Is Canvas LMS down?
instructure.com · Education · official status page
Canvas LMS has recorded 100.0% uptime over the last 5 days, with no outage. It answers our checks in 152 ms on average.
No problems detected
Canvas LMS answered our last automated check normally, 10 minutes ago. If it is not working for you, the problem is most likely local - Your connection, your DNS resolver, a cached page, or an extension.
Canvas LMS problem reports in the last 24 hours
Counted in 15-minute buckets from reports submitted on this site. This is a user signal - A tall bar means people are complaining, not that our check failed.
No reports in the last 24 hours.
If Canvas LMS is not working for you, tell us and the chart starts here.
Response time from our automated checks
The last 24 checks of https://www.instructure.com/ from our network. Bar height is the response time; the tallest bar is the slowest.
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Having a problem with Canvas LMS?
Tell us what is not working. Reports go straight onto the 24-hour chart above and help other people see a problem before any company admits to one. 0 reports in the last 24 hours.
About Canvas LMS outages
Canvas outages are timed badly by definition: Student traffic concentrates in the hours before midnight when assignments are due, and that is exactly when the platform is most likely to be under stress. An outage at 11pm is functionally a missed deadline unless the institution intervenes.
The components that separate are the main application, file uploads for submissions, quizzes (which have their own engine and can fail mid-attempt), SpeedGrader for instructors, and the mobile apps. A submission that uploads but does not register is the worst case; Canvas records submission timestamps server-side, so the audit trail usually supports a student's account afterwards. Each institution runs its own Canvas instance on Instructure's infrastructure, so one university can be affected while another is not. Instructure publishes a detailed status page by region and instance.
What to do if Canvas LMS is not working for you
Is it them or you?
Our last check reached instructure.com normally, from a different network, resolver and route than yours. If it is broken for you, the fault is most likely local or too narrow for a single probe to see. Run the check again now to confirm.
The first thing worth trying
Screenshot everything, with the clock visible. Evidence of an attempted submission during a known outage is what appeals turn on. Capture the error, the time and the page.
How education services typically fail
Sign-in queues, uploads that reach 99% and stall, submission confirmations that never arrive. Content browses fine; it is the write path that fails, which is exactly the part students need. The rest of the steps, and why this category breaks the way it does, are on our education status page, with more background in proving a site was down.
The link below unfurls into a live card showing the verdict, so whoever you send it to sees the evidence rather than your word for it.
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Canvas LMS measured against its peers
How it compares with other education services
Over the last 30 days Canvas LMS ranks 2 of 3 education services we monitor, measured on recorded uptime. The category averages 100.0%, and Canvas LMS sits at 100.0%. The steadiest in this group is Duolingo.
On speed, Canvas LMS answers our checks in about 152 ms against a category average of 244 ms - Faster than its peers. Response time is not availability, but a service drifting well above its own normal is often the first sign of trouble.
What the last 24 checks looked like
Across the most recent 24 checks, the quickest response was 88 ms and the slowest 274 ms, against a 30-day average of 152 ms. The chart above plots each one, so a widening spread is visible before it becomes an outage.
All figures are our own measurements, taken every 20 minutes from one network. What that can and cannot see is set out in the methodology, and every education service is listed on the category page.
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An expired certificate stops browsers loading a site entirely while the server itself stays perfectly healthy, which is why we track it beside the uptime figure. Check it yourself.
Canvas LMS status: Common questions
Is Canvas LMS down right now?
Canvas LMS is up and responding normally. This page is refreshed by an automated check that runs every 20 minutes from an independent network, and by reports from visitors.
Why can I not reach Canvas LMS when you say it is up?
Because an outage can be partial. Our check runs from one network and asks for one page. Your problem may be regional, may affect only the mobile app, or may be local to your connection, DNS resolver or browser cache.
How reliable is Canvas LMS?
Canvas LMS has been reachable for 100.0% of the last 5 days we have measured, with 0 seconds of recorded downtime.
Does Canvas LMS have an official status page?
Yes - Canvas LMS publishes one at https://status.instructure.com/. It is the authoritative source for confirmed incidents, though official pages usually update after user reports have already peaked.
Canvas LMS discussion
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