Changelog – Linear

September 24, 2026

[

New controls for Linear coding agent

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-09-24-new-controls-for-linear-coding-agent)

Coding sessions are the shortest path from issue to diff. Assign a task to Linear Agent, and it works in a secure cloud environment to write and test the code before opening a pull request for review.

We’re adding more control over how each session runs, from its environment to the models behind it.

Adaptive routing⁠

Save time and tokens by automatically routing simpler tasks to a faster model while using the default reasoning model for more complex work. If a task needs more capability than expected, you can restart the session on the default model while keeping the original pull request for reference.

Environment secrets⁠

Coding sessions can now access environment secrets during setup to securely fetch private dependencies and other environment config.

Open-weight models⁠

Coding sessions now support open-weight models, starting with GLM-powered sessions. Workspace admins and owners can choose which models are available from Coding sessions settings.

Visit the docs for more details.

Team organization at scale⁠

As companies grow, it can become challenging to accommodate every team’s workflow within a single workspace-wide system. A Product team may track discovery and development, while Marketing organizes work around campaign stages. Both need workflows that reflect how they operate, without fragmenting the company-wide view.

We’re giving teams more freedom to own and organize project work, without losing sight of the bigger picture.

Team project labels and statuses⁠

Teams can now define their own project labels and statuses to reflect how they work, and extend those workflows across their sub-teams for consistency. Team project labels and statuses are available on Business and Enterprise plans.

Project lead teams⁠

You can now define a lead team for a project to clarify ownership when multiple teams contribute. Filter by lead team to create focused views of the projects each team owns.

Team loops triggers⁠

Loops can now run when a team is created, someone joins or leaves a team, or an issue is assigned to a team. This makes it possible to automate recurring coordination, such as sending onboarding information to new teammates or reassigning open issues when someone leaves.

Project and initiative IDs⁠

Projects and initiatives now have durable, human-legible IDs. Reference work reliably in agent workflows and external tools, even when names change.

• Android

  Fixed app crashes when a WebView renderer crashes or is stopped to free memory

• Asks

  Fixed Asks sometimes duplicating Slack message content in descriptions

• Diffs

  Fixed incorrect badge images in synced GitHub review content

• Diffs

  Fixed stray markup appearing in synced GitHub content containing HTML entities

• Diffs

  Fixed Codex review requests from GitHub appearing as threaded replies

• Diffs

  Fixed auto-merge attempting to enter the merge queue before required checks complete when repository settings are stale

• Documents

  Fixed unresolved document comments appearing resolved when created without a text selection

• Editor

  Increased maximum zoom limit for lightbox images. Zooming past native dimensions now shows sharp pixel boundaries

• Editor

  Fixed recent description edits sometimes being omitted when copying prompts, opening coding tools, sending AI messages, or importing meetings

• Editor

  Fixed keyboard access and button semantics for editor node action menus

• Editor

  Fixed holding Shift to preserve the aspect ratio when resizing an image crop

• Editor

  Added support for Cmd/Ctrlscroll to zoom Mermaid diagrams

• Imports

  Fixed workspace migrations failing when custom views reference initiatives outside the selected teams

• Insights

  Fixed bar chart snapshots failing when state metadata is missing

• IOS

  Fixed “No project,” “No milestone,” and “No agent” missing from matching picker search results

• Loops

  Fixed the search clear button not responding in the desktop app

• Loops

  Fixed Slack user group mentions rendering as literal text in Loop messages

• Notifications

  Fixed priority-only Slack notifications ignoring custom sender filters

• Projects

  Fixed project descriptions being labeled as initiative descriptions for assistive technology

• Pulse

  Fixed Pulse disappearing and reappearing in the sidebar when opening the application

• Settings

  Fixed settings search ranking so pages appear above nested settings with equal matches

• Settings

  Fixed the allowed MCP connectors list to sort alphabetically by connector title

• Slack

  Fixed Slack and Asks submissions restoring deselected template labels

• Teams

  Fixed guest member menus failing to open when the viewer could manage regular members but lacked permission to remove guests

• Agent

  Linear Agent can now contact support on your behalf

• Asks

  Added the applied template name to issue creation activity

• Diffs

  Added bot detection for GitHub usernames ending in -bot or Bot

• Diffs

  Added syntax highlighting for .cshtml and .razor files

• Diffs

  Simplified Codex review comments

• Diffs

  Grouped closed diffs behind a count toggle in the issue sidebar

• Diffs

  Added Android Vector XML previews and comparisons

• Diffs

  Simplified the activity wording when auto-merge is manually disabled

• Diffs

  Added a saved option to switch between implementation and total line counts by clicking the review header stats

• Diffs

  Added an option to show reviewer avatars in the Created list

• Documents

  Improved document printing to PDF with better page breaks, wide-table continuations, comments as linked endnotes, and consistent formatting for media and embeds

• Editor

  Added an Insert screenshot option to the desktop slash menu on macOS

• Editor

  Added support for pasting tab-separated data (TSV) as editable tables

• Editor

  Added ShiftTab support to move nested collapsible blocks to the same level as their parent

• Editor

  Added support for @-mentioning shared views pinned to team, project, and initiative pages in Linear agent chats and loops

• Filters

  Added Option/Altclick to replace the current filter selection

• Imports

  Added an option to create users outside selected teams as suspended during Linear workspace imports

• Integrations

  Added the updates magic word to create Contributes links from commits and pull requests

• Loops

  Added support for running team and workspace loops on multiple selected issues from the command menu

• Loops

  Added Slack user group lookup so Loops can mention groups named in instructions or lookup tables

• OAuth

  Added audit log entries for explicit OAuth token revocations

• Search

  Improved document search using parent and folder names

• Views

  Changed the default nested sub-issue setting to show only issues matching the current filters

• Views

  Improved icon search with multi-word queries and category matching

• Mentioning a third-party agent in a comment now sends a follow-up to its most recent available session on that issue (working or completed)

• Added Feature and Linear tags to Datadog feature flags created through Linear

• Required pipeline administration rights to change release pipeline team associations

September 14, 2026

[

Loops for product management

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-09-14-loops-for-product-management)

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Loops are recurring agent workflows for teams. They now respond to more workspace activity, including changes to initiatives, projects, and cycles. They can also edit Linear documents and post updates to Slack.

