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New updates and improvements to Linear.


Recurring Issues

Recurring Issues

Create recurring issues for repeating tasks. Recurring issues can be set to a daily, monthly, weekly, or yearly schedule. Each new instance of the issue is automatically created when the previous one reaches its due date.

View and manage all of your recurring issues from team settings and learn more in the docs.

  • Arcade
    Fixed a bug with rapid input handling in the Snake game
  • Ask
    Fixed an issue preventing editing Asks settings when multiple workspaces were connected
  • Board
    Fixed the layout when all columns were hidden in a board with swimlanes
  • Cycles
    Fixed the cycle capacity calculation
  • Desktop App
    Fixed a bug preventing application restarting after network-related errors when using the reload button
  • Desktop Tabs
    Fixed tabs getting pinned in the wrong order in some cases
  • Editor
    Fixed broken thumbnails on embedded TikTok videos
  • Editor
    Creating an issue from selected text in a document now preserves closing parentheses
  • Editor
    Fixed a bug where creating issues and documents from the current selection failed
  • Favorites
    Fixed some errors that could arise when creating or removing favorites over a spotty network connection.
  • Filters
    Fixed a bug where filtering for issues with no estimates returned issues with an estimate of 0
  • Filters
    Fixed a bug that would cause some initiative filters to break
  • Initiatives
    Fixed a bug that reset the navigation breadcrumbs on initiative pinned views
  • Inline Comments
    Fixed closing inline comments with Escape
  • Inline Comments
    Fixed adding inline comments during collaborative editing
  • Issue Page
    Fixed the L keyboard shortcut for labels on the issue page not working reliably
  • Notifications
    We no longer send issue completed notifications when an issue is moved from one completed state to another completed state
  • Preview links
    We now allow parsing links from non-author edits to a pull request description or comments
  • Preview links
    Fixed a bug where preview links that had parentheses would not be extracted
  • Similar issues
    Fixed the peek panel positioning when pressing the space bar
  • Templates
    Fixed the rendering of issues in the template editor when using longer project milestone names
  • Webhooks
    Improved reliability for processing and responding to integration webhooks
  • Arcade
    The Snake game now renders in better quality on high-resolution displays
  • Boards
    Empty hidden columns and rows are now listed beside project boards grouped by status or priority
  • Cycles
    When an issue is added to a cycle, all of its unstarted or started sub-issues in the same team that either don't have a cycle or share their parent's original cycle will also get added to this cycle
  • Editor
    Triple-clicking inline code now selects it and only it
  • Issues
    When an issue is deleted, the deletion history event is now displayed
  • Issues
    When printing an issue view, we now show absolute timestamps in the issue history and a cleaned-up print-friendly layout
  • Sentry Integration
    Temporarily archiving a Sentry issue will no longer change the state of any linked Linear issue. Permanently archiving a Sentry issue will cancel any linked Linear issue.
  • Templates
    Added a confirmation dialog when cancelling template editing and creation
  • Triage
    We no longer show the description of issues created from Asks in the Triage view
  • Users
    You can no longer change your email address to one matching an existing user
  • Added support for filtering issues by archivedAt

Improvements for SLAs, templates, and Jira & GitHub Issues Sync

Improvements for SLAs, templates, and Jira & GitHub Issues Sync

This week we improved a few features that weren't quite living up to their potential. They each had small limitations that were annoying and prevented some teams from using them well, or at all.

Business Day SLAs

SLAs are a great way to ensure consistency in responding to issues and bug reports. Now you don't have to worry about SLA deadlines landing on a weekend or coming in on Monday morning with a bunch of broken SLAs. Confidently set SLA parameters and trust that they will behave the way that your team needs. Configure your SLAs to follow business days from settings or update individual issues by selecting the SLA and typing "n business days" in the custom option.

Nested sub-issues in Templates

Templates can help you standardize processes and automate issue creation. You can now add multiple layers of nesting in issue templates to create issues at the level and granularity you need. Spec out project templates in full detail by adding sub-issues to project tasks.

Improved notifications for Jira & GitHub Issues Sync

We now indicate when issues sync (or fail to sync) with Jira or Github Issues. You can bidirectionally sync Linear issues with Jira and GitHub Issues, for instance to manage open source projects from Linear. Previously it was hard to tell if a Linear issue you were looking at successfully synced or if there had been errors. This information is now clearly visible in banners on Linear issues.

  • Accessibility
    Navigating items in command menus is now announced by screen readers
  • Asks
    When you subscribe to an issue created via Linear Asks, you will be added as a subscriber to the synced Slack comment thread in Linear as long as you aren't already subscribed to it or participating in it from Slack
  • Editor
    Added code highlighting for TOML and OCaml
  • Preview links
    We now support links coming from AWS Amplify Hosting
  • Desktop Tabs
    Fixed a bug causing the "Close tab" option to close the active tab instead of the selected one
  • Editor
    We now parse Markdown when pasting content with matching styles
  • Editor
    Opening a link from the editor's link toolbar now works in Safari
  • Preview links
    Fixed a bug where preview links in PR comments did not appear when referencing issue IDs on existing PRs
  • Project Templates
    Fixed the re-ordering of sub-issues when editing project templates
  • Sentry
    Fixed a bug where Sentry would create duplicate issues that had been moved across teams if an alert refired
  • Sentry
    Fixed searching within Sentry for Linear issues to link
  • Similar issues
    Fixed the peek panel positioning when pressing space
  • Templates
    Fixed a bug where new template drafts could get cleared when the app theme changed
  • Templates
    Fixed a bug that prevented milestones from being attached to a sub-issue in a project template
  • Templates
    Fixed a bug that caused clicking on a milestone in a project template to redirect to a "404 Not Found" page
  • Templates
    When a team is made private, the team's templates will now be removed from integrations that only support templates from public teams (e.g., Slack, Intercom, and Zendesk)
  • Templates
    Fixed a bug where templates were created under the workspace instead of a newly created team when copying settings from an existing team
  • Triage
    The triage prioritization requirement is no longer ignored if you try to add a triage issue to a cycle
  • Issue relations
    Issues titles with backticks are now properly rendered for related issues

New team issues page

New team issues page

Team pages have been restructured to help you focus on your most important issues.

