Is Instructure Canvas LMS down today?

According to the official Instructure Canvas LMS status page, the service is currently up . For the most recent updates, check the 'Recent Outages and Issues' section above. Whether Instructure Canvas LMS is down now or facing minor problems, StatusGator keeps you in the loop with instant alerts on issues.

How can I get notified when Instructure Canvas LMS is not working or have outages?

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How can I find out if Instructure Canvas LMS is having issues?

You have two options: Check the official Instructure Canvas LMS status page for updates. Sign up for StatusGator to receive real-time notifications and Early Warning Signals on Instructure Canvas LMS status. With StatusGator, you'll be automatically notified the moment Instructure Canvas LMS reports an issue or updates their official status. Plus, StatusGator has its own real-time monitoring system that analyzes thousands of data points every minute. When a potential outage is detected, StatusGator alerts all users monitoring the service, enabling you to act before the provider updates their status page. With StatusGator, you'll know immediately if Instructure Canvas LMS is down or experiencing issues, even if their official status page hasn't been updated yet.

Instructure Canvas LMS status page says the service is up, but I'm having issues. What's wrong?

There may be several reasons for that: An outage that hasn't been communicated yet via the Instructure Canvas LMS status page. Some local issues with a small group of accounts on the service side. Technical issues on your side, or problems with your software or ISP. A misconfiguration or problem on your side. We recommend contacting Instructure Canvas LMS customer support while checking everything on your side.

Where do you get the official Instructure Canvas LMS status?

We use the official Instructure Canvas LMS status page. Here are links to their status page and other helpful links to check if Instructure Canvas LMS is down: Instructure Canvas LMS Status Page Instructure Canvas LMS Home Page @instructure @canvaslms

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Instructure Canvas LMS service health graph

Shows recent status reports over time, including possible and confirmed outages.

This chart represents Instructure Canvas LMS service health over the last 24 hours, with data points collected every 15 minutes based on issue reports, page visits, and signal strength. Sign up for free to see more Instructure Canvas LMS status data.

Instructure Canvas LMS health

Service up Possible outage Outage duration

Minor outage · Resolved

5:07 PM – Instructure reported an issue on their status page

7:07 PM – Instructure confirmed outage resolution

Instructure Canvas LMS outage reports

Lists recent Instructure Canvas LMS incidents, including duration, acknowledgement status, and severity.

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Recent community and social reports

Texas, United States

"Students are submitting assignments and it shows submitted on their end, but when I go to speedgrader, it says no submission. I'm giving zeros on assignments but shouldn't and then having to go and regrade."

Sep 18, 1:52 PM • 13 days ago

Utah, United States

"Wont load all of the way "

Sep 14, 2:18 PM • 17 days ago

Wisconsin, United States

Sign in problem

Sep 10, 6:57 PM • 21 days ago

Texas, United States

"We cannot edit any of our assignments in Canvas. This also is causing issues with grades because we can't get to the information."

Sep 10, 2:47 PM • 21 days ago

Metro Manila, Philippines

"under heavy load, request timed out"

Sep 1, 7:35 AM • about 1 month ago

Minnesota, United States

"Not loading"

Aug 31, 5:42 PM • about 1 month ago

Metro Manila, Philippines

"not loading at all. cant connect to server"

Jul 28, 11:35 AM • 2 months ago

Minnesota, United States

Other

May 12, 1:46 PM • 5 months ago

Indiana, United States

"Canvas LMS is not down or on maintenance"

May 8, 12:21 PM • 5 months ago

Georgia, United States

"down for maintenance"

May 8, 1:22 AM • 5 months ago

Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

"Desde as 16h aqui no Brasil que está fora do ar, preciso do retorno para dar continuidade as instruções."

May 8, 1:12 AM • 5 months ago

Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Service down

May 8, 1:10 AM • 5 months ago

Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Error message

May 8, 1:10 AM • 5 months ago

Minnesota, United States

"Completely down from compromise."