Teams change project plans all the time. It’s not the change itself that’s hard, but the follow-through: updating docs, creating issues, and keeping everyone informed. That’s where information falls out of sync and handoffs get missed. Loops can now handle that coordination for you.

For example, when a project’s target date changes, a loop can automatically update the launch plan and post a Slack message explaining what changed, why, and who needs to act.

Trigger from across your workspace⁠

New triggers include:

• Project and initiative changes to status, ownership, target dates, milestones, membership, and labels, plus new updates and comments
• Cycles being created, started, or completed
• Issue changes to status, priority, assignee, cycle, project, or labels

Edit documents⁠

In addition to creating issues and updating projects and initiatives, Loops can now edit documents. When scope or timing changes, a loop can update the relevant Linear document so plans stay aligned.

A loop can now also draft and post tailored Slack updates using context from Linear and connected tools. Keep the right people informed about what changed and what happens next.

Continue any run⁠

Each loop run starts a conversation with Linear Agent. Once it finishes, you can continue that conversation like any other agent session to review the work, add context, or direct what happens next.

Loops credits available until end of year⁠

We’ve extended introductory Loops credits through December 31, giving teams more time to test Loops on their own workflows. See the docs for more details.

Callout components⁠

Use callout components to draw attention to important information in issue and project descriptions, as well as documents. Choose any color, icon, or emoji to match the context.

In PR descriptions, Linear converts callouts to the closest matching GitHub callout type, so the emphasis carries over.

Type /callout to get started.

• Diffs

  Reduced the number of false positives for issue suggestions

• Imports

  Preserved archive status in GitHub imports

• IOS

  Fixed issue list delegation confirmations showing internal user details instead of the agent’s name

• Issues

  Fixed issue copies omitting nested sub-issues

• MCP

  Updated Datadog MCP connections to use the supported v1 endpoints

• Settings

  Fixed SCIM-managed team members incorrectly showing a Non-SCIM label to members and team owners

• Slack

  Fixed a duplicate linkback when a message contained an issue identifier and a link to the same issue at the end of a sentence

• Templates

  Issues created from a form template now keep the status and labels of the board column they were created under

• Diffs

  Added a “Copy filename” action to the file tree context menu

• Diffs

  Added a hover explanation to the pull request status badge, so a “Blocked” badge states what is blocking the merge

• Diffs

  Added Diff issue suggestion dismissal button

• Diffs

  Added related diffs to the pull request sidebar

• Editor

  Added support for commenting on links and viewing existing threads from the link toolbar

• Filters

  Changed new label filters to default to “include any of” when all selected labels belong to the same group

• Search

  It is now possible to search projects by their synced Jira Epic key

• Diffs

  Fixed collapsed-code controls so ShiftUp expands code above and ShiftDown expands code below

• Hid the Active MCP connections link when the user cannot access workspace security settings

• list_teams and get_team now report each team’s visibility and retiredAt

• Added new outbound IPs for webhooks, which will go live in the next few weeks. Visit the docs for the current list

• Fixed team updates for Asks email intake addresses

September 3, 2026

[

Priority inbox

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-09-03-priority-inbox)

An active workspace can create a significant amount of notifications each day, and until now your inbox treated them all the same. The new Priority tab separates what needs your attention from what can wait, so something like a review blocking a release never gets buried.

Linear selects what appears in Priority by default, with the option to customize it by choosing notification sources or creating a filter. You can also continue using the inbox just as you do today.

To get started, open the inbox display options or read the docs.

Draft projects with Linear Agent⁠

The new project composer lets you develop ideas with Linear Agent before creating a live project. Inside the composer, Linear can pull in relevant context from your workspace and connected tools to sharpen the brief and build out a plan.

Drafts save automatically as you work, so you can return to the draft without losing progress.

Select Create with Agent in the project creation page to get started.

Document editing on mobile⁠

Document creation and editing are now available in Linear’s iOS and Android apps. Start a doc while the context is fresh, update a plan as it changes, or fix a detail before it sends someone in the wrong direction, without waiting until you’re back at your desk.

Rich previews in diffs⁠

Images, fonts, Markdown, and PDFs now render directly inside Linear diffs. Reviewers can see the output alongside the code and understand what changed without leaving the pull request.

Symlinks are also now supported, shown as file-based changes.

Third-party app approvals⁠

As more apps and agents connect to your workspace, admins need control over which ones can access company data. Third-party app approvals are now available on paid Linear plans, allowing admins to review and approve apps before they’re installed.

Learn more in the docs.

