Critical incident

UC Davis: Instructure Security Incident & Canvas Updates

Affected: Canvas

Current status of UC Davis: Operational — live UC Davis status

Timeline

1. May 6, 2026, 18:51 UTC
   monitoring
   On Friday, May 1, 2026, Instructure, the vendor behind Canvas, reported a global cybersecurity incident. At this time, UC Davis has not been notified of any direct impact to our campus. UC Davis Canvas remains available and operational. We are actively monitoring vendor updates and assessing any potential impact to UC Davis services. Updates will be posted on the IET website as they become available. https://iet.ucdavis.edu/news/monitoring-instructure-security-incident-canvas-updates-tues-55 More information is available from the Instructure Incident Report page. https://status.instructure.com/incidents/9wm4knj2r64z ---------------------------- IT Express Service Desk [email protected] 530.754.HELP (4357)
2. May 7, 2026, 20:45 UTC
   identified
   On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) released a statement on the Nationwide Security Breach Involving Canvas. https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/nationwide-security-breach-involving-canvas/ Updates with the UC community will continue to be shared on UCnet as new information emerges. https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/category/uc-news/
3. May 7, 2026, 20:48 UTC
   investigating
   Canvas is currently unavailable. Staff are working with the vendor Instructure to address the issue.
4. May 8, 2026, 05:22 UTC
   investigating
   The official UC Davis statement is available at Security Incident: Canvas Unavailable page. https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-statement-canvas-security-breach
5. May 9, 2026, 02:21 UTC
   investigating
   Canvas at UC Davis remained unavailable today, Friday, May 8, 2026. Check the Canvas Incident webpage for helpful resources. https://iet.ucdavis.edu/news/canvas-incident-may-2026
6. May 10, 2026, 05:19 UTC
   monitoring
   UC Davis Canvas is available. Some features will not be available immediately, as they were disabled to protect the security of Canvas and your data during this incident, and will take additional time to restore. For more information see: https://iet.ucdavis.edu/news/canvas-incident-may-2026
7. May 26, 2026, 16:19 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved. For more information, please see https://iet.ucdavis.edu/news/canvas-incident-may-2026.

Updates as published by UC Davis (original).