The main views — All IssuesActive, and Backlog — now appear as tabs at the top of your team issues page. You can also create and add custom views as tabs to support your team's specific workflows and build shared context.

For example, you can create custom views for high-priority bugs, quick wins, or quality improvements. Navigate between views quickly using keyboard shortcuts: press [1] for All Issues, [2] for Active, [3] for Backlog, and [4-9] for your custom views.

New Zapier integration: Instant triggers and new actions

We've rebuilt the Zapier integration for improved speed and reliability. Upgrade now to access instant triggers, which update immediately after actions are taken in Linear (previously, updates could take 1-5 minutes).

We've also added a trigger for project creation, support for templates during issue creation, and several brand new actions: create a project, add an attachment, and update existing issue.

With these updates, you can create automated workflows such as:

  • A form that anyone can fill out to propose and create new projects
  • Create a corresponding Google Doc for every new project
  • Link an issue to every file posted into a Slack channel

To upgrade, go to Zapier and update each Zap to use the the latest Linear integration (v4.4 or above). Earlier versions of the integration will be deprecated on April 24, 2025 (in 6 months), so create an issue to upgrade before that date.

  • Asks
    We no longer post "marked as duplicate" updates to the Slack thread if an Asks channel is configured to not notify Slack threads when an ask is canceled
  • Board
    The active board item is now deactivated when the mouse cursor leaves the board column of the item
  • Cycles
    Cycle start and end dates now have highlights when they can be edited in the Cycle details pane
  • Editor
    Converting selected text to issues now preserves code spans in the title
  • Exports
    Project CSV export now includes project health
  • Imports
    Projects imported from Jira and GitHub now have a backlink to their original Epic or Project
  • Issues
    Added ability to permanently delete issues that were recently deleted
  • Issue List
    We now always show due dates in issue list view
  • Labels
    Nested label matches are now given equal priority to regular ones when searching in the label menu
  • My Issues
    When using "Focus" grouping, urgent priority issues are now grouped at the top, and issues that have been started are ordered ahead of unstarted ones
  • Projects
    You will now be prompted to move a project to an "In progress" status if any issues belonging to it are started or completed while the project is in a "backlog" or "planned" status
  • Statuses
    Issue statuses are now limited to 50 per team. Attempting to create new statuses when there are already 50 in the team will result in an error
  • Timeline
    When project dependencies are hidden in display options, you can now hover over projects and see their dependencies, if any
  • Archive
    Fixed viewing archived projects that had relationships with other archived projects
  • Editor
    Using the to create a paragraph above a code block now works when the code block is at the start of the issue description
  • Help
    Image lightboxes in the Contact Support form now work properly
  • Notion
    Added issue identifiers back to Notion unfurls
  • Project Templates
    Fixed project status being incorrect in some cases when using the "Create project from template..." action
  • Project Templates
    Fixed project templates with issues to always use the current active team as the team for any issue without a specified team
  • Settings
    Fixed a problem with the workspace membership settings not updating when promoting or demoting admins
  • Timeline
    Fixed project offscreen indicator's vertical alignment
  • Exports
    Fixed exporting projects with no health updates as CSV
  • Added autoAssignToSelf field to UserSettings
  • You can now filter templates by type in Organization.templates and Team.templates
  • Resolved Linear user IDs when using the timeScheduleUpsertExternal mutation

Document subscriptions

Document subscriptions

Never miss an important change with document subscriptions. Get notified about revisions to documents, project descriptions, and initiative descriptions including:

  • New comments and replies
  • Content changes
  • Document moves or deletions

You'll be auto-subscribed to:

  • Documents you create
  • Project descriptions when you're a lead or member
  • Initiative descriptions when you're the owner

For project documents, you can also subscribe team members. Manage subscriptions using the bell icon at the top of any document, project description, or initiative description.

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Pull request preview links

Preview links associated with your pull requests are now accessible directly from Linear issues.

Preview links are automatically detected for popular platforms like Vercel and Netlify if you have connected Linear with your GitHub repository. We also support custom preview links: pull request descriptions and comments are parsed for any markdown links ending with "preview". Multiple previews for a single PR are available in a dropdown menu, with icons and customizable names for easy identification (e.g. mobile and desktop previews). Learn more in our documentation.