• Agents

  Fixed triage suggestions now showing the team name instead of the key

• Agents

  Fixed an issue where Linear Agent was sometimes not linking a PR to the issue it was generated from

• Asks

  Fixed large inbound emails blocking workflow processing during quote detection

• Desktop

  Fixed an issue where opening documents in the desktop app navigated to their parent

• Diffs

  Reduced request spikes when opening very large pull requests

• Diffs

  Fixed changed lines sometimes missing from pull requests

• Diffs

  Fixed incremental PR Guide updates sometimes dropping unchanged sections

• IOS

  @-mentions now respect the full name display preference in comments and issue descriptions

• Linear Agent

  Fixed agent panel “use as context” button’s tooltip incorrectly formatting entity names like pull request

• Notifications

  Fixed bulk notification actions to show both read-state options when the selection contains read and unread notifications

• Projects

  Fixed the scroll position indicator jumping back to an earlier section while scrolling down a project overview

• Slack

  Fixed issue creation failing after updating fields in the Slack issue form

• Slack

  Fixed synced Slack replies being deleted when an issue is archived

• Teams

  Fixed team settings rejecting an unchanged team identifier that became reserved after it was initially claimed by the team

• Triage

  Fixed cases where future shifts did not appear in triage responsibility when using an external schedule

• Accessibility

  Improved accessibility of view display controls

• Asks

  Allowed reordering templates on Asks Web pages

• Command Menu

  Improved command menu to now use fuzzy search

• Desktop

  Added native creation commands, including documents, and made Cmd/CtrlN choose what to create from the current view

• Diffs

  Added compact activity updates for running and completed Codex reviews

• Favorites

  You can now add a loop to Favorites

• Favorites

  You can now right-click a favorites folder to copy the URLs of all items

• Favorites

  You can now drag items to add them to favorites

• Filters

  Added a “No labels” filter option

• Filters

  Added “My teams” filter value that matches the teams the current user belongs to

• Labels

  Removed the ability for labels to contain emojis

• Linear Agent

  Files dropped anywhere over an Agent chat now attach to the message composer

• Loops

  Notified loop owners when one of their loops is deleted or disabled by someone else

• Loops

  Added support for running scheduled Loops every hour or at custom hourly intervals

• Settings

  Added an option to start SLA timing when an issue is created instead of when it is escalated

• Settings

  Added CSV exports to workspace teams, team members, API keys, and usage history tables

• Settings

  Added support for adding multiple workspace members to one or more teams at once

• Settings

  Added support for selecting workspace members and changing roles, suspending, or activating them in bulk

• Slack

  Accents in Slack always use the color defined for the associated issue status

• Teams

  Added bulk member selection, team owner promotion, demotion, and removal to team member settings

• Workspaces

  Standardized search, filter, and display controls across workspace-level Teams, Members, Loops, and Releases views

• Fixed ShiftCmd/CtrlO opening sub-issue creation instead of the pull request preview

• Added O then G to open linked pull requests and synced GitHub issues from issue views

• Added the startMode field and SLAStartMode enum to SLA configuration responses

• Added outbound IP addresses published at https://linear.app/.well-known/appspecific/app.linear.ips.json

August 20, 2026

[

Coding sessions: environments, browser use, and updated pricing

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-08-20-coding-environments)

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Linear Agent can now set up, run, and test your code before returning its work. That means fewer handoffs and changes that are further along when they come back to you.

We’re also introducing lower, more transparent pricing, making AI credit usage easier to understand and control.

Configurable environments⁠

Coding sessions now automatically adapt to each codebase’s configuration, with broader out-of-the-box support for Python, Ruby, Go, and more.

During a session, Linear detects and installs the toolchains and dependencies it needs to complete the task. Teams can go further by pinning runtime versions, adding setup scripts, and defining environment variables.

To get started, create an environment in settings. Visit the docs for more details.

Browser testing⁠

Once the application is running, Linear Agent tests its work where users experience it: in the browser.

The agent opens the app, navigates through a flow, and verifies its implementation. It also captures before-and-after screenshots, making visual changes easier to review alongside the code.

Browser testing can catch broken interactions and visual regressions that code review alone might miss. If the agent finds a problem, it can make a fix, rerun the test, and return the work with that validation complete.

Transparent pricing⁠

As coding sessions take on more work, costs need to be easy to understand and easy to control.

Starting today, coding sessions use a lower-cost pricing model with two components:

• Model usage: Tokens are charged at the provider’s published rates, with no markup
• Sandbox runtime: Charged at $0.25 per 20-minute block

Together, model usage and runtime determine the AI credit cost of a session. The usage dashboard shows the breakdown, along with token usage and cost by model.

Admins can also set workspace-wide and per-user spend limits that reset daily, weekly, or monthly. When a limit is reached, additional AI credit usage is paused until the limit resets or an admin increases it.

Learn more about AI credits in the docs.

• Agents

  Fixed an issue where Linear couldn’t find or assign a future cycle when referenced by its number (e.g. “Cycle 13”) in Slack and comments

• Android

  Fixed read AI conversations appearing bold in the conversation picker

• Desktop

  Fixed search and create issue buttons in the sidebar not responding to clicks at narrow window sizes

• Diffs

  Fixed merge queue duration tooltips appearing stuck

• Diffs

  Fixed guide sections with a lot of files in them not being scrollable

• Diffs

  Fixed Linear guest users with a connected GitHub account being able to edit Diff title and description if they have write access to that PR on GitHub

• Diffs

  Removed hover underlines from GitHub code embed header links, kept their link cursors when focused, and added external-link indicators to file names

• Diffs

  Fixed repeated review cache errors when IndexedDB is unavailable

• Asks

  Added a per-channel Asks setting that posts a message mentioning the new assignee in the synced Slack thread when an Ask is assigned

• Authentication

  Improved pending SAML domain verification from 24 hours to seven days

• Diffs

  Improved meaningful change count on PR tooltips as well

• IOS

  Improved error messages for unsupported media formats

• Issues

  Added the full issue copy menu to the issue header URL button

• Team Home

  Initiative documents pinned to a team’s overview now also appear in the team’s documents tab

• Views

  Added ability to subscribe to events in project views and receive notifications in Inbox or Slack

• Issues

  Open a GitHub-synced issue in GitHub with OG

• Issues

  Fixed Cmd/CtrlUp/Down scrolling to the top or bottom of an issue after editing its title or description

August 13, 2026

[

Team initiatives

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-08-13-team-initiatives)

Initiatives are Linear’s way to manage product strategy and high-level planning across projects. Strategy may start at the company level, but teams carry it forward. You can now assign a team to lead an initiative, making it clear who is responsible for driving the work and how it contributes to the broader direction.

