Linear now automatically closes and marks issues as canceled if they remain unchanged for a configurable time period, helping teams clear stale backlog items. This feature is available in preview and can be enabled via the command menu with settings configured under Team Workflow.
Linear Preview: Auto-close stale issues
It's common for backlogs to build up with issues that become irrelevant or will never get addressed. We're introducing issue auto-closing to automate the trouble of manually clearing stale issues. Once enabled, issues will be auto-closed and marked canceled if they haven't been updated after a certain time period.
You can turn on Auto-close for your workspace by selecting Enable: Issue auto-closing from the command menu (Cmd+k). You'll configure the time period and applied status under Settings > Team > Workflow.
Other improvements and fixes
GitHub and GitLab now support including multiple issue IDs in the closing statement in pull request descriptions (e.g. Fixes ENG-123, DES-5 and ENG-256)
The Slack integration now supports setting the issue assignee
Integrations which change issue status now set the issue to be the top item on the board
Improved application load time and significantly reduced memory usage
Improved user search in filters
Improved menu closing with mouse
Improved focus styling on buttons and links
Improved checkboxes and toggles to have more area for clicks
Underscores are now converted into dashes in issue URLs
Team filter is now included in My Issues and search pages if the workspace has multiple teams
Emoji and user suggestions aren't included inside codeblocks anymore
Issue suggestions are now limited to 5 when being referenced with # in the editor
Stability fixes to realtime sync
Fixes to project graphs and completion time
Fixed cycle details panel on small displays
Fixed duplication of workflow statuses on new team creation when using another team as a base
Fixed application controls on Chromebooks
Linear Agent now offers adaptive routing to optimize model selection by task complexity, environment secrets support for secure dependency access, and open-weight model options including GLM. Teams can define custom project labels and statuses, assign project leads, use durable IDs for projects and initiatives, and automate workflows with new team-based triggers for onboarding and reassignment.
Loops, Linear's recurring agent workflows, now respond to more workspace activity including project, initiative, and cycle changes, can edit Linear documents and post updates to Slack. This helps teams automate coordination tasks like updating docs and keeping stakeholders informed when plans change.
Linear now offers a Priority tab that intelligently separates urgent notifications from less critical ones, preventing important items like release-blocking reviews from getting lost. Additionally, document editing is now available on iOS and Android, rich previews render in diffs, draft projects with Linear Agent for planning, and admins can approve third-party app access on paid plans.