  • Desktop
    Changed the style of desktop tabs
  • Editor
    Added the ability to change a list type within a list using keyboard input
  • Editor
    Pasting a link to an initiative now converts that link to an embed of the initiative
  • Favorites
    When using the "New folder..." action while adding an item to favorites, the item is now added to the newly created folder
  • Favorites
    Favorites in the sidebar now have a "Move to new folder..." option
  • Filters
    Date filters now support "6 months ago" and "1 year ago" options
  • Importers
    Projects with all archived issues are now archived upon import
  • Issue
    Added the ability to create a new issue template from an existing issue
  • Issue Relations
    The contextual menu on issue relations now allows changing an issue from blocking to blocked by
  • Issues
    Backlog and active issues now load much faster
  • Menus
    Added a tooltip showing the full label if the text is truncated in a menu
  • SLA
    If an issue is reopened with an SLA that was either achieved or breached over a month ago, it will be reset to the same value
  • Slack
    Improved language adherence in issue/Ask title summarization
  • Issue relations
    Related issues are now shown with their title in addition to the issue ID
  • Board
    Fixed a bug where it was not possible to add an issue from the board column when grouping by team and label
  • Breadcrumbs
    Fixed the breadcrumb not being correctly restored when undoing an action performed on a different page and being redirected
  • Breadcrumbs
    Internal links to a heading ID now properly scroll the heading into view
  • Drafts
    Fixed a bug that caused inline code to appear unformatted in the draft title
  • Due dates
    Notifications related to due dates now update to note when the related issue is completed
  • Editor
    Fixed a bug that caused emojis in mentions to blink every time a document was focused
  • Editor
    Fixed document minimap positions and scrolling correctly on any document size
  • Editor
    Fixed selecting a search result no longer resetting the ordering
  • Editor
    Fixed a bug in Chrome where navigating lists with up/down arrows sometimes took you to the end of the document
  • Editor
    Fixed copying an image to the clipboard on Safari 18
  • Filters
    Fixed an error when creating a project view filtered on Milestone > does not contain
  • Git integration
    Pull request reviews from GitHub bots now show the correct avatar
  • Import
    Fixed an edge case where users created after a Linear to Linear import were unable to log in
  • Import
    Fixed Linear to Linear import when mapping multiple users to the same user
  • Inbox
    Fixed notification text with inline code to format correctly
  • Initiatives
    Fixed a bug where duplicating documents in initiatives did not work
  • Issue History
    Displayed issue history entries where an issue was moved from an archived cycle
  • Issues
    Fixed the incorrect issue ID displaying when undoing issue creation
  • Labels
    Fixed label sorting to ignore emoji characters
  • Labels
    Fixed an issue where the label menu closed unexpectedly when unselecting a label
  • Lists
    Fixed a bug where list columns would get the wrong width immediately after enabling them in display options
  • Project views
    When grouping by initiative and filtering by initiative status, the groups now respected the filter
  • Search
    Fixed searching for issues with diacritics (e.g., for Vietnamese characters) in the title to correctly return results
  • Slack integration
    Fixed an issue where reactions were not syncing from Slack to Linear correctly
  • Timeline
    Fixed instability in the timeline scrollbar
  • Zapier
    You now receive a notification if you are assigned an issue by Zapier as part of a zap that you set up
  • You can now press R when viewing a project update notification to quickly reply to it
  • Fixed filtering by issue number using in or nin (not in)
  • The comments query on issues now includes archived comments by default when the issue is archived
  • Enhanced the performance when updating a markdown field with the current content
  • Added the ability to pass content in markdown format when creating/updating an initiative using the API

Introducing Linear Mobile

Introducing Linear Mobile

Linear Mobile has arrived.

Bring the speed and power of Linear to your pocket with our fast, compact, and fully native iOS and Android applications.

Use the app to stay informed about important updates, file issues on the go, and unblock your team whenever necessary. Linear Mobile is purpose-designed for “away from keyboard” workflows, so you can move product work forward, no matter where you are.

Read more and download it today for iOS and Android.

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  • Views
    Fixed a bug that prevented subscribing to a custom view on the first try without closing the menu
  • Cycle
    Fixed a bug where an uncompleted issue was marked as updated when it was moved to the next cycle
  • Drafts
    Fixed a bug that caused inline code to appear unformatted in the draft title
  • Filters
    Filters will now respect the Display full names setting when displaying users
  • Inbox
    Notifications for comments on project milestone descriptions now work correctly
  • Initiatives
    Fixed a bug where project updates on the initiative page were listed in the wrong order
  • Issue
    Issues without priority will now be correctly placed at the bottom when grouping by Focus in My Issues
  • Preferences
    Fixed user home page when the active cycle is chosen
  • PWA
    Fixed drag and drop not working on mobile
  • Search
    The Last updated sort order now takes comments into account for issues and documents
  • Settings
    Document templates can now be saved on small screens
  • Sidebar
    The exploring section in the sidebar no longer disappears when looking at an attached view in a team's projects or a custom team view
  • Slack
    Fixed a bug where changing the unfurl configuration was not saved correctly
  • Templates
    Fixed the unsaved changes prompt popping up when opening template links in the desktop app
  • Project updates
    Fixed some instances where a project update would be truncated more than expected
  • Issue views
    Fixed a bug where changing the status of multiple issues to done or canceled would only apply to one of the issues
  • Settings
    Fixed incorrect colors on the billing details screen in some themes
  • Asks
    You can now choose whether to use AI-generated titles for Asks on a channel-by-channel basis in Asks settings
  • Command menu
    We now open referenced entities in a new tab when holding down Cmd/Ctrl while executing an action. For example, this lets you explore related issue suggestions before performing the action or navigating to user profile pages before assigning issues.
  • External Links
    When pasting a link to Google Sheets or Google Docs, we now add a corresponding icon to the link
  • Issue
    Created an issue from a URL functionality is extended and now supports passing attachment links
  • Passkeys
    Added the ability to rename passkeys
  • Projects
    When sorting projects by start or target date, the project's priority is now used as a secondary sort order
  • Slack
    Deleted project updates in Linear will now be reflected in the Slack project updates feed
  • Slack
    Document-generated summaries in link unfurls are shorter
  • Notifications
    Subscribing to issues now subscribes you to all existing issue threads.
  • Labels
    Suggested labels and assignees are now visible on existing issues as well
  • Comments
    Users who already commented on a document are now first in the list of suggestions when mentioning users in a document
  • Editor
    Added the ability to expand and collapse long code blocks
  • Deprecated the actors field and added descriptionUpdatedBy to IssueHistory
  • Added support for public-file-urls-expire-in option with botActor.avatarUrl field
  • You can now query for a custom view by slug

Auto-close parent and sub-issues

Auto-close parent and sub-issues

Streamline your issue workflow with auto-close for parent and sub-issues. This new automation can be enabled in two ways:

Parent auto-close

When all sub-issues [2] are marked as done, the parent issue [1] will also be marked as complete automatically.

