Canva mobile loses unsaved work with no auto-save protection
Canva mobile does not auto-save user work, causing complete loss of progress when users switch apps or the session times out. The issue is compounded by mobile keyboard interactions that obscure the canvas. Users have no recovery mechanism once work is lost.
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