What Linear shipped

November 2026 (1 update)

Diffs review came to iOS and Android with guided reviews, inbox items, preview links and phone merging, plus agent display fixes.

• November 5, 2026 · Mobile Diffs

  Diffs, the review experience, is now available on iOS and Android, with guided reviews, inbox review items, preview links and merging from the phone. Several agent display fixes are also included.

October 2026 (2 updates)

October brought expanded Loops triggers and sharing options, plus stacked pull request grouping with live diff updates.

• October 22, 2026 · More ways to run and share Loops

  Loops can now be started by Slack and GitHub events, saved as shareable templates, and given customized reasoning levels.

• October 8, 2026 · Stacked pull requests

  Linear Diffs now groups stacked pull requests in a collapsible row with review, CI, and merge status, and diffs update live during coding sessions.

September 2026 (3 updates)

• September 24, 2026 · New controls for Linear coding agent
• September 14, 2026 · Loops for product management

  Loops now trigger on initiative, project, and cycle changes, and can edit Linear documents and post Slack updates.

• September 3, 2026 · Priority inbox

  A new Priority tab separates inbox notifications that need attention from the rest, and a project composer lets users draft projects with Linear Agent.

August 2026 (2 updates)

• August 20, 2026 · Coding sessions: environments, browser use, and updated pricing

  Coding sessions now detect and install toolchains automatically, support pinned runtimes and setup scripts, and test work in a browser.

• August 13, 2026 · Team initiatives

  Initiatives can now be led by a team, with private-team initiatives visible only to members, and Linear's MCP supports Okta-managed access.

July 2026 (4 updates)

• July 30, 2026 · Coding sessions on mobile

  The mobile app now lets users review diffs, comment on lines, and steer coding sessions, and Guided Reviews are generally available.

• July 23, 2026 · Text attribution and agent-assisted editing

  Author name indicators show whether text was written by a colleague or a loop, and edits made through Linear Agent are highlighted separately.

• July 20, 2026 · Introducing Loops

  Loops let Linear Agent handle recurring work, running on a schedule or in response to events, at team and workspace level.

• July 2, 2026 · Initiative properties

  Initiatives gain proposed and canceled statuses, priority, and labels for grouping and filtering.

June 2026 (3 updates)

• June 18, 2026 · Agent assisted project updates

  A Write with Agent button drafts project and initiative updates from recent changes and linked Slack messages; desktop tabs now keep separate navigation history.

• June 11, 2026 · Coding sessions in Linear

  Linear Agent can now write code in cloud-based coding sessions started from an issue, chat, comment, or Slack thread.

• June 4, 2026 · Team documents

  Every team now has a page for documents and shared references, and skills for Linear Agent can be shared with a team.

May 2026 (3 updates)

• May 28, 2026 · Linear Diffs

  Linear Diffs lets users review pull request diffs from issues, iterate with agents, and ship code, with reviews syncing back to GitHub.

• May 21, 2026 · Project Slack channels

  Linear can automatically create a Slack channel for each new project, add members, and post project updates there; admins enable it in settings.

• May 14, 2026 · Code Intelligence

  Code Intelligence gives Linear Agent controlled codebase access, so teams can ask how features work and what changes affect.

April 2026 (5 updates)

• April 30, 2026 · Releases

  Releases tracks deployment environment, version, and status of issues through CI/CD integrations, and can generate release notes.

• April 23, 2026 · Linear Agent MCP support

  Linear Agent now connects to external tools via MCP, with admin controls for allowlists and workspace-level permissions.

• April 16, 2026 · Linear for Microsoft Teams

  A Microsoft Teams integration lets users mention @Linear in channels to create issues and pull progress updates into Teams.

• April 9, 2026 · Multi-level sub-teams

  Teams can now nest up to five levels deep with inherited workflows and settings, and projects and initiatives gain comments in their activity feeds.

• April 2, 2026 · Web forms for Linear Asks

  Linear Asks adds custom web forms built from issue templates, letting anyone submit requests that become triage issues.

March 2026 (2 updates)

• March 24, 2026 · Introducing Linear Agent

  Linear Agent is introduced to synthesize workspace context, make recommendations, and take action across roadmap, issues, and code.

• March 12, 2026 · UI refresh

  The interface is visually refreshed with consistent headers and view controls, redrawn icons, and dimmer navigation sidebars.

February 2026 (3 updates)

• February 26, 2026 · Deeplink to AI coding tools

  Issues can launch supported coding tools with a prefilled prompt containing issue ID, description, comments, updates, and images.

• February 13, 2026 · Advanced filters and share issues in private teams

  Advanced filters combine multiple AND/OR conditions for views and dashboards; individual issues from private teams can be shared.

• February 5, 2026 · Linear MCP for product management

  Linear's MCP server adds initiatives, project milestones, and updates, plus image loading; the SSE endpoint is being removed.

January 2026 (2 updates)

• January 29, 2026 · Time in status

  Time spent in each status is tracked across issues, views, and Insights, helping surface bottlenecks and stalled work.

• January 22, 2026 · Customize your navigation in Linear Mobile

  Linear Mobile adds customizable navigation with rearranged items and pinned projects, initiatives, and documents; timing charts are redesigned.

December 2025 (3 updates)

• December 17, 2025 · Team owners

  A team owner role and team permissions control who manages settings, labels, templates, and membership, plus invite-only joining.

• December 11, 2025 · Linear agent for Intercom, Zendesk, Gong

  Through Intercom, Zendesk, and Gong integrations, an agent parses customer conversations and files issues with relevant details.

• December 4, 2025 · OpenAI Codex agent

  Issues can be assigned to the Codex agent, which uses issue context, picks a repo, and works toward code changes reviewable as a PR.