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Linear changelog

Issue tracker and planning tool for software teams, with a changelog the vendor publishes as a feed.

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20 Aug 2026
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20 Aug 20268 days ago
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60 releasesback to 24 Oct 2024
Source
linear.app
Project
linear.app
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202624 releases
Coding sessions: environments, browser use, and updated pricing

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 credi

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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 re

Coding sessions on mobile

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.

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Text attribution and 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 wri

Introducing Loops

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 workspa

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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 status

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Agent assisted project updates

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

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Coding sessions in Linear

Earlier this year, we launched Linear Agent, giving teams a new way to plan and coordinate their issues and projects. Since then, we've added Code Intelligence to extend that understanding to the codebase, and MCP support to bring all of yo

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Team documents

Important team context doesn’t always belong in a specific issue, project, or initiative. Teams also need a dedicated place for the notes, docs, and shared references that support their work over time. Now, every team has a page to keep its

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Linear Diffs

Agents generate large volumes of code, but individuals are still accountable for the changes that merge. This leads to a lot of review work, and the capability and performance of traditional review tools hasn't kept up. Today, we're releasi

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Project Slack channels

Project teams often use a Slack channel to discuss and share feedback about their project as it takes shape. Now, Linear can spin up that Slack channel automatically every time a new project is created. All project members are automatically

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Code Intelligence

Code Intelligence gives Linear Agent controlled access to your codebase, turning repositories into shared product context your whole team can use. With Code Intelligence, Linear Agent can reason about how your product actually works, not ju

Releases

Plan and track your software releases directly from Linear. Linear Releases integrates with your CI/CD tools to precisely track the deployment environment, version, and status of every issue, giving team members and agents your full deploym

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Linear Agent MCP support

Linear Agent can now connect to your tools via MCP, giving it access to data and actions beyond your Linear workspace. Bring external context into your workflows to investigate issues, plan projects, write specs, and draft updates grounded

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Linear for Microsoft Teams

Mention @Linear in any Microsoft Teams channel to turn your conversations into actionable work. You can ask Linear to make changes directly in Linear, or pull information from Linear into Teams. Try it by sending a message like: @Linear fil

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Multi-level sub-teams

Structure your teams in Linear to match how your organization works. Teams can nest up to five levels deep, making it possible to represent divisions, departments, groups, squads, and more. Sub-teams inherit workflows and settings from thei

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Web forms for Linear Asks

Linear Asks allows you to capture internal requests and bring them into Linear so the appropriate team can work on them. Previously, we've enabled intake through Slack and email. Now we've added custom web forms as well. Teams can create a

Introducing Linear Agent

Try Linear Agent We're excited to share the next major step in Linear's evolution. For the vision behind Linear Agent, read the letter from our CEO, Karri. As execution accelerates, the bottleneck in product development shifts toward judgme

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UI refresh

Introducing a calmer, more consistent interface. We've visually refreshed Linear's interface design to make it easier to scan information, navigate between workflows, and stay focused. A few highlights: Headers, navigation, and view control

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Deeplink to AI coding tools

Starting an issue used to mean manually creating a feature branch. Now it means assembling the right context so your coding agent can take a first pass. We've made this much easier to do in Linear. You can now launch your preferred coding t

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Advanced filters and share issues in private teams

Refine your searches, views, and dashboards with advanced filters. Combine multiple AND/OR conditions to define exactly what you want to see. For example, track high-priority bugs for prospective customers in a single view by combining Prio

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Linear MCP for product management

We've expanded Linear's MCP server with support for initiatives, project milestones, and updates. These allow product managers to keep plans up to date and communicate progress from other tools like Cursor and Claude. Newly added MCP tools:

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Time in status

Time spent in individual statuses is now tracked and available throughout Linear. Hover over any issue's status indicator to see the cumulative time it's spent in each status. You can use this to spot where things are getting stuck, identif

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Customize your navigation in Linear Mobile

Now you can customize Linear Mobile to fit your daily workflow. Personalize the bottom toolbar to prioritize the features you use the most. Rearrange the main navigation items, or pin specific projects, initiatives, and documents for quick

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202531 releases
Team owners

We are introducing a new team owner role to give teams more control over their team settings. Alongside this new role, we’re adding team permissions so you can choose who can manage team settings, labels, templates, and membership — either

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Linear agent for Intercom, Zendesk, Gong

The Linear agent can now handle the tedious work of turning customer conversations into actionable issues. Available through our Intercom, Zendesk, and Gong integrations, the agent parses conversations and automatically files issues with th

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OpenAI Codex agent

OpenAI Codex users can now delegate issues directly to the Codex agent without leaving Linear. Codex can answer questions about your codebase, fix bugs, or take a first pass at issues in your Triage queue. Assign issues to the Codex agent,

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Form templates

Form templates are a new type of issue template that support form fields. Use these templates to collect specific issue details upfront so work is actionable from the start. Form templates are useful for teams that require specific details

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Pulse on mobile

Pulse is now available in Linear's iOS and Android apps. Stay up-to-date on the progress of your projects and initiatives, no matter where you are. Pulse brings relevant updates from across your Linear workspace into a single unified feed,

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GitHub Copilot agent

GitHub Copilot users can now work with the GitHub Copilot agent directly within Linear. Delegate any issue directly or mention GitHub Copilot in a comment, and the agent will use the full issue context to start an implementation in a draft

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Linear agent for Slack

Creating issues has never been easier. Mention @Linear in discussions on Slack, and the Linear agent will create issues informed by your conversation's context. Use natural language to specify issue details or simply let the agent infer wha

