Canvas System Status

Sep 8, 17:31 MDT
Resolved - Content imports done through the SCORM LTI tool are now uploading successfully for non-US based accounts, and content imported through the tool is loading normally. We apologize for any trouble you faced with this issue today.

Sep 8, 15:53 MDT
Investigating - Canvas accounts hosted outside of the US, with the SCORM LTI tool installed, cannot upload new files or view previously-uploaded content using the SCORM tool. This is a bit different from the issue reported earlier today for US-based accounts, as the tool itself is loading, but processes for uploading and viewing content within the tool are not working. We are looking into the issue now, and will add an update as soon as we can.

Sep 8, 11:11 MDT
Resolved - Our engineers have run tests to ensure the SCORM tool is running correctly and should not cause any more problems for you today. We appreciate your patience with this issue this morning.

Sep 8, 10:58 MDT
Monitoring - Our engineers have identified and deployed a fix for the issue. The SCORM tool and all SCORM content is loading once again. We'll continue monitoring to ensure all is well.

Sep 8, 10:45 MDT
Investigating - US-based Canvas accounts with the SCORM LTI tool installed cannot load the SCORM tool or any content created via that tool. Our engineers are looking into the issue now. We will add an update here as soon as we have more information.

Sep 5, 21:59 MDT
Resolved - The issue has been resolved.

Sep 5, 21:58 MDT
Monitoring - Resolved - Some Canvas Users were unable to access Canvas between 9:22 and 9:31 pm MST. Our DevOps team has ensured the site is available and running normally now. We apologize for the interruption.

Aug 30, 16:58 MDT
Resolved - Resolved - Penn State University users were unable to access Canvas between 4:10 and 4:42 pm MT. Our DevOps team has ensured the site is available and running normally now. We apologize for any trouble you've experienced.

Aug 30, 15:30 MDT
Resolved - Our engineers identified the cause of the errors some users were seeing, and resources were added to ensure users were no longer receiving errors when accessing Canvas after 2:00 PM MDT. Engineering has deployed a fix for the cause of the errors, to ensure it does not affect anyone again. We apologize for the trouble this caused for you today.

Aug 30, 14:00 MDT
Identified - Starting at 1:49 PM MDT, a small percentage of Canvas users are experiencing 503 errors when attempting to access Canvas. Some users may have seen slowness on the site prior to that time. Our DevOps team is currently looking into this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Aug 26, 19:15 MDT
Resolved - Canvas Experienced a hardware failure that affected some North American users for 90 minutes. It started about 5:00pm MDT and was fixed at 6:26pm MDT. During this time Canvas would have been slow or users would have been unable to access Canvas at all. We apologize for the interruption.

Aug 25, 16:32 MDT
Resolved - SCORM imports from earlier today (from before our first update this morning) have now finished processing, and new imports are running normally. We appreciate your patience as we worked to resolve this issue!

Aug 25, 15:16 MDT
Update - Queued SCORM imports and grades from earlier today are now completing more quickly, with import resources our engineers have applied. We'll continue to monitor these imports until wait times are back to a normal level.

Aug 25, 12:37 MDT
Monitoring - Queued SCORM imports and grade passback continue to run through the queue, with the import resources our engineers have applied. We'll continue to monitor these job requests until the queue has reached normal levels.

Aug 25, 11:48 MDT
Identified - Engineers have verified that processing times are back to normal, but there is a large queue of import and grade passback requests to go through. It may take a while longer for those to process completely. We are watching the queue to ensure everything is running smoothly as we run through that queue. We'll provide another update once more information is available.

Aug 25, 11:43 MDT
Update - Our engineers have added more resources to assist with SCORM imports and grade passback, but there is still an issue with the length of time it's taking for those requests to be completed. They are continuing their investigation, adding new resources as necessary. We'll provide a new update as soon as possible.

Aug 25, 10:59 MDT
Investigating - Canvas users in the US with the SCORM LTI tool installed on their accounts are having trouble importing new SCORM packages, and with grades from existing SCORM content not being passed back to Canvas. In Canvas courses, imports appear as if they are still importing, but never complete successfully; new grades for SCORM content aren't appearing in the Gradebook. Our engineers are looking into the issue now. We will add an update here as soon as we have more information. We appreciate your patience as we investigate the issue.

Aug 24, 12:14 MDT
Resolved - About 1% of Canvas users in the US were unable to access Canvas between 11:58 and 12:05 pm MT, and then seeing slowness in page loads until about 12:07. Our DevOps team has ensured the site is available and running normally now.  We apologize for any trouble you've experienced.

Aug 23, 16:21 MDT
Resolved - Job queues are back to normal levels, and jobs have a minimal waiting time before starting to process. We appreciate your patience today as we worked through the larger queue wait times you were seeing earlier.

Aug 23, 12:07 MDT
Monitoring - Users are seeing long waits for job requests in Canvas such as SIS imports, content migrations, and notifications. Components that process these requests are working normally, but the queue is very high. It may take some time for your job requests to start processing, at which point they will run as normal. Thanks for your patience!

Aug 18, 23:38 MDT
Resolved - Here’s an update on our work to improve performance of the Canvas SIS integration platform:

- Migrating the platform’s databases to more capable hardware: This task is complete. We are testing performance to measure the impact this update will have on the platform’s ability to ingest and process data from PowerSchool.
- Updating the sync-management software: This task is still in progress. We expect our partner to deploy the update later tonight or tomorrow morning (Saturday).

Syncs between the platform and Canvas are still paused while we test and validate data. Thank you for your patience. We will provide another update by the end of the day tomorrow (Saturday). Because this incident affects only a small portion of the Canvas userbase, we will resolve the incident on the status page and communicate further updates by email to admins at the affected schools.

Aug 18, 11:42 MDT
Monitoring - Some Canvas customers are using our new SIS integration platform to pass data from their SIS to Canvas. Currently, this group comprises about 200 K12 customers that use the PowerSchool SIS. We have seen slow performance from the platform over the last three days. This has affected both of the platform’s key functions:

- Ingesting data from PowerSchool
- Synchronizing data to Canvas

The result of this slowness has been that changes the affected schools have made in PowerSchool have not appeared in Canvas in a timely way. We sincerely apologize for the trouble this has caused them and their users.

Our engineering team is working with the partner who provides the SIS integration platform, and they have identified two opportunities to significantly improve performance:

- We will migrate the platform’s databases to more capable hardware. This will help the platform ingest and process data from PowerSchool more quickly. The migration process is underway, and we anticipate it will be complete later today or tomorrow.
- We will optimize the software that manages data sync between the platform and Canvas. Our partner has developed a patch; it is now in QA. We expect they will deploy the patch today or tomorrow.

As part of these efforts, we paused SIS syncs through the platform at about 9:30 AM Mountain Time (11:30 AM Eastern Time, 8:30 AM Pacific Time) this morning. We will post update on these projects this afternoon. We’ll also let you know when we are able to resume syncs.

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