Sub-issue auto-close

When the parent issue [1] is marked as done, all remaining sub-issues [2] will also be marked as complete.

These automations will work in tandem with your existing git workflow automations and can be enabled under Settings > Team > Workflow.

Reverse sort ordering

You can now reverse the sort order of issues or projects in Linear. Open the Display options on any view to change the ordering direction. Reverse sort order is available for all views except those ordered manually or by status.

  • Documents
    Version history entries are now grouped by date
  • Documents
    You can now copy documents as markdown
  • Initiatives
    You can now copy initiative overviews as markdown, and all initiative copy commands are available in the command menu
  • Labels
    The label page contextual menu now lets you rename labels and quickly jump to label settings
  • Timeline
    You can now command-click on the left-hand project list to open a project in a new tab
  • Notifications
    You'll now be notified when someone (a person or integration) reopens an issue that you're assigned to
  • Slack
    Document summaries in Slack were improved to remove boilerplate language
  • Projects
    Project members are now prioritized in the issue assignment dialog
  • Slack
    Connecting team Slack notifications is now possible through the bell menu on the team "All issues" page
  • Inbox
    Added an action to open the document in full view from the Inbox
  • Views
    Views grouped by parent issue will show parent issues in view order.
  • Notifications
    It's now possible to subscribe to more types of Inbox notifications including issue added to backlog and issue added to active issues
  • Templates
    You can now apply a template to multiple issues at once
  • Login
    The login page now displays the last used login method
  • Avatars
    Fixed a bug where avatars based on initials were only generated for names containing ASCII characters
  • Board
    Fixed an issue where creating an issue within a board grouped by labels on both rows and columns would not pre-fill multiple labels correctly
  • Board
    Fixed an issue where the cycle was not correctly pre-filled when creating an issue from an empty board column
  • Custom View
    Fixed an issue where changing the view type when creating a view would remove the name and description if the user had entered them
  • Editor
    Pressing Shift Enter while selecting a Figma embed will now correctly add a new line below it
  • Editor
    Using Ctrl A and Ctrl E in a code block will now correctly scroll the code block horizontally if necessary
  • Editor
    Fixed a bug causing tables to overflow into the comments panel on large screens
  • Export
    Fixed an issue exporting project lists to CSV
  • Inbox
    Incoming notifications no longer reset the currently active notification view
  • Inbox
    Notification cells now have a faint hover color
  • Initiatives
    The graph in the right panel will now be sized appropriately for both smaller and larger panel sizes
  • Issue
    Fixed a bug where removing a blocking issue did not take effect after saving a copy
  • Issue lists
    Fixed a bug where the due date control acted on the wrong issue if another issue in the list was selected
  • Project
    Fixed a bug where project icon suggestions would occasionally throw an error
  • Projects
    Fixed a bug where project dates would be auto-updated when moving within the same start/target date grouping
  • Shortcuts
    Keyboard shortcuts for issue properties now work when adding sub-issues inside the main issue creator
  • Sidebar
    Clicking on a project tab will no longer reset the favorite highlight when coming from a favorite
  • Sidebar
    The team's contextual menu will no longer overflow from the sidebar for teams with lengthy names
  • Slack
    Slack title generation should handle mixed language messages more consistently
  • Timeline
    Fixed a bug where dragging the horizontal scrollbar in the timeline could lead to an infinite scrolling loop
  • Triage
    Fixed unfair distribution of issues when moving issues to triage in bulk and using the Assign triage responsibility action
  • Figma
    We now close Figma embed previews without closing the Project or Issue draft
  • Imports
    Fixed Linear to Linear imports so that they work when importing a team with 0 issues
  • Navigation
    Fixed a focus escaping issue in the composer when tabbing
  • Issue relations
    Updated the related issue title color for easy identification and relation to issue ID
  • Labels
    Fixed an issue where searching for labels with just one character wouldn't display the desired result
  • Performance
    Improved performance when reordering multiple issues at once
  • Templates
    Fixed issues where template descriptions would append on top of each other (instead of replacing) even if you didn't change the description manually
  • Downloads
    Fixed a regression where downloaded files lost their original filename
  • Views
    Fixed a bug where editing custom views failed
  • Inbox
    Fixed a misplaced loading indicator in the Inbox
  • Teams
    Fixed a short-lived bug where the "Remove from team" action in some cases would remove the current user instead of the selected user
  • Performance
    Fixed a crash that occurred on spotty network connections
  • Supported filtering projects by cancellation date canceledAt
  • Internal markdown links will be automatically converted into mentions
  • ExternalUser no longer requires an admin role to read
  • ProjectUpdateInteraction is now deprecated and will be removed at a later date
  • Documents
    Cmd C now copies the link to the document if focused (instead of the owning project)
  • Shortcuts for toggling the sidebar/details are now included in the shortcuts help center

Slack channel notifications for custom views

Slack channel notifications for custom views

You can now receive Slack notifications for any custom issue view in Linear. Use custom views to select any subset of your issues that you're interested in, and then set up Slack notifications to keep your team up to date when issues are added to the view, marked closed, or canceled.

