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Author: Molly Bonnard

20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Molly Bonnard Bugs & Maintenance

Canvas Outage Resolved (10/20/25)

Access to Canvas has been restored by the vendor and this issue has been resolved as of 9pm Eastern.

Please report any continuing issues to canvas@pobox.upenn.edu

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