Heriot-Watt University incident

Canvas - Potential Downtime

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Heriot-Watt University experienced a major incident on May 7, 2026, lasting 5h 43m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 07, 2026, 08:38 PM UTC
Resolved
May 08, 2026, 02:21 AM UTC
Duration
5h 43m
Detected by Pingoru
May 07, 2026, 08:38 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 07, 2026, 08:38 PM UTC

    Our monitoring software has identified a potential issue with Canvas - our team has been alerted.

  2. resolved May 08, 2026, 02:21 AM UTC

    Canvas appears to be available again - thanks for your patience