May 7, 11:33 PM • 5 months ago

Oklahoma, United States

Error message

May 7, 10:23 PM • 5 months ago

North Carolina, United States

"I see this message "Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance Check back soon""

May 7, 9:35 PM • 5 months ago

Oregon, United States

"Teacher and students receiving this message when trying to use Canvas: "Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance Check back soon""

May 7, 8:41 PM • 5 months ago

Nevada, United States

"Shiny Hunter breached again. "

May 7, 8:28 PM • 5 months ago

California, United States

"Canvas studio will not open in my class. Videos that are embedded are giving "Bad Gateway" message"

Apr 9, 4:31 AM • 6 months ago

Texas, United States

"502 Bad Gateway for assignments for teacher and students."

Mar 30, 3:04 PM • 6 months ago

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Instructure Canvas LMS outage map

Displays regions where users have recently reported issues. Map markers are based on user-submitted reports.

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Instructure Canvas LMS incidents history

Lists recent Instructure Canvas LMS incidents, including duration, acknowledgement status, and severity.

Incident name	Duration	Started	Acknowledged	Severity
Canvas Jobs (course import/export, SIS imports, Blueprint syncs, Grade posting) are processing slowly for some users	2h	Sep 30, 2026 5:07 PM	Yes	Warn
Some users are experiencing slow load times when accessing Canvas	4d 4h 20m	Sep 14, 2026 9:17 AM	Yes	Warn
Errors Following Item Creation In Canvas	15m	Sep 11, 2026 3:27 PM	Yes	Warn
Slow loading and page error messages when accessing New Quizzes	20m	Sep 10, 2026 2:22 PM	Yes	Warn
Some users are experiencing slow load times and page errors when accessing New Quizzes	55m	Sep 3, 2026 3:07 PM	Yes	Warn
SIN Users getting a Website is under heavy Load (request timed out)	30m	Sep 1, 2026 7:27 AM	Yes	Warn
Some users in the Asia-Pacific region are experience slowness or page errors in Canvas.	35m	Sep 1, 2026 2:17 AM	Yes	Warn
Some users may not be receiving Multi-Factor Authentication SMS messages when logging into Canvas	7d 4h 20m	Aug 24, 2026 4:02 PM	Yes	Down
Some Canvas users may experience degraded media playback	45m	Aug 24, 2026 2:47 AM	Yes	Warn
Some users are experiencing Slowness with Outcomes	45m	Aug 21, 2026 4:12 PM	Yes	Warn
Some users may experience errors when playing or uploading media files	20m	Aug 17, 2026 1:32 PM	Yes	Warn
Some users may run into slow load times or errors when accessing Canvas	15m	Aug 17, 2026 12:17 PM	Yes	Warn
Some users receiving errors when accessing Canvas	6h 11m	Aug 13, 2026 6:32 PM	Yes	Warn
New Quizzes may be down for some users	1h 15m	Jul 28, 2026 7:57 AM	Yes	Warn
Users may encounter errors when trying to access Canvas	3h 35m	Jul 16, 2026 8:27 AM	Yes	Down
Canvas User's pages not accessible.	35m	Jul 16, 2026 12:42 AM	Yes	Warn
Roll Call database misconfiguration for some users	6h 45m	Jul 14, 2026 3:32 PM	Yes	Warn
A small subset of users may experience page errors when accessing Canvas.	15m	Jul 12, 2026 7:07 PM	Yes	Warn
Some Users May Encounter Errors When Attempting To Log Into Canvas	1h 40m	Jul 6, 2026 7:47 PM	Yes	Warn
Some users are experiencing errors when logging into Canvas.	30m	Jul 1, 2026 12:17 AM	Yes	Warn

Canvas Jobs (course import/export, SIS imports, Blueprint syncs, Grade posting) are processing slowly for some users