For work that requires tighter access, initiatives led by private teams are only visible to team members. This creates a secure place for confidential planning, regulated projects, audits, and other restricted work.

Learn more about initiatives in the docs.

Linear’s MCP now supports managing employee access through your existing Okta-managed identity.

When employees connect from a supported Anthropic agent, Linear verifies their identity through Okta and applies their existing Linear permissions. Admins can manage access centrally, without requiring employees to sign in or authorize Linear individually.

Available to Enterprise workspaces with Okta SAML configured. Learn more in the docs.

• Agent

  Fixed agent sometimes not showing a progress indicator

• Agent

  Fixed Linear Agent sometimes claiming a Slack thread synced when it did not

• Comments

  Prevented document comment threads from shifting away from their referenced text when content changes size

• Cycles

  Fixed new cycle names with quarter or half-year labels not incrementing correctly

• Cycles

  Fixed fast issue creation while viewing completed cycles

• Diffs

  Fixed code review discussions crashing when a file path is missing

• Diffs

  Fixed comment links not opening the associated thread

• Diffs

  Fixed authored pull requests appearing in “To review” after commenting

• Diffs

  Fixed closing an already-closed GitHub pull request failing to remove it from review lists

• Diffs

  Fixed stale PR Guides not refreshing after a pull request update

• Editor

  Added support for comments on Mermaid diagrams

• GitHub

  Fixed closing an abandoned draft pull request changing the status of an issue already marked Done or Canceled

• GitLab

  Fixed merge requests from deleted users failing to process

• Integrations

  Fixed disconnecting a personal Notion account opening Notion instead of removing the connection

• Integrations

  Renaming an OAuth application now updates the name shown in the activity of issues it creates

• Issues

  Fixed imported recurring issues missing their recurring-series link in issue history

• Issues

  Fixed drag-and-drop for sub-issues in views sorted by status, title, or due date

• Issues

  Fixed “Copy as” prompt copying a parent issue instead of the selected sub-issue

• Notifications

  Fixed duplicate notifications for GitHub review requests

• Notifications

  Fixed members being unable to disable Slack alerts for shared custom views

• Projects

  Fixed blocking and blocked-by relationships appearing in the wrong direction in project activity

• Projects

  Fixed project and initiative update reminders being sent when an update was already posted on the previous business day

• Search

  Improved exact user name matches in search results

• Triage

  Added GitHub usernames to GitHub-sourced issues in triage

• Agent

  Linear Agent can now update releases

• Billing

  Added the ability to remove a previously set tax ID

• Coding sessions

  Added GPT-5.6 Luna as a model option

• Cycles

  Added an explanation of cycle success to the tooltip

• Diffs

  Added a branch-status widget showing whether a branch is up to date, behind, or has conflicts

• Diffs

  Grouped agent and bot review comments under Agents & Bots

• Diffs

  Made structural diff highlighting the default

• Diffs

  Showed merge-queue time on pull request hover

• Editor

  Added support for mentioning pull requests from the editor mention picker

• Editor

  Pressing Enter at the end of an issue or document title now starts a new line at the top of the content below it

• Git

  Updated relates to and related to magic words to mark pull requests as related rather than contributing

• Importer

  Added an option to skip workspace-level labels and templates during Linear-to-Linear imports

• Integrations

  Improved the channel connection labels across Slack and Microsoft Teams menus

• IOS

  We now indicate progress while importing photo library attachments for comments

• Loops

  Made the Disabled badge interactive so loops can be re-enabled directly

• Projects

  Added project milestone agent widgets on iOS

• Added subscribers field on Document

• Added a subscription for user settings updates

• Teams

  Fixed CtrlShift1–9 shortcuts for opening team home pages

July 30, 2026

[

Coding sessions on mobile

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-07-30-coding-sessions-on-mobile)

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Your coding session doesn’t have to stop when you leave your desk. Use the Linear mobile app to review code changes, comment on specific lines, and iterate with Linear Agent.

Open any diff and switch to the Changes tab to inspect the code. When you spot something to change, tap the relevant line to add it to your message to steer the coding session in the direction you want.

We’ve also added section under My Issues → Assigned for your delegated issues. It shows the status of each coding session, and gives you a quick way back into active work.

Download the Linear mobile app for iOS and Android.

Guided Reviews are now generally available⁠

Guided Reviews break diffs into focused sections with explainers on what changed and why. As part of general availability, they are now generated for larger pull requests, with a bigger context window and better latency.

Guided Reviews are available on Business and Enterprise plans at no additional cost.

Support for GitHub teams in reviews⁠

You can now assign reviews to GitHub teams. Review requests assigned to your GitHub teams appear in a dedicated section of the Reviews inbox. Learn more in the docs.

Signed commits for coding sessions⁠

Coding sessions now support signed commits. Add your SSH or GPG key in Settings to enable signing.

Workspace admins can also require users to upload a signing key before using coding sessions.

GitHub Copilot for Linear⁠

GitHub Copilot users can assign issues directly to Copilot’s cloud agent from Linear. Copilot uses the issue context to work in its own development environment, open draft pull requests, and update the issue as it makes progress.

Choose model and agent settings, set the base and working branches, then steer ongoing work through comments in Linear. To get started, install GitHub Copilot for Linear, or read the GitHub announcement for more details.