Examples include:

  • High priority bugs
  • Issues blocking other work
  • Issues moved from one team to another

Learn more in the docs and configure notifications from the bell icon in the top right of any custom view.

HIPAA compliance

In addition to SOC2, Linear is now compliant with HIPAA. Request a BAA (Enterprise plans only).

New and noteworthy

Convert milestones to projects

You can now convert milestones into projects. This will bring over the milestone description and inherit the properties of the parent project, including initiatives and project priority.

Auto-detection for links

We've simplified the process of linking to external resources. Just attach a URL and we will auto-detect if it matches an existing integration like Slack or Github.

Arm build for Windows

We now offer an Arm build of Linear for Windows. Make sure you’re running the correct architecture for the best performance – the new build is available on our download page.

  • Board
    Fixed layout issues where the hidden rows and hidden columns area would overlap in some cases
  • Documents
    Fixed a bug where inline comments would be incorrectly positioned
  • Editor
    Fixed a bug that prevented the drag handle for checkboxes from working as expected in Firefox
  • Email Intake
    Invalid email addresses are no longer generated if a team name or template name is too long
  • Exploring
    Fixed an issue where the Exploring team would disappear from the sidebar when opening a team's project
  • Icons
    Fixed the alarm icon to inherit colors properly based on context
  • Inbox
    Prevented the app from freezing when selecting inbox items with Shift / quickly
  • Insights
    Fiscal year settings are now taken into account when aggregating data quarterly or yearly
  • Issue
    Fixed a bug preventing the Cmd/Ctrl Shift L keyboard shortcut from opening the Links section
  • List
    Row highlights no longer fade out on mouse out
  • Notifications
    Fixed notifications for issues added to triage through Asks by users without a Linear account
  • Project
    Fixed an issue with calculating bumped dependency dates when the dependent project didn't have a start or target date
  • Project updates
    Fixed paddings in project update panels
  • Projects
    Fixed an incorrect redirect when attempting to visit a custom project view for a team
  • Timeline
    Fixed default zoom level for timelines to be the Year zoom
  • Navigation
    On the native app, we no longer open a new tab when switching between workspaces
  • Labels
    Fixed an issue where when moving a label into a label group, it could remove the label from all related issues instead of just the issues already in the label group
  • Filters
    Fixed an issue where filtering out a specific project would also hide issues not attached to any project
  • Activity
    Timestamps in the tooltip now show the day of the week in issue and project activity
  • Breadcrumb
    Right-clicking an item in the breadcrumb now displays a menu with copy options, such as copying an issue ID or a project link
  • Custom Views
    Added a button to copy the current link to issue and project view pages
  • Cycles
    You can now start your upcoming cycle on the current day as long as the current cycle didn't just start on that day. The currently active cycle will immediately be completed if necessary to accommodate this.
  • Cycles
    Allowed changing the start date of a cycle to be up to a year into the future if desired. We will also offer to change all future cycle start dates by the same amount of time, and this will be your only choice if your change would make the cycle encroach on future cycles.
  • Documents
    Moved the button to toggle the visibility of the inline comments sidebar into the context menu in the page header. It's also available in the Cmd/Ctrl K menu
  • Due Date
    The due date of an issue is now always shown on a board or list view, even if the issue has been completed or canceled
  • Favorites
    It is now possible to favorite a team's all projects page
  • Filters
    The project health filter now allows filtering for outdated updates.
  • Filters
    When filtering issues by initiative and grouping by projects, you won't see empty groups for projects outside of the selected initiatives. The same behavior now also applies when using exclusive filters for projects, project priorities, and initiatives (e.g., "initiative does not include..." filter).
  • Integrations
    Added a popover in integration settings to see a list of members who installed an integration
  • Issue History
    We now show the previous priority in a tooltip over issue priority changes
  • Issue view
    We now rendered sub-issues on archived issues
  • Issues
    When converting an issue to a project, we now mark the issue's previous project (if any) as blocking the newly created project
  • Labels
    When creating a new label, Linear now generates a random color by default
  • Lightbox
    Images opened in the lightbox now have the proper context menu in the desktop app
  • Milestones
    You can now create a new milestone when selecting a milestone from an issue property dropdown
  • Notifications
    We now remove unread project update reminders from your inbox if you have added an update for that project since receiving the reminder
  • Project
    When Linear suggests an icon for a new project, it will also provide alternate suggestions in the icon and emoji picker.
  • Projects
    Quick filters for projects now let you filter for projects with an outdated health status
  • Slack
    Document link summaries are clearly annotated as generated
  • Slack
    We improved consistency between link unfurls and added initiative link unfurls
  • Slack
    You can now sync the issue with the Slack thread (if possible) while using the "Link existing issue" message action in Slack
  • Slack
    We no longer consider Asks issues for recency when determining the team to auto-populate in the issue creation dialog in the Slack integration
  • Templates
    Issue templates can now include estimates for the issue and sub-issues for any team that has estimation enabled
  • Templates
    When creating an issue from a template, we now remove unfilled placeholders from the description upon saving the issue
  • Timeline
    You can now pinch to zoom the timeline and the cursor is used as an anchor whenever you zoom
  • Settings
    Fiscal year settings have been moved from Initiatives to General settings
  • Create issues
    You can now use https://linear.new?assignee=me to create a deep link for issue creation for the currently logged-in user
  • We will be removing deprecated internal fields Issue.descriptionData and DocumentContent.contentData from our GraphQL API in two weeks
  • Fixed a bug where projectUpdateInteraction.user failed to resolve
  • Added initiatives property to projects to query related initiatives
  • You can now use Cmd/Ctrl Shift \ while a code block is focused to change the formatting language
  • Desktop Tabs
    Added shortcuts Cmd Opt (Ctrl Alt ) and Cmd Opt (Ctrl Alt ) to switch between desktop tabs

Project dependencies

Project dependencies

You can now create and visualize dependencies between projects. Easily identify blockers and critical paths when planning out your work.

