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Widespread Canvas outage impacting Penn State

Widespread Canvas outage impacting Penn State

Psu.Edu • May 7, 2026

Penn State is currently experiencing an outage to Canvas related to an ongoing security incident affecting Instructure, the vendor that provides the Canvas platform. Penn State is one of many institutions around the country affected by this issue.

Out of an abundance of caution, users should avoid interacting with or clicking on any links, messages, or content that may be posted by threat actors or appear suspicious during this event. Penn State will never direct users to unverified third-party sites for Canvas-related communications or remediation activities.

We understand the importance of Canvas to teaching and learning activities and recognize the outage this is causing. We will continue to updates as additional information becomes available.

For the latest status information from Instructure, please visit: Instructure Status Page

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