• Agents

  Queued agent messages now display readable text in previews instead of raw markup

• API

  Fixed issue SLA sort to order by the displayed SLA bucket (Breached / High / Medium / Low / Achieved / Failed) instead of raw slaBreachesAt, so mobile lists no longer show repeated SLA sections

• Comments

  Inline images no longer appear too large in iOS comments

• Diffs

  Pull request reviews no longer unexpectedly open an inline comment draft when the revision changes

• Diffs

  Dismissed issue suggestions no longer reappear on pull requests

• GitHub

  Pull request events now update issue statuses when a Git automation branch pattern contains unsupported regex syntax

• Inbox

  Fixed new project and initiative update notifications appearing as separate inbox entries for the same parent

• Integrations

  GitHub Enterprise Server setup no longer gets stuck on “Verifying installation” after the Linear app is created

• Integrations

  Prevented Slack Asks from responding to unmentioned thread messages after creating an Ask

• IOS

  File, image, and video attachments in document comments now open when tapped, and attachment cards have better contrast in the comments drawer

• Issues

  Issue boards now show an error instead of an empty state when too many issues match

• Reviews

  Structural diffs no longer mark entire reformatted statements as changed when only part of the statement changed

• Reviews

  Resolving a review thread that no longer exists in GitHub now shows a clear message instead of a generic error

• Search

  Searching for a GitHub URL now finds issues that reference the pull request

• Slack

  Fixed Slack review request notifications sometimes showing the wrong person as the requester

• Slack

  Fixed pasting a project milestone link into Slack now previewing that milestone instead of another milestone from the same project

• Teams

  Fixed internal custom view and dashboard links in Team Home displaying generic labels or icons

• Triage

  “Copy as prompt” no longer moves issues out of triage

• Diffs

  Diffs linked as Related no longer change the status of the issue

• Diffs

  AI can now generate a Linear issue from a pull request or suggest an existing issue to link

• Diffs

  Inline feedback can now be sent to the Linear Agent, added to a review, or posted to the diff

• Diffs

  New agent sessions can now be started from any pull request using the Agent panel

• Diffs

  TypeScript and JavaScript regular expressions can now be tested directly from the file where they’re introduced

• Diffs

  Pull requests now show the number of meaningful changes, excluding tests and documentation

• Diffs

  Improved Slack notifications for a pull request removed from the merge queue to include the reason it was removed

• Editor

  Updated the keyboard shortcut cheat sheet to show Cmd/CtrlEnter for toggling checklist items

• Importers

  It is now possible to import issues into a sub-team if it doesn’t inherit statuses from its parent team

• Issues

  You can now restore an archived or deleted issue from the iOS app

• Loops

  Improved the “Authenticated email intake” trusted source by renaming it to “Email intake” and explaining when an email is treated as trusted

• Loops

  Added ability for Loops to send user notification

• Zendesk

  Improved the Zendesk integration to allow connection using an agent role instead of an end-user role

• Added Zapier to the built-in MCP connector directory

• Editor

  Toggle a checklist item with Cmd/CtrlEnter when the cursor is inside it. Hold Shift to also toggle nested items

• Search

  Escape now clears the search input while keeping the current results, then dismisses search when the input is empty

• Triage

  Triage keyboard shortcuts now follow the order of the actions: 1 accepts, 2 declines, 3 marks as duplicate

July 23, 2026

[

Text attribution and agent-assisted editing

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-07-23-agent-assisted-editing)

Documents and project descriptions are critical context for your teams and agents.

You can now edit text with Linear Agent, and use Loops to keep docs and project descriptions up-to-date. Author name indicators let you check if text was written by a colleague or added by a loop.

When editing, changes you make through Linear Agent highlight separately so they’re easy to review. If you need to revert to an earlier version, restore to any previous checkpoint from version history.

Show author names or open version history from the ⌘/Ctrl + K menu, or in document display options. Learn more in our documentation.

The issue sidebar now closely integrates issue properties with the main content. We’ve pinned Diffs to the top of this panel so you can access the issue’s pull requests from anywhere on the page.

• Asks

  Fixed issues created through Slack Asks ignoring a chosen template’s default status

• Comments

  The resolved comments menu no longer appears when there are no resolved comments

• Diffs

  Submit review flyouts now properly close when clicking outside them

• GitHub

  Prevented revert pull requests from reopening issues linked to another GitHub repository

• GitHub

  Fixed linking GitHub pull requests to issues via pasted URLs.

• Initiatives

  Fixed oversized initiative titles

• Integrations

  Fixed a bug where removing a linked GitHub pull request disconnecting GitHub issue sync

• Integrations

  Fixed Slack project channel setup retrying after a project was deleted or archived

• Settings

  Fixed IP restrictions not appearing when searching for “IP” in settings

• Slack

  Fixed truncated issue summaries in Slack unfurls

• Views

  Fixed view filters (like Cmd/Ctrl F filtering) resetting when navigating to an item in a split view list

• Editor

  Added Backspace navigation from empty issue descriptions and document bodies back to the title

• Issues

  Improved issue composer to suggest templates as a quick suggestion, surfaced before other suggestions because they apply a bundle of issue properties

• Projects

  Added a way to view a project’s issues filtered by a specific milestone from the project overview on iOS

• Triage

  Added triage responsibility to the triage screen on iOS, showing who is responsible for incoming issues and letting you manage the action and responsible members

• Diffs

  “Quick to review” now shows up for slightly larger PRs and also appears for the author of the PR

• Added bodyData to GraphQL pull request comments

• CycleCreate and CycleUpdate now prevent overlapping schedules and validate neighboring cycles using their dates.

July 20, 2026

[

Introducing Loops

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-07-20-introducing-loops)

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Loops are a new way for Linear Agent to take on recurring work for your team.

Describe the job in plain language and then choose whether it should run on a schedule or in response to an event. From there, Loops use context from your workspace and connected tools to decide on the next best action.

