A widespread outage struck Canva on 20 October 2025, leaving millions of users locked out of the popular design platform amid a sweeping Amazon Web Services (AWS) failure. From login errors to download blocks, the disruption exposed the fragility of cloud-dependent tools in an increasingly digital-first world.
With over 220 million active users worldwide, the platform's downtime—peaking at 10,000+ DownDetector reports—has halted marketing campaigns, social posts and school projects, exposing vulnerabilities in cloud-reliant tools.
