Instructure incident
Some users may be experiencing slowness or timeout errors when accessing Canvas. Currently it appears to be affecting users that cross-domain multiple canvas instances together.
Instructure experienced a minor incident on April 21, 2026 affecting Canvas LMS, lasting 22m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Canvas LMS
Update timeline
- identified Apr 21, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- identified Apr 21, 2026, 05:12 PM UTC
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
- monitoring Apr 21, 2026, 05:26 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved Apr 21, 2026, 05:33 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.