Add project dependencies directly from the timeline or from the project overview page. If a blocking project ends after its dependencies are set to start, the connecting line will turn red and receive an indicator badge.

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When you move a project around on the timeline, its dependencies will automatically adjust to compensate.

  • Projects that have already started will remain in place
  • Hold Shift to shift the full dependency chain of projects
  • Hold Cmd/Ctrl to ignore constraints and just move a single project
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Persisted drafts

Drafts have a new home in Linear. You will now find any issues, comments, and project updates that you've started writing but haven't yet published in a dedicated drafts page, accessible from the sidebar (only when you have existing drafts). Drafts are saved across all clients, so you can start an issue or a comment on one device and finish it on another.

Search improvements

We redesigned search to make it much faster and easier to find results.

  • By default, results will include all matching issues, projects, and documents which you can view at once or by content type
  • Results now show up in a split view, so that you can jump through them without losing context
  • Asks
    You can now toggle whether or not updates should be posted to the synced Slack thread when an Ask is completed or accepted from riage. This is configurable on a per-channel basis.
  • Asks
    Cancellation updates can now be toggled on or off for Private Asks in Asks settings
  • Authentication
    Workspace guests can now register and authenticate with Passkeys
  • Comments
    All past comments on a document are now displayed in the same feed, instead of in separate tabs for resolved and removed comments
  • CSV
    You can now export up to 250 issues at a time as a non-admin
  • Cycles
    You can now change the start date of a cycle to be up to a year into the future if desired. We will offer to change all future cycle start dates by the same amount of time as well. This will be your only choice if your change would make the cycle encroach on future cycles.
  • Cycles
    You can now choose to end the current cycle at the end of the current day
  • Editor
    You can now more easily navigate to the top/bottom of the @ suggestions menu in the editor. When you're on the first suggestion of the first group, hitting the up arrow will take you to the bottom of the last group. When you're on the last item of the last group, hitting the down arrow will take you to the top of the first group.
  • Estimates
    When selecting multiple issues, it is now possible to see their total estimate points
  • Filters
    When filtering issues by initiative and grouping by projects, you won't see empty groups for projects outside of the selected initiatives. The same behavior now also applies when using exclusive filters for projects, project priorities, and initiatives (e.g. initiative does not include... filter).
  • Git Integrations
    You can now skip linking an issue to a PR using <skip|ignore> <issue-id> when accidentally using the wrong branch name
  • Inbox
    Improved the contrast between read and unread notifications
  • Initiatives
    Improved keyboard and screen reader accessibility for the initiative project picker
  • Slack
    You can now create a synced comment thread off of the issue unfurl when using the global shortcut to create an issue
  • Slack
    You can now create a synced comment thread off of the issue unfurl when using the /linear command to create an issue
  • Templates
    We now prevent accidentally losing changes when editing nested issues in issue and project templates
  • Timeline
    Added ability to zoom the timeline dynamically by holding the meta key scrolling or pressing - and =. We also extended the zoom level to see a more granular level (e.g., week)
  • Views
    Changing between creating issue or project views is now quite a bit faster
  • Issue links
    Linking a URL to an issue has been simplified to a single action; you no longer need to choose the integration the link belongs to as the system automatically detects if it matches an existing integration and parses it into a rich attachment on the issue
  • Filters
    All date filter options now have a relative 3 days ago/before option
  • Navigation
    It's now possible to force the app UI to optimize for touch or mouse, useful if your device is not reporting the expected pointer support
  • Emoji
    The emoji picker now handles very large numbers of custom emoji
  • API
    Project update reminders are now correctly posted to personal Slack integrations (if enabled)
  • Board
    Fixed the project header not appearing in some cases when navigating from project boards
  • CSV
    CSV export now calculates export limits based on selected issues correctly
  • Cycles
    Cycle start and end date picker now properly shows the highlighted range of dates
  • Desktop
    When searching in the desktop app, archived issues can now be opened in new tabs
  • Desktop
    Fixed the Exploring team not always displaying in the sidebar when using multiple desktop tabs
  • Filters
    Fixed an issue where views using date-based filters did not include the trailing or leading dates correctly
  • Issues
    When a non-team member creates an issue from a team's All issues page, it will now default to the triage state if triage is enabled for the team
  • Notifications
    Fixed notifications for issues added to Triage through Asks by users without a Linear account
  • Projects
    Fixed the link to Add documentation from a project empty state
  • Slack
    If you used the global Create new issue shortcut in a channel that the Linear bot wasn't a member of, it now DMs you the issue unfurl and nudges you to add the bot to that channel instead of posting nothing in response
  • Notifications
    Fixed subscription notifications for issue custom views where notifications were sent prematurely
  • Templates
    Fixed issues with saving templates that create issues in teams other than the team that owns the template
  • Timeline
    Dynamic zoom now persists, and the chronology bar renders correctly at very zoomed-out levels on larger screens
  • Timeline
    Added a 0 shortcut to reset timeline zoom to the year
  • Favorites
    Fixed many instances of double highlighting in the sidebar that could occur with favorites
  • Shortcuts
    Global keyboard shortcuts are no longer triggered when editing a date field
  • Editor
    Fixed an issue where undefined would be included in the issue content created via markdown when the first character in a todo list item is escaped
  • UI
    Fixed styling of select controls inside modals
  • Templates
    Fixed a bug that prevented applying a document template without any content
  • Views
    Fixed the view composer overflowing on small screens
  • Sub-issues
    Ctrl Enter now works correctly when creating a sub-issue in the issue create form on Windows and Linux
  • Added ability to fetch project comments via project->documentContent->comments
  • Fixed crash when resolving URLs for document comments
  • We are deprecating ​ProjectLink​ object, including all related APIs. This object was replaced by ​EntityExternalLink​ and corresponding resolvers. We will remove this object and corresponding resolvers from the schema in two months.
  • Timeline
    Added contextual legend hints for shortcuts when dragging things on the timeline
  • The command menu responds quicker on workspaces with many teams