For example:

• Review incoming issues, research root causes, and dispatch to coding agents
• Create and coordinate follow-up work based on unstructured notes, like meeting transcripts or incident reports
• Keep launch plans and project specifications up-to-date
• See more ways to use Loops in the docs

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Loops run at the team and workspace level, with shared visibility and control. Anyone with access can review their instructions, see how they are configured, and inspect what happened during each run.

Loops are available today on Business and Enterprise plans and use AI credits. To help you get started and understand usage, we’re giving your workspace $20 per seat in promotional credits. These credits are applied automatically to runs, and expire on August 20, 2026.

Read the blog post to learn more.

• Android

  Added a fallback page for auth redirects so users can reopen the app when browser handoff fails

• Asks

  Fixed Asks created by mentioning the Asks agent in private Slack channels weren’t syncing the originating thread to the issue

• Cycles

  Fixed archived cycles getting stuck behind persisted label and other view filters with no visible way to clear them

• Diffs

  Pull requests with more than 50 commits now loading up to 450 commits

• Documents

  Private team document templates now consistently appearing in the template selector

• Editor

  Fixed checklists pasted from Google Docs rendering incorrectly

• Email

  Prevented notification emails from being sent to deactivated users

• Inbox

  Fixed email intake issues not appearing in the assignee’s inbox when the intake template auto-assigned the issue back to the sender

• Integrations

  Fixed GitHub Enterprise Cloud installation webhooks routing to the wrong workspace region before the installation was known to Linear

• Integrations

  Fixed GitHub Enterprise Cloud setup showing a generic error when an IP allow list blocked Linear, with clearer guidance on allowing Linear IPs

• Notifications

  Fixed duplicate Slack notifications when a newly created issue is added to a view with Slack notifications enabled

• Projects

  Fixed project pages crashing when a graph tooltip referenced a stale date

• Pulse

  Added an unsubscribe action for Pulse items shown through team project update subscriptions

• Triage Intelligence

  Fixed Triage Intelligence no longer requiring destination teams to have workspace-wide scope to be eligible for suggestions

• Agent

  Linear Agent can now manage inbox notifications

• Asks

  Email intake threads can now be resolved and unresolved

• Asks

  Synced comment threads (Slack and Asks) can now be resolved and unresolved, and a new reply reopens a resolved thread

• Comments

  Added inline issue description comments on iOS, including highlights in the description, tap-to-scroll to the thread, and quoted text above description comments

• Desktop

  Added support for Cmd+Z to restore accidentally closed tabs, with timeline-ordered priority and batch restore for bulk close operations

• Diffs

  Added the Diffs inbox as a default home view option

• Diffs

  Improved visibility of auto-merge status in review controls

• Diffs

  Showed failed checks in merge queue removal events

• Diffs

  Showed GitHub force-push events in pull request timelines

• Interface

  Added an Underline links preference under Interface and theme to always underline links in issue descriptions, comments, and documents

• Teams

  Added display options to team member lists for sorting, filtering by member type, and choosing visible columns

• Improved attachment uploads to accept base64 payloads with whitespace or data: URL prefixes

July 2, 2026

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Initiative properties

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-07-02-initiative-properties)

Initiatives define your company’s high-level goals and organize the projects that contribute to them. To help you manage initiatives as your roadmap grows, we’ve added a new set of focused initiative properties:

• Proposed and canceled statuses make it clear when an initiative is under consideration or has been intentionally set aside
• Priority communicates which initiatives are most important
• Labels group initiatives by product line, region, or other meaningful categories

Use these properties to group and filter initiatives on any plan, or build custom initiative views on Enterprise plans. Learn more about initiative properties in the docs.

Centrally manage access to Linear’s MCP server in Claude⁠

Give employees secure access to Linear and other MCP servers in Claude, without requiring them to authenticate with each server individually.

Enterprise-managed Authorization lets Okta administrators manage access and permissions centrally, and users automatically get access to the MCP servers they’re authorized to use when they sign in to Claude.

Enterprise-Managed Authorization is available to Enterprise workspaces using Okta as an identity provider and Claude as an MCP client. Learn more in the docs or in the MCP specification.

You can now share any filtered view by copying its URL from your browser, or by pressing ⌘/Ctrl Shift C on desktop.

Share filtered views to discuss a subset of an existing view with someone else — like an issue view filtered by an assignee, or project or initiative view filtered by a label.

• Agents

  Fixed issues with editing collapsible sections inside documents and descriptions with the Linear agent

• API

  Stopped automatically cancelling and restarting active Triage Intelligence runs after issue content changes

• API

  Fixed fieldless GraphQL input metadata from turning persisted filters into match-all filters

• Asks

  Slack /asks commands now pre-fill the modals with the entered text

• Automations

  Fixed showing agent automation Show more prompt buttons only when hovering an automation block

• Comments

  Fixed a transient agent session wrapper appearing after mentioning an agent that only handles comment events

• Cycles

  Fixed renamed cycles showing their local generated cycle number in some client Chrome

• Desktop

  Fixed OAuth application creation form resetting when switching tabs on desktop

• Diffs

  Added Linear details comments for manually linked GitHub pull requests when the link is created or changed

• Diffs

  Kept combined code review diffs aligned with side-by-side view when inserted additions are followed by a later paired helper extraction

• Diffs

  Show pull request status icons for coding session inbox notifications tied to PRs

• Diffs

  Fixed review notifications to now open the diff at the relevant comment instead of the guide

• Diffs

  Fixed Team reviews settings appearing when Diffs were disabled

• Diffs

  Fixed poor contrast of JSDoc comments in the GitHub Light syntax theme

• Diffs

  Fixed scroll position jumping when expanding collapsed code sections in diff view

• Diffs

  Fixed commit navigation controls shifting when the changed file count changes between selected commits

