Canva Admin Role Assignment Locks Out the Newly Promoted User
When a workspace member is promoted to admin status in Canva, the action paradoxically locks that user out of their account. Recovering access required 19 support contacts, indicating a fundamental permission escalation bug with no automated recovery path.
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