Priority for projects

Priority for projects

We've improved how prioritization works in Linear. You can now give projects a priority level, ensuring the most important projects are always in focus. Project priorities use the same scale as issues (Urgent, High, Medium, Low, or No priority).

Micro-adjust priority

Sometimes you want to indicate that a specific piece of work is more important than another one, even if they share the same priority level. You can now do this by micro-adjusting the priority within a list of issues or projects.

On any view ordered by priority, simply drag & drop an issue or project above other ones to indicate it is more important. The exact position will be saved globally across your workspace, so that anyone else looking at a view ordered by priority will see these issues or projects in the same relative positions.

If the moved item is dragged above an issue or project with a different priority level, it will adopt the priority level of the item right below it. By default, items without an assigned priority level are now always sorted last. Learn more by visiting the docs or watch Sagan from our product team walk you through how to micro-adjust priority.

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GitHub Enterprise Server

We've expanded Linear's pull request support to self-hosted GitHub Enterprise Server. You can now install the new integration to link Linear issues with a GitHub instance that's hosted in a custom URL. The integration doesn't require new firewall rules and is designed to fulfill the security requirements of our most demanding customers who decide to host GitHub themselves.

GitHub Enterprise Server will support the majority of the functionality of our existing GitHub integration with the exception of issue syncing and commit linking. GitHub.com and Enterprise Cloud users should use our existing GitHub integration and the new one is only meant for Enterprise Server customers.

