{
  "id": "2026-05-08-texas-state-university-canvas-outage-restored",
  "slug": "texas-state-university-canvas-outage-restored-2026-05-08",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Texas State University",
    "shortName": "TXST",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "TXState Alert / official X",
    "enrollment": 40000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "type": "infrastructure-failure",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Canvas restored after global outage (, )",
    "headlinePublic": "Canvas restored after global outage (, )",
    "summary": "Texas State University [posted via @txst](https://x.com/txst/status/2052591679408943186) that Canvas was restored after a global outage affecting TXST and other institutions, with exams continuing as scheduled.",
    "outcome": "Canvas restored; exams and assessments continued as scheduled."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-05-08",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "We are working to mitigate the impacts of the Canvas outage that affected our campuses and thousands of institutions across the country. Canvas is currently back online, and exams and assessments are continuing as scheduled. More guidance online: https://news.txst.edu/university-statements/2026/canvas-global-service-disruption-update.html",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/txst/status/2052591679408943186",
      "sourceDescription": "TXST official X Canvas outage restore update",
      "characterCount": 340,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official institutional X account.",
        "Thread checked 2026-08-03: no further posts from @txst for this incident."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "Public residual (wider b176). Official TXST X Canvas global outage restore notice.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Confirmed-verbatim LMS outage restore notice during nationwide Canvas disruption."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "TXST Canvas outage update",
      "url": "https://news.txst.edu/university-statements/2026/canvas-global-service-disruption-update.html",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    },
    {
      "title": "TXST Canvas restore X",
      "url": "https://x.com/txst/status/2052591679408943186",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "texas",
    "infrastructure-failure",
    "canvas",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion",
  "annotations": [
    "B20 first-message queue 2026-08-16: first preserved message is type update (not 'initial'); no earlier official initial located on cited source at re-check. Record starts here; type left unchanged."
  ],
  "dateModified": "2026-08-16"
}