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Mobile app redesign

We’ve refreshed our iOS and Android apps with a new visual design system. Both now use a custom frosted glass material that adds depth and contrast to the UI. Navigation has been rebuilt with a new bottom toolbar for quick access to core wo

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Label descriptions and archiving

Label descriptions and archiving Labels let you organize issues and projects in ways specific to your team or workspace. They can be used to define custom views and dashboards, or in Triage and SLA rules. We've made significant improvements

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Issue discussion summaries

Discussion summaries now appear on issues with substantial activity. Read these summaries to understand what's happened in an issue without reading every comment. Summaries capture decisions, blockers, debates and their resolutions, and key

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New to Product Intelligence: Auto-apply triage suggestions

Let Product Intelligence take the first pass at triage and automatically apply suggestions to issues. Set up rules to automatically accept suggestions for individual issue properties, or only for specific values. For example, you can config

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Salesforce integration

Linear's Salesforce integration connects customer cases and account data from your CRM with product work in Linear. Escalate customer cases to the product team by creating Linear issues or linking existing ones — directly from Salesforce. C

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Cursor background agents

Assign issues to Cursor and launch background agents from within Linear. You can now add Cursor as an agent in your workspace. The Cursor agent can work alongside your team to make code changes or answer questions. When an issue is delegate

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Product Intelligence (Technology Preview)

Product Intelligence streamlines your product operations with AI assistance for routine, manual tasks. Today we are previewing the first of its capabilities: automating the overhead of triage intake. When activated, Product Intelligence exa

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Agent Interaction Guidelines and SDK

Since the launch of Linear for Agents, teams have started using agents to accomplish real work inside of Linear. We've seen developers build agents that can write requirements, scope issues and projects, perform QA, fix bugs, and build feat

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Dashboards

Create dashboards to track key metrics for your team or workspace. Dashboards let you combine data from different insights into a single page view. Use them to monitor operational health across teams and workflows or build reporting dashboa

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Email intake for Linear Asks

Turn any email thread into a trackable issue with Linear Asks. Asks helps internal teams manage workplace requests from Slack and email. Create designated email addresses – such as helpdesk@, legal@, or ops@ – and any messages sent, forward

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Sub-initiatives

Large enterprise companies can now organize strategic initiatives into a hierarchical structure that reflects how they plan and manage work. Initiatives can now be nested up to five levels deep, making it possible to represent cascading goa

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Project labels

Organize projects across your workspace with project labels. Apply labels to categorize projects with custom attributes, so you can group, filter, and view them in ways that are unique to your organization. Project labels work with custom v

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Asks fields and Triage routing

Asks fields Customize your intake forms for Asks. Let users set priority, customer, or due date and allow them to upload files when submitting new Asks. Additionally, you can expose any label group as a dropdown field to help with up-front

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Linear for Agents

Build and deploy AI agents in Linear that work alongside you as teammates. Agents are first-class users in Linear. Assign them to issues, add them to teams and projects, and @mention them in comments – just like any other member of your wor

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Custom feeds in Pulse

Create custom feeds in Pulse to focus on a targeted subset of updates. Filter recent updates by author, team, project, initiative, status, and more—then save as a personalized custom feed for future access. These custom feeds are only visib

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Linear MCP server

Your AI models and agents can use our official MCP server to access your Linear data in a simple and secure way. Connect to our MCP server natively as a new Claude Integration, or by using the mcp-remote module in Cursor, Windsurf, and othe

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Customer Requests on projects

We recently introduced Customer Requests to allow you to bring the voice of your customer directly into your issues. Now customer requests can be added to projects as well, so you can capture product feedback and connect customer needs with

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New search

New search We've completely overhauled Linear's search with a new engine built from scratch. Under the hood, we replaced the traditional keyword-based search index with a new hybrid semantic search, which combines AI vector embeddings with

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Collapsed issue history

Collapsed issue history When there’s a lot of activity in an issue, it’s easy to lose track of important changes. To reduce clutter and keep the issue activity feed focused, we now group similar consecutive events and collapse older activit

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Collapsible sections

Collapsible sections Keep long documents and descriptions tidy with collapsible sections. Conceal supporting details and notes so that they're hidden by default but available to anyone who wants to read them. Create a collapsible section by

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Sub-teams

Sub-teams Sub-teams let you build a team hierarchy in Linear that mirrors your organizational structure, making team relationships clear and navigable to workspace members. Define team hierarchies Create parent teams and nest sub-teams unde

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Initiative updates

Initiative updates Keep up-to-date on strategic product work using initiative updates. Write initiative updates to report on progress and summarize work across multiple projects. Important changes like revised target dates are automatically

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Pull Request reviews (alpha)

Pull Request reviews (alpha) Your development speed can only be as fast as your code review cycle, yet the tools we use to manage pull request (PR) reviews are complicated and unreliable. It's hard to know which PRs need attention and easy

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20245 releases
Personalized sidebar and new settings pages

Personalized sidebar Linear's application sidebar now supports customization to better fit your personal workflows. You can reorder items, hide items you don't use often, and decide how unread notifications should be shown: with a count or

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Customer Requests

Customer Requests Customer feedback is often scattered across support tickets, Slack messages, and calls – outside the product team's workflow and sometimes entirely out of reach. This creates a disconnect between what gets built and what c

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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. V

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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 the

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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 Issues, Active, and Backlog — now appear as tabs at the top of your team issues page. You can also create and add c

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