  • API
    Fixed webhooks that were not firing when a project's teams or members were updated
  • Archival
    Issue parent relationships are now preserved after projects are restored from the archive
  • Board
    Fixed issues with board column headings not being properly truncated
  • Command menu
    Fixed a bug where pressing the space key wouldn't select or deselect a label
  • Cycles
    The cycle start/end date picker now properly shows the highlighted range of dates
  • Cycles
    Cooldowns are now skipped when navigating the cycles list by keyboard
  • Cycles
    Auto-numbering Cycles that end with a number will now work in more cases
  • Desktop
    Fixed missing header for Inbox and Triage when hiding the sidebar and no tabs are visible
  • Documents
    Fixed a bug that prevented document titles from saving when navigating to another page
  • Editor
    Removed inline comment highlights from pasted code
  • Editor
    Fixed creating a hard break with Shift Enter after inline code
  • Filters
    Fixed a bug where applying quick filters would result in an invalid list or board view
  • Initiatives
    Project statuses are now in the correct order when grouping by project status on an initiative's timeline view
  • Initiatives
    Fixed a problem that, in some cases, prevented assigning multiple projects to an initiative at once
  • Initiatives
    Fixed manual ordering of projects in an initiative when grouping by team
  • Inline comments
    Fixed opening inline comments on the project overview page
  • Inline comments
    Fixed opening inline comments from Inbox notification
  • Insights
    Fixed a bug preventing the Insights panel from being scrollable
  • Issues
    Improved spacing for sub-issues list and issue editors
  • Issues
    When grouping by label in issues and board, the order of groups now follows the order in the labels settings page
  • Notion
    Target dates are now shown (if set) in Notion project unfurls
  • Project
    Project's name and short description are now saved if you leave the page right after changing them
  • Projects
    Fixed an issue with resolved comments not being available for some documents
  • Projects
    Prevented orphaning + button in project resources
  • Sidebar
    Fixed problems with the "Exploring" team section in the sidebar not showing up when expected
  • Slack
    Fixed a problem when connecting a Slack workspace to a new Linear workspace
  • Slack
    The team is now set correctly in the Slack issue creation modal when applying a Linear workspace template with a specific team in Slack
  • Slack
    We now unfurl issue identifier mentions in Slack only if the message was posted by a Slack user who is also a user in the Linear workspace
  • Tables
    Table width is now properly resized when adding a comment within the table
  • Templates
    The modal for adding a team to a project will no longer show up twice when creating an issue for a team with a default template
  • Templates
    Fixed URL to create project templates not working after deprecating roadmaps
  • Timeline
    Milestones are now shown in the correct place when a project has no start date
  • Timeline
    Removed highlight state when moving cursor out of the timeline area
  • Timeline
    The plus button is now properly displayed in the timeline headers when the details panel is open
  • Milestones
    Notifications of inline comments in milestones will now correctly display the comment and milestone when selected
  • Navigation
    Fixed many cases of broken scroll restoration
  • Documents
    Fixed a rare occurrence where creating a document from selection would fail and leave a broken document
  • Git integrations
    Fixed linkback options missing in GitHub and GitLab integration settings
  • Editor
    The formatting toolbar will now correctly reposition when resizing the window while it's open
  • Snooze
    Fixed snoozed notifications not triggering desktop push notifications
  • Guests
    Guests can now see, create, and edit views on projects
  • Initiatives
    The app no longer displays initiative quick-filter tab if initiatives are disabled.
  • Filters
    Fixed an issue where a member not any of ... filter would throw an error when trying to save a view
  • Triage
    Recently triaged items are now correctly ordered
  • Attachments
    Fixed a bug when creating a Jira link using a Linear issue identifier (LIN-123) instead of ID
  • Desktop
    The Find feature now correctly scrolls to the content when the text is hidden horizontally
  • Editor
    If you create an issue from selected content in a document or issue description, we now ensure any links are copied over to the issue description
  • Docs
    Content in inactive tabs on linear.app/docs will now be automatically searched and opened while using the browser find-in-page function
  • Actions
    The Create new project… option is now always placed at the bottom when adding an issue to a project
  • Audit log
    We now record an entry in the audit log when Asks integration settings are changed
  • Board
    Swimlanes will now follow the same ordering of project status groups as the list view, i.e., projects in progress show up first
  • Cycles
    We now only consider previous cycles that had issues in them when estimating cycle capacity for a team
  • Desktop
    Added an unread indicator to the Linear desktop icon on Windows
  • Desktop
    Selected text will automatically be used as the search text when opening Find-in-page
  • Editor
    Code blocks now default to diff syntax highlighting when they contain the output of a git diff command
  • Editor
    You can now select multiple single images with Cmd Click, or select a whole range of images with Shift Click. Images can then be dragged or deleted together.
  • Importers
    It is now possible to only import Github issues matching a filter selection
  • Initiatives
    Added support for Notion unfurls
  • Initiatives
    Added an action to copy the Initiative name as HTML
  • Intercom
    Company ID is now available in Intercom attachment
  • Project health
    Added a distinct Outdated state for project update health and updated the health icons
  • Projects
    When moving issues to a different project, sub-issues that are part of a different project from their parent issue will not be moved
  • Projects
    You can now easily copy external link URLs in project and initiative overview pages
  • Settings
    Added ability for admins to rename a user's full name
  • Table
    You can now move table columns and rows using combined with an arrow key ( )
  • Templates
    We now prevent accidentally losing changes when editing nested issues in issue and project templates
  • Timeline
    Improved colors and contrast in the timeline
  • Emoji
    The emoji picker now handles very large numbers of custom emoji
  • Command menu
    The command menu (Cmd/Ctrl K ) responds quicker in workspaces with many teams
  • Navigation
    You can now horizontally scroll to content behind an open details sidebar
  • Browser
    Added an option to open links in a new browser tab to links with a custom contextual menu
  • Projects view
    When grouping by initiatives, active initiatives will always come first, then planned, and finally completed ones
  • GitHub integration
    It is now possible to bulk import multiple GitHub repositories at a time
  • Milestones
    Milestones now render better in project lists
  • Views
    Show more informative popovers on list/board group headers
  • Slack
    If all messages in a Slack synced thread on an issue are deleted, the synced thread as a whole will now also be deleted
  • Tables
    Columns and rows within a table can now be rearranged using menu options
  • Cmd/Ctrl Enter now works correctly when creating a sub-issue in the issue create form on Windows and Linux
  • You can now use Cmd/Ctrl J to jump to the current selection in the active editor
  • Added a comments field to the documents resolver to retrieve comments associated with a document
  • Fixed the IssueHistory.actors field which previously errored when an issue had no actors
  • Added health property to project entity, which returns the health of the project based on the latest project update
  • Added initiative to Favorite model
  • Roadmaps are deprecated. Project webhooks will now return an empty array of roadmaps and will stop returning the roadmaps property altogether in 2 months. Use initiatives instead.
  • Added displayName to IssueImport entity
  • Added deletePermanently option to issueDelete mutation to allow workspace admins the option to permanently delete the issue and skip the recovery period of 30 days.

Introducing Initiatives

Introducing Initiatives

Today, we are launching a new feature called Initiatives. With Initiatives, you can align projects with larger, strategic product efforts and monitor their progress at scale. Initiatives provide a canonical entry point for your company's most important streams of work.

Initiatives are an evolution of what we set out to achieve with Roadmaps and will directly replace them. All of your roadmap data, views, and favorites will be replaced 1:1, so that none of your workflows will be affected.

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One place for your most important product work

When you navigate to Initiatives, you'll find a list of all active initiatives in your workspace. Use initiatives to plan and manage strategic streams of work that span multiple projects and longer timelines, such as major launches, product goals, or company-wide objectives.

From the Active view, you'll access key details for each initiative, including status, target date, associated teams, and owners. Additionally, you'll see a health column with indicators that summarize project health, highlighting any efforts that may need attention.

Health indicators show the status of projects: on track (green), at risk (yellow), and off track (red). A gray indicator appears in the health column when a project within the Initiative lacks an update. Select a health indicator to view and discuss related project updates.

Plan strategically

During your planning process, utilize the Planned section to capture ideas and develop strategic plans. When you're ready to advance an initiative, update its status from Planned to Active.

Each initiative has a dedicated overview page where you can link to resources, create related documents, and provide a detailed summary including notes, research, and GTM ideas. At the bottom of the overview page, you can add and view projects associated with the initiative. Navigate to the Projects tab to display the projects in your initiative on a timeline, board, or list view. You can also create custom project views and pin them to the top of the Initiative page.

Plan and build in a single, purpose-built system

With the addition of Initiatives, you can now plan and track your entire product development process in a single system, where all details of your work remain current and consistent. Trace the impact of a single issue up to company-level initiatives and understand the realtime progress of your plans.