• Diffs

  Comment filters on the PR Diffs tab no longer hide comments in the Guide

• Editor

  Fixed emoji rendering in italicized text so emojis remain upright

• Editor

  Improved autolink for a broader list of TLDs when pasting URLs in the editor

• Email

  Fixed email intake settings occasionally displaying an incomplete email address

• Initiatives

  Fixed initiative list with sub-initiatives correctly restoring scroll position on navigation

• Initiatives

  Fixed transparency issues with the icon picker when editing initiatives inline in the list

• Integrations

  Reverted a GitHub sync change that stopped updates from Linear to GitHub once an issue is synced via the one-way sync

• Integrations

  Added a warning to Slack issue dialogs when selected labels include multiple labels from the same label group

• Integrations

  Fixed Google Calendar out-of-office status labels showing an absence as starting today when it starts tomorrow in the user’s timezone

• Integrations

  Fixed GitHub issue sync sending Linear label updates back to repositories configured for one-way GitHub-to-Linear sync

• Integrations

  Fixed Linear user mentions in Slack unfurls notifying mentioned users

• Integrations

  Fixed Slack synced comment import retries when Slack returns missing scopes while fetching message replies

• Issue Activity

  Fixed issue activity history no longer briefly reordering or regrouping while loading when lots of labels are involved

• Issue templates

  Fixed blank optional-only form template submissions from creating empty issues

• Issues

  Fixed issue sidebar hover styles not updating after switching between dark and light mode

• Issues

  Fixed copied issues including sub-issues after the Include sub-issues option was disabled

• Issues

  Fixed SLA workflow triggers failing when a workflow condition did not include an issue filter

• Mobile

  Prevented synced email threads from being resolved from Android

• Project Views

  Fixed a problem where hidden groups could not be restored in timeline views

• Projects

  Fixed completed projects appearing in project dependency blocker counts

• Projects

  Fixed newly created projects now receiving varied default icon colors, matching initiatives

• Projects

  Fixed the project update editor border disappearing after Agent highlight interactions

• Releases

  Fixed started release stage rows appearing taller than other rows in release pipeline settings

• Settings

  Fixed existing application images now showing when editing an OAuth application

• Settings

  Fixed settings search input box now respecting custom sidebar theme colors

• Settings

  Fixed customer status and tier row dividers appearing brighter than the header divider in settings

• Settings

  Fixed workspace security settings copy incorrectly referencing recurring issues for workspace template management

• Sidebar

  Properly aligned controls in the sidebar into one consistent column and fixed their focus rings

• Slack

  Stopped retrying permanent Slack webhook errors for disabled app message tabs and invalid block payloads

• Teams

  Fixed duplicate favorite action in action menu on team views

• Triage

  Fixed Triage rules sometimes showing duplicate or missing rows immediately after saving

• Triage

  Fixed the issue preview closing when a new issue entered a label-filtered Triage queue

• Views

  Fixed some server-backed views not loading correctly with some complex filter conditions

• Projects

  Project and initiative overview latest updates no longer inherit the previous latest update’s open state

• Diffs

  Fixed commit titles of specific lengths from overflowing the commit selector dropdown

• Initiatives

  Initiative target dates now use the same completed date rendering semantics as project target dates

• Initiatives

  Show the notifications subscribe control on initiative pages

• Estimates

  Restored the selected issue’s estimate total in the bulk action toolbar

• Editor

  Fixed dragging URL-backed Linear content into editors that was inserting duplicated mentions

• Pulse

  Fixed Pulse summary item navigation inside the inbox and added a breadcrumb back to the originating summary

• Documents

  Fixed restoring deleted documents whose project parent is archived

• Pull requests

  Cmd-clicking linked pull requests now opens them in a new tab

• Diffs

  Fixed bug where some code in Code Review diffs could not be copied to the clipboard

• Android

  Added support for toggling todo checkboxes directly in issue descriptions and comments

• Diffs

  Added syntax highlighting for .gjs and .gts files in Diffs

• Diffs

  Added settings to control whether GitHub team review requests appear in Reviews and count as To Do

• Diffs

  Collapsed generated protobuf Go files in pull request diffs by default

• Diffs

  Changed PR comment copy menu label to refer to threads when copying prompts for comment threads

• Inbox

  Added ability to filter inbox notifications by related review status

• Issues

  Renamed canonical issue duplicate relation labels from “Duplicated by” to “Duplicates”

• Search

  Updated search tabs to show the search term with a Search prefix and a search-results icon

• Teams

  Improved the spacing between team home columns at medium-width resolutions

• Settings

  Clarified the keyboard preference for submitting comments and agent chat messages

• Insights

  Improved performance of issue and insights queries that filter by initiative

• GitHub

  Added Linear issue to the list of magic words linking pull requests to issues

• Added read-only MCP tools for listing and retrieving Linear Agent skills

• Added support for managing releases, release notes, and release issue associations through the MCP server

• Added source URL support to the save_customer_need tool

• Added an external-user actor variant to the webhook actor union

• Included the top-level url field in data-change webhook payloads for remove actions when an entity URL is available

• Fixed entity webhooks for external-user actions so their top-level actor is populated

• Added the ] shortcut to show or hide the Agent sidebar from Diffs when an Agent session is available

• Fixed Shift Cmd/Ctrl ArrowDown not opening sub-issues in board view

June 18, 2026

[

Agent assisted project updates

](https://linear.app/changelog/2026-06-18-agent-assisted-project-updates)

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Project and initiative updates keep teams aligned, but writing them means pulling out recent changes from issues, documents, and discussions.

Instead of finding that context manually, click Write with Agent to let Linear do it for you. The agent reviews changes made since the last update, checks messages in the linked Slack channel, and writes an update draft for you to refine.

Add your own perspective by prompting for further changes or editing directly, then publish the update.

Desktop navigation history and pinned tabs⁠

We’ve rebuilt our desktop tabs to make navigation feel fluid and predictable.

