, 03:23 PMresolved

Jan 28, 03:23 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 28, 02:43 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Jan 28, 02:33 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+1 more updates

Some users are unable to access or are receiving errors when attempting to use the new Portfolio feature

critical

Jan 22, 07:35 PM→Jan 22, 07:35 PMresolved

Jan 22, 08:33 PM

resolved — Some users are unable to access or are receiving errors when attempting to use the new Portfolio feature.

Canvas Jobs (course import/export, SIS imports, Blueprint syncs, Grade posting) are not processing for some users

minor

Jan 21, 12:06 PM→Jan 21, 04:00 PMresolved

Jan 21, 04:00 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 21, 03:36 PM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Jan 21, 02:57 PM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

+11 more updates

Some users may be experiencing slowness or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

none

Jan 19, 08:31 PM→Jan 19, 08:31 PMresolved

Jan 19, 08:31 PM

resolved — SupportAuth DDoS

Some LTI's are currently hidden in Canvas

minor

Jan 17, 11:35 PM→Jan 18, 12:21 AMresolved

Jan 18, 12:21 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 18, 12:02 AM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Jan 17, 11:51 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+2 more updates

Some users may see errors or images not loading.

minor

Jan 14, 03:09 PM→Jan 14, 03:35 PMresolved

Jan 14, 03:35 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 14, 03:09 PM

investigating — We are currently investigating this issue.

Some Canvas users are seeing Canvas Under Heavy Load error when accessing Canvas.

minor

Jan 14, 01:35 AM→Jan 14, 01:37 AMresolved

Jan 14, 01:37 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 14, 01:35 AM

investigating — We are currently investigating this issue.

Large drop of successful logins

minor

Jan 12, 08:33 PM→Jan 12, 08:45 PMresolved

Jan 12, 08:45 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 12, 08:36 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Jan 12, 08:35 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+1 more updates

Some users may be encountering 504 errors when accessing Canvas.

minor

Jan 12, 02:58 PM→Jan 12, 03:33 PMresolved

Jan 12, 03:33 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 12, 03:23 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Jan 12, 03:04 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+1 more updates

Some users may be experiencing slowness or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

minor

Jan 12, 01:18 PM→Jan 12, 01:57 PMresolved

Jan 12, 01:57 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 12, 01:53 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Jan 12, 01:43 PM

identified — We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

+1 more updates

Some users may experience error messages during their existing Quiz sessions. New sessions can be started without any errors.

minor

Jan 7, 01:46 PM→Jan 7, 06:55 PMresolved

Jan 7, 06:55 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Jan 7, 05:03 PM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Jan 7, 03:24 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

+5 more updates

December 2025

Canvas support phone system is experiencing connection issues. For more information please go to https://status.sharpencx.com

minor

Dec 30, 09:22 PM→Dec 30, 10:05 PMresolved

Dec 30, 10:05 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Dec 30, 09:34 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Dec 30, 09:22 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

Users running into Canvas is currently in Maintenance mode error

none

Dec 20, 06:00 PM→Dec 20, 06:00 PMresolved

Dec 20, 06:16 PM

resolved — Many users were getting a Canvas is down for Maintenance error when attempting to access quizzes, images, and external tools in canvas.

Due to an incident impacting our external service provider (Snowflake), some customers are not seeing new data in Canvas Data 2

minor

Dec 16, 10:00 AM→Dec 16, 03:48 PMresolved

Dec 16, 03:48 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Dec 16, 03:30 PM

identified — We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

Dec 16, 02:57 PM

identified — We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

+12 more updates

Some users in North America may be experiencing slow load times or errors when accessing Canvas

minor

Dec 11, 06:25 PM→Dec 11, 07:44 PMresolved

Dec 11, 07:44 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Dec 11, 07:44 PM

identified — We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

Dec 11, 06:41 PM

identified — We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

+1 more updates

Users using social and SSO logins at badges.parchment.eu are experiencing issues.

none

Dec 11, 03:26 PM→Dec 11, 03:26 PMresolved

Dec 11, 03:26 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Some users may be experiencing slowness or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

none

Dec 8, 04:00 PM→Dec 8, 04:00 PMresolved

Dec 8, 04:45 PM

resolved — Cluster 243 was down. From 9:00 AM - 9:25 AM

Some users may experience slow loading or page errors when attempting to access Canvas.

minor

Dec 4, 01:56 AM→Dec 4, 02:40 AMresolved

Dec 4, 02:40 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Dec 4, 02:39 AM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

Dec 4, 01:56 AM

investigating — We are currently investigating this issue.

