Oct 20, 2025 · A widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage has left Canvas, the learning management system used by the University of Kansas (KU), temporarily inaccessible, disrupting classes and assignments for students, teaching assistants, and professors. Oct 20, 2025 · Students across the country are reporting trouble accessing Canvas, the popular online learning platform. The outage is linked to an ongoing Amazon Web Services (AWS) incident affecting... Oct 20, 2025 · "A number of products including Canvas and Mastery Connect are experiencing issues due to an ongoingAWSincident," a message on the Instructure website read. Oct 20, 2025 · Currently, when visiting K-State’s Canvas page, users are directed to an error page that reads, “Canvas is experiencing issues due to an ongoingAWSincident. We are working on recovering as soon as possible.” Kellen Hight, IT specialist for Collegian Media Group, explained the source of the problem. Oct 20, 2025 · Since early Monday morning, Canvas has been shut down due to an ongoing Amazon Web Services (AWS) technical failure. The impact has been widespread, with many websites and apps reliant on the AWS system shut down, including Snapchat, Facebook, Canva, and Fortnite. Oct 20, 2025 · A nationwide Amazon Web Services outage caused Canvas to go down, disrupting classes and online learning for students at CSUB and Bakersfield College. Resolved - UPDATE - Canvas is fully operational, and we are not seeing any ongoing unauthorized activity. As a precaution, we recommend customers follow security best practices, including enforcing MFA on privileged accounts, reviewing admin access, and rotating API tokens or keys where applicable.
