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Canva Account Corruption Blocks Re-Registration and Subscription Upgrade

A Canva Pro user's account became unusable and attempts to create a new account or upgrade were blocked, trapping them on a free plan. Automated support failed to resolve the issue. Account state corruption with no manual recovery path is a critical retention and trust failure for SaaS products.

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