Canva Mobile Login Code Flow Creates an Endless Restart Loop
Canva's mobile login requires emailing a code, but backgrounding the app to check email forces the app to close and the user to start the login process over, trapping them in a repeating loop. This makes the mobile app effectively unusable for login on some devices.
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