generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source:
- https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/basics/file.changelog
- https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Change-Log/tkb-p/changelog
- https://status.instructure.com/
- openapi/canvas-lms-openapi.yml
versioning:
  scheme: uri-path
  current: v1
  docs: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas
release_cadence:
  production: monthly release, third Wednesday release notes
  beta: new features land in beta on the third Monday of each month; beta is refreshed from production every Saturday
  source: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Releases/What-is-the-Canvas-beta-environment/ta-p/255260
change_log:
  url: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Change-Log/tkb-p/changelog
  scope: API additions, changes, deprecations and removals
  see: changelog/canvas-changelog.yml
deprecation:
  policy_url: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Change-Log/tkb-p/changelog
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  mechanism: 'Canvas marks deprecation IN THE CONTRACT: the first-party Swagger 1.2 carries a per-operation `deprecated`
    boolean and a `deprecation_description` string, and per-parameter `deprecated` flags. Removals and deprecations
    are announced ahead of time in the Community API Change Log.'
  note: No RFC 8594 Sunset or Deprecation response headers are emitted.
deprecated_operations:
- openapi/canvas-lms-openapi.yml#reset_link_verifier
- openapi/canvas-lms-openapi.yml#publish_provisional_grades_for_assignment
beta_flagged_resources:
- API Token Scopes — the resource documentation carries an explicit BETA warning that breaking changes may land
  before final release.
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
  note: No public SLA or uptime target is published for Canvas; SLAs are contractual and quote-only.
status_page: https://status.instructure.com/
status_page_api: https://status.instructure.com/api/v2/summary.json
incidents_at_time_of_probe: canvas.instructure.com (the Free-for-Teacher instance) was serving a "Free-for-Teacher
  Platform Restoration" page with HTTP 503 on every path except /doc/api/ on 2026-09-05.
source_code:
  repo: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms
  license: AGPL-3.0
  note: Canvas LMS is open source; the API documentation is generated directly from this repository.