Some users are unable to download files using Canvas apps on Android devices

minor

Dec 2, 12:45 PM→Dec 2, 02:22 PMresolved

Dec 2, 02:22 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Dec 2, 02:18 PM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Dec 2, 01:57 PM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

+4 more updates

November 2025

Blank Screen When Attempting to Access Recordings in Canvas

minor

Nov 18, 09:38 PM→Nov 19, 12:06 AMresolved

Nov 19, 12:06 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Nov 19, 12:01 AM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Nov 18, 11:29 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

+4 more updates

Users are unable to access Portfolium

major

Nov 18, 01:28 PM→Nov 18, 03:32 PMresolved

Nov 18, 03:32 PM

resolved — Cloudflare has restored services and the issue is resolved.

Nov 18, 02:16 PM

investigating — We are continuing to investigate this issue.

Nov 18, 01:28 PM

investigating — Portfolium is currently unavailable due to an outage impacting Cloudflare Global Network: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/

Impact Dashboard, Messaging and Insights are unavailable.

critical

Nov 18, 12:38 PM→Nov 18, 03:32 PMpostmortem

Nov 19, 11:05 AM

postmortem — **Date:** Tuesday, November 18, 2025 **Time of Initial Detection :** 05:38 AM MST **Time of Resolution \(Normal Operations\):** 09:02 AM MST **Duration of Impact:** 3 hours and 24 minutes‌ ### 1. ...

Nov 18, 03:32 PM

resolved — Cloudflare has been resolved, and all systems are currently operating normally. We are continuing to monitor performance closely to ensure full stability.

Nov 18, 02:44 PM

monitoring — Cloudflare has fixed the issue which caused service degradation. Our services are recovering, and we are monitoring performance closely.

+2 more updates

Some users are experiencing issues when previewing files in Canvas

minor

Nov 15, 12:38 PM→Nov 15, 12:57 PMresolved

Nov 15, 12:57 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Nov 15, 12:38 PM

investigating — We are currently investigating this issue.

Some users are receiving 503 errors when accessing the new Portfolio feature

minor

Nov 14, 08:57 PM→Nov 14, 09:02 PMresolved

Nov 14, 09:02 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Nov 14, 08:58 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Nov 14, 08:57 PM

investigating — We are currently investigating this issue.

Some users may experience 500 errors when trying to access Canvas

minor

Nov 12, 03:23 AM→Nov 12, 04:16 AMresolved

Nov 12, 04:16 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Nov 12, 04:12 AM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

Nov 12, 03:51 AM

investigating — We are continuing to investigate this issue.

+1 more updates

Some users may be receiving errors when accessing Canvas

minor

Nov 10, 07:51 PM→Nov 11, 06:56 AMresolved

Nov 11, 06:56 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Nov 11, 04:17 AM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Nov 11, 02:38 AM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

+11 more updates

Some users may encounter page errors when accessing Canvas.

minor

Nov 10, 07:45 PM→Nov 10, 08:13 PMresolved

Nov 10, 08:13 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Nov 10, 08:05 PM

identified — The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

Nov 10, 07:52 PM

investigating — We are continuing to investigate this issue.

+2 more updates

Some users may be experiencing slow load times or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

minor

Nov 7, 04:23 PM→Nov 7, 06:55 PMresolved

Nov 7, 06:55 PM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Nov 7, 04:58 PM

monitoring — A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Nov 7, 04:23 PM

investigating — We are currently investigating this issue.

Some users may be experiencing slowness or timeout errors when accessing Canvas

minor

Nov 5, 06:14 PM→Nov 6, 03:21 AMresolved

Nov 6, 03:21 AM

resolved — This incident has been resolved.

Nov 6, 02:31 AM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

Nov 6, 12:43 AM

monitoring — We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

+9 more updates

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