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Canva Down: Users Report Of Media Upload Failures & Issues With Image Editing
24htopnews | March 12, 2026 5:09 PM CST

Graphic design platform Canva faced a brief global outage that left users unable to access designs, templates or projects. Reports on Downdetector showed login failures, loading issues and server errors across the website and app. The company acknowledged the problem and restored services within about 38 minutes.

Popular graphic design platform Canva experienced a major global outage, leaving thousands of users unable to access their designs, templates, and projects. Reports on Downdetector and social media indicated that users faced login errors, loading failures, media upload failures, and design access issues across both the website and the app.

Canva's official status page confirmed the issue, with the company logging a 503 error message when users tried to access canva.com. The company said on its status page, "We are currently investigating and working to mitigate the issue."

Scale of the disruption

Outage monitoring platform Downdetector logged over 400 reports in the United States alone, with around 75 reports filed in India - numbers that are expected to climb, if the issue is not fixed.


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