Started

Sep 30, 2026 5:07 PM

Duration

2h

Acknowledged

Yes

Severity

Warn

Some users are experiencing slow load times when accessing Canvas

Started

Sep 14, 2026 9:17 AM

Duration

4d 4h 20m

Acknowledged

Yes

Severity

Warn

Errors Following Item Creation In Canvas

Started

Sep 11, 2026 3:27 PM

Duration

15m

Acknowledged

Yes

Severity

Warn

Slow loading and page error messages when accessing New Quizzes

Started

Sep 10, 2026 2:22 PM

Duration

20m

Acknowledged

Yes

Severity

Warn

Some users are experiencing slow load times and page errors when accessing New Quizzes

Started

Sep 3, 2026 3:07 PM

Duration

55m

Acknowledged

Yes

Severity

Warn

SIN Users getting a Website is under heavy Load (request timed out)

Started

Sep 1, 2026 7:27 AM

Duration

30m

Acknowledged

Yes

Severity

Warn

Instructure Canvas LMS status history

Shows daily Instructure Canvas LMS status over recent days, including uptime, warnings, and outage events.

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Instructure status page accuracy rating

This rating evaluates how quickly Instructure acknowledges incidents, the consistency of updates, and whether reported issues align with actual service disruptions experienced by users.

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Rating grade	Average delay
A Excellent	< 15 min
B Good	15 - 30 min
C Fair	30 - 120 min
D Poor	2 - 4 hrs
F Failing	>= 4 hrs

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About our Instructure Canvas LMS status page integration

Instructure Canvas LMS (Learning management system for schools, colleges, and universities) is a an Education solution that StatusGator has been monitoring since March 2017. Over the past over 9 years, we have collected data on on more than 1,812 outages that affected Instructure Canvas LMS users. When Instructure Canvas LMS publishes downtime on their status page, they do so across 31 components and 6 groups using 4 different statuses: up, warn, down, and maintenance which we use to provide granular uptime metrics and notifications.

If you're wondering, "Is Instructure Canvas LMS down?", or need to know its current status, we've got you covered. Our platform tracks every reported outage, performance issue, and maintenance window to ensure you're informed. Whether Instructure Canvas LMS is experiencing a problem now or has recently resolved one, our detailed history keeps you updated.

More than 600 StatusGator users monitor Instructure Canvas LMS to get notified when it's down, is under maintenance, or has an outage. This makes it one of the most popular Education services monitored on our platform. We've sent more than 137,900 notifications to our users about Instructure Canvas LMS incidents, providing transparency and peace of mind. You can get alerts by signing up for a free StatusGator account.

Early Warning Signals

If we detect a potential Instructure Canvas LMS outage or other issue before it was reported on the official status page we will send an Early Warning Signal notification to StatusGator subscribers. We can often detect issues before they are officially acknowledged by the provider, giving you a head start on resolving any potential problems.
Down notifications

If Instructure Canvas LMS is having system outages or experiencing other critical issues, red down notifications appear on the status page. In most cases, it means that core functions are not working properly, or there is some other serious customer-impacting event underway.
Warning notifications

Warn notifications are used when Instructure Canvas LMS is undergoing a non-critical issue like minor service issues, performance degradation, non-core bugs, capacity issues, or problems affecting a small number of users.
Maintenance notifications

Instructure Canvas LMS posts separate notifications for planned maintenance work. StatusGator will notify subscribers when Instructure Canvas LMS enters a pre-planned maintenance window, keeping you up to date.
Status messages

When Instructure Canvas LMS posts issues on their status page, we collect the main headline message and include that brief information or overview in notifications to StatusGator subscribers.
Status details

When Instructure Canvas LMS has outages or other service-impacting events on their status page, we pull down the detailed informational updates and include them in notifications. These messages often include the current details about how the problem is being mitigated, or when the next update will occur.
Component status filtering

Because Instructure Canvas LMS has several components, each with their individual statuses, StatusGator can differentiate the status of each component in our notifications to you whenever a particular component is down. This means, you can filter your status page notifications based on the services, regions, or components you utilize. This is an essential feature for complex services with many components or services spread out across many regions.

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