Is Canvas LMS down right now? We check Canvas LMS's official status page as you arrive, then show any outage, its 90-day uptime and what to use instead.
Other classroom tools that are working right now.
Email us and we'll tell you when Canvas LMS reports a major outage, and when it's working again.
You sign up by sending one email, so nobody else can use your address. Every alert has a stop link. Add "all problems" to the subject to hear about small problems too.
Uptime and history
Canvas LMS's uptime over the last 90 days is 100%, because it rated none of its problems a major outage. Smaller problems were open for 5 days 3 h in that time.
Not counted above: 19 problems that affected only one region or a few customers. They're listed under recent problems.
With 8 other apps in Learning and education over the last 90 days, by what each reports on its own status page.
How well Canvas LMS keeps people informed when something goes wrong.
Posting small problems openly is a good sign. An app that reports more problems isn't necessarily less reliable than one that reports fewer.
Recent
Portfolium is unavailable in the SYD area
Some users may experience slow page loads when using new quizzes.
Some ChromeOS users were unable to log into Canvas
Some users may be experiencing slow load times or errors when accessing New Quizzes
New Quizzes Regrading Giving Errors on Ordering Questions
Some users are experiencing slow load times when accessing Canvas
Some users may be experiencing slow load times or errors when previewing files in Canvas
PHP Awareness
Parts
Problem counts cover Canvas LMS's record since May 2026. One problem can hit several parts.
The record
Over the last 90 days Canvas LMS ranks 5th of the 8 apps in Learning and education we can rank, with 100% uptime and a reported problem open for 5 days 3 h.
Canvas LMS has reported 30 problems since May 2026, about 5 a month. It didn't rate any of them as a major outage.
| Typical time to fix | 1 h 50 min |
|---|---|
| Longest problem | 4 days, starting 27 Aug 2026: Students unable to submit or resume certain assessments |
| Last problem | 26 Oct 2026: Some ChromeOS users were unable to log into Canvas (17 min) |
| Longest quiet spell | 29 days without a problem, from 16 Sep 2026 to 15 Oct 2026 |
| Part hit most | Canvas LMS, in 14 of 30 problems, then us-east-1, in 4 |
| Busiest day | Thursday, when 12 of the 30 problems started |
| Left out of these figures | 1 notice and 27 problems in one region or for a few customers |
From Canvas LMS's own status page, as far back as we can read it in full. Rankings go by uptime, then time free of reported problems, then problems per month. A low count can mean few problems or few posts.
Alternatives
Other apps that do the same job, ranked by their own record over the last 90 days.
| App | Now | Problems, last 90 days | Time with problems | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Google Classroom | Working normally | 1 | 3 h 27 min | Visit Google Classroom |
 Kahoot | Working normally | 1 | 6 h 10 min | Visit Kahoot |
Ranked by their own reported problems over the last 90 days. * The record for this app is still filling in.
Safety
Facts from its own public records, checked every day.
Checked 3 Nov 2026 from instructure.com's public records. Breach data from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0).
Follow
No sign-up needed: a feed for your reader or team channel, or a live badge for your own site.
Every problem Canvas LMS reports, as it happens, in your feed reader or a team channel.
appys.com/status/canvas-lms-down/feed/
/feed subscribe https://appys.com/status/canvas-lms-down/feed/Shows Canvas LMS's status, updated every few minutes. Copy the code into a web page, an intranet or a README.
For the uptime badge, change the address to appys.com/badge/canvas-lms/uptime/.
Instructure’s learning platform used by schools and universities.
Canvas LMS is made by Instructure. On Appys it’s listed under Learning and education, with the other classroom tools we follow. Every status and figure on this page comes from Canvas LMS’s official status page, where Canvas LMS’s own team posts problems and fixes.
Appys is independent and isn’t connected with the apps it lists. Statuses come from each app’s own status page. How Appys checks apps.