Changes / Canva / Some users might experience errors when trying to access designs
Canva: Major incident: Some users might experience errors when trying to access designs
Summary
Canva reported a major incident affecting design access, with some users seeing “Trying to reconnect” and a warning that continued editing could lose work. It started at 2026-05-07 01:32 UTC and was resolved at 2026-05-07 02:11 UTC, lasting 38 min; a fix was implemented by 01:55 UTC.
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What changed
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After: Some users might experience errors when trying to access designs
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After: resolved
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After: 2026-05-07 01:32 UTC
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After: 2026-05-07 02:11 UTC
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After: Users might experience the following error: Trying to reconnect. You can continue editing, but you may lose your work.
We have identified the issue and are working on a fix.
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After: A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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History of this incident
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
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| Major incident: Some users might experience errors when trying to access designs (this change) Canva reported a major incident affecting design access, with some users seeing “Trying to reconnect” and a warning that continued editing could lose work. It started at 2026-05-07 01:32 UTC and was resolved at 2026-05-07 02:11 UTC, lasting 38 min; a fix was implemented by 01:55 UTC. | Major incident |