• Each desktop tab now has its own history stack, so moving backwards won’t navigate you to another tab
• Pinned tabs are now a reliable home for important work. They stay anchored in the tab bar, persist after quitting and reopening the app, and aren’t replaced by new content you open.

These changes are live for current desktop users. Try Linear on desktop by downloading the app.

Private sub-teams⁠

Private sub-teams organize groups that work together under one umbrella, like independent business units, skunkworks efforts, or teams handling sensitive data like People Ops.

When you create a sub-team under a private team, you can now choose between two access options:

• Restricted to parent team members — parent team members can see and choose to join the sub-team. This makes it easy to manage private team structures without coordinating invitations to each sub-team.
• Private to team members — the team is hidden, except to members directly invited to that sub-team

Private sub-teams are available on Business and Enterprise plans. Learn more in our documentation.

Build agents with Vercel Eve⁠

Vercel Eve is an open-source framework for building custom agents.

Build agents that can investigate incidents, monitor SLAs, or analyze customer feedback. You can deploy agents on Vercel with the guided setup, or host them wherever you run your Eve app.

Once connected to Linear, teammates can delegate issues to your agent or mention it in comments. Learn more about Eve in Vercel’s documentation.

Release pipeline changelogs⁠

Releases let you plan and track your software releases. Now, you can also keep your team aligned on what’s shipping with changelogs for each release pipeline. These changelogs bring a pipeline’s release notes together in one place, so progress is easy to review and share.

Choose to auto-generate release notes in pipeline settings so your changelog is always up to date. Learn more in our documentation.

OAuth application manifests⁠

OAuth application manifests let platforms provide a one-click OAuth app setup experience for users creating integrations.

Use URL parameters to send users directly to a pre-filled Create OAuth App form in Linear. An equivalent JSON manifest format lets you store configurations in files, validate them locally, or generate them programmatically.

Find the details in our developer docs.

• Command menu

  Added the missing command menu action for recently deleted initiatives

• Comments

  Threaded comment highlight corners now match with the reply composer below the thread

• Customers

  Fixed stale customer request counts on issues and projects after archiving or restoring customer requests

• Desktop

  Middle-clicking a link to a document comment now properly navigates to the comment

• Diffs

  Fixed the Unified/Split layout toggle not taking effect when a narrow column had forced the diff into unified view

• Diffs

  The tooltip on group headers in the Reviews inbox now covers the entire clickable header

• Documents

  Creating an issue from a selection in a team document now creates it in the correct team

• Duplicates

  When you remove a duplicate relation, it now restores the issue’s last status

• Duplicates

  Fixed duplicate merges running concurrently for the same issue during bulk deduplication

• Filters

  Fixed the filter button not staying visually active while its menu is open

• Front

  Fixed processing Front conversation links for conversations without a primary recipient

• GitHub

  Fixed GitHub integrations being marked “disconnected” after a transient GitHub authentication blip

• Inbox

  We no longer send a removed from merge queue notification when a pull request is successfully merged by GitHub’s merge queue

• Inbox

  Fixed inbox notifications occasionally appearing as blank while the sender’s name was loading

• Insights

  Fixed release-filtered burn-up charts failing to render

• Issues

  Fixed oversized issue status icons in delete confirmation toasts

• Milestones

  Fixed a flicker in the milestone list when creating the first milestone from a project overview

• Notifications

  Each recipient’s name display preference is now respected in project and initiative update notifications

• Project Updates

  Fixed the project updates panel occasionally leaving an empty wrapper element on the page after navigating elsewhere

• Pull requests

  Right-clicking pull request pills in issue lists now opens the correct menu

• Pull requests

  Fixed pull request details overflowing their container when hovering over a PR badge

• SCIM

  Renaming a linked SCIM role group (e.g. linear-admins) in the identity provider no longer causes Linear to stop managing the associated role

• Settings

  Prevented the language selector from overlapping the scrollbar in Code & Reviews settings

• Settings

  Fixed an odd transition when switching between the same settings page of different teams

• Slack

  Slack thread sync no longer fails to import a comment when one of its reactions came from a user without access to the issue

• Slack

  Underscores in pull request titles are now preserved in Slack notifications

• Slack

  Slack comment notifications now link out to unsupported images instead of sending invalid Slack image blocks

• Slack

  Slack pasted message links now sync to Linear threads as a clickable link

• Agents

  AI chat thinking steps are now shown as blockquotes when copying conversations as markdown

• Diffs

  Added a “Missing issue” PR filter that shows PRs without a linked issue

• Diffs

  Raised the size limit for generating Guides on larger pull request diffs

• Diffs

  Holding Opt and clicking the chevron in the file header now expands/collapses all files

• Diffs

  Review list approval copy now shows who approved a pull request

• Diffs

  Whole added/removed lines in diffs render more clearly with the same color as inline added/removed characters

• Diffs

  Added the ability to use custom font for code in diffs

• Diffs

  Added contextual help about the Reviews feature and related keyboard shortcuts

• Diffs

  Polished the pull request review layout — removed the divider between the conversation and code columns, and the Guide now has even horizontal padding with the scrollbar no longer overlapping content

• Diffs

  Added copy link to file actions in pull request diffs

• GitHub/GitLab

  Unassigned triage issues remain in triage for Git request and commit automations, unless the final merged change closes the issue

• PagerDuty

  Added support for PagerDuty shift-based schedules, so triage responsibility on-call now syncs from both shift-based (v3) and classic layer-based schedules (v2)

• Team documents

  The documents list now supports multi-select

• Views

  Updated the sort direction icons so the arrow direction matches the active sort order

• MCP project status update tools are now available in workspaces without recent project update history

• Fixed issue with fetches failing when descriptions contained Unicode line or paragraph separators

• templateCreate and templateUpdate now reject unsupported form field payloads