Canva lags and loses unsaved work mid-project
Canva users frequently experience lagging, blank screens, and failed auto-saves that result in lost design work during active projects. The issue is especially damaging for time-sensitive tasks where re-creating work is costly. Users have no reliable local backup or offline fallback when the cloud tool fails.
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