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Canva Outage History

Every past Canva outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 318 Canva outages since May 2020. The 56 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Major May 6, 2026

May 2026: Some users might experience errors when trying to access designs

Detected May 6, 2026 11:29 PM EDT · Resolved May 7, 2026 12:39 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Canva experienced a major service incident where users encountered "Trying to reconnect" errors when accessing designs, with warnings that work could be lost during editing. The connectivity issues affected design access and editing functionality for approximately 1.2 hours. The incident was identified and resolved through investigation and implementation of a fix.

Major May 6, 2026

May 2026: Some users might experience errors when trying to access designs

Detected May 6, 2026 9:32 PM EDT · Resolved May 6, 2026 10:11 PM EDT · Duration 39 minutes

Canva experienced a major service incident where users encountered "Trying to reconnect" errors when accessing designs, with warnings that work could be lost during editing. The issue affected design access and editing functionality for 39 minutes. The problem was identified, a fix was implemented and monitored, and the incident was fully resolved.

Major May 6, 2026

May 2026: Users in some countries may experience issues trying to access Canva

Detected May 6, 2026 8:03 PM EDT · Resolved May 6, 2026 9:03 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Canva experienced a major outage affecting users in some countries who were unable to access the platform or view media content in the editor. Users reported being unable to see uploaded images and videos, with some experiencing complete inability to load the Canva website or access their files. The incident was resolved after approximately 1 hour through a fix implementation and monitoring period.

Major April 29, 2026

April 2026: Some users may have issues accessing Canva

Detected Apr 29, 2026 7:01 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 29, 2026 7:29 PM EDT · Duration 29 minutes

Canva experienced a major service incident where some users were unable to access the platform. A fix was implemented and monitored for effectiveness. The incident was resolved after 29 minutes of downtime.

Minor April 29, 2026

April 2026: Some users may have issues accessing Canva

Detected Apr 29, 2026 9:49 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 29, 2026 10:19 AM EDT · Duration 30 minutes

Some Canva users experienced access issues to the platform for approximately 30 minutes. A fix was implemented and monitored by the engineering team. The incident was fully resolved with normal service restored.

Major April 28, 2026

April 2026: Users should be able to access Canva, we are monitoring the fix.

Detected Apr 28, 2026 8:21 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 28, 2026 9:05 PM EDT · Duration 44 minutes

Canva experienced a major service outage that prevented users from accessing the platform. A fix was implemented and monitored to restore service functionality. The incident was fully resolved after 44 minutes of downtime.

Major April 28, 2026

April 2026: Some users may have issues accessing Canva

Detected Apr 28, 2026 7:24 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 28, 2026 8:37 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Canva experienced a major outage lasting 1.2 hours where users were unable to access the service through both web browsers and mobile apps, encountering 503 server errors and login failures. Users reported being completely blocked from accessing their accounts and files during the incident. The issue was resolved after the engineering teams investigated and restored service.

Minor April 22, 2026

April 2026: Users are having issues accessing designs

Detected Apr 22, 2026 7:48 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 22, 2026 8:30 PM EDT · Duration 41 minutes

Canva users experienced widespread issues accessing their designs, with users reporting 404 "project not found" errors when trying to open existing projects, create new ones, or access templates. The incident affected the View Designs component for 41 minutes, preventing users from accessing their saved work including presentations and other projects. Engineers investigated and mitigated the issue, with full resolution confirmed after monitoring showed design access had stabilized.

Major April 12, 2026

April 2026: Users may experience issues opening new and existing designs

Detected Apr 12, 2026 8:28 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 13, 2026 1:59 AM EDT · Duration about 6 hours

Canva experienced a major incident where users were unable to open both new and existing designs, affecting the core View Designs and Edit Designs functionality. The issue persisted for 5.5 hours while engineers investigated and worked on a resolution. The incident was successfully mitigated and then fully resolved after a monitoring period to ensure stable operations.

Minor April 10, 2026

April 2026: Some users may experience issues accessing AI Voice

Detected Apr 10, 2026 10:39 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 11, 2026 1:05 AM EDT · Duration about 14 hours

Canva experienced a service disruption where some users were unable to access the AI Voice feature for video creation. The issue affected video creation workflows for users attempting to use AI-generated voiceovers. The incident was resolved after 14.4 hours of investigation and fixes.