Linear now offers flexible board ordering options including priority, creation date, and due date, and adds the ability to add descriptions to cycles for team alignment. The update also includes numerous bug fixes and improvements across OAuth, search, filtering, integrations, and UI consistency.
Board Ordering
We are adding the option to choose between different board ordering preferences. Previously, it was only possible to order issues on a board manually. With this change you can now order issues on your board by priority, creation date, due date, or many other options.
You can find these Board Ordering choices in the “View Options” in the right uper corner of your issues view.
When issues are orderdered by a specific property, you are able to drag them between different columns of your board. The position of the issue within a column is determined automatically. This ensures that the order of your issues is consistent across list and board layouts.
Cycle Descriptions
We are adding the ability to add short descriptions to cycles. When planning a cycle, use the description field to specify a goal or focus area of the cycle so that everyone on your team is aligned.
Fixes & Improvements
[API] OAuth apps can now provide a custom avatar URL when creating Comments or Issues with a custom user name
[API] You can now specify createdAt dates in the past when creating issues and comments
It's now possible to filter by team in inbox even when using project updates
Fixed a few places where the outline for focused elements would be truncated
Reduced the amount of "New version available" messages you're likely to see
Improved logic when duplicating an issue with sub-issues, now all children inherit a team and a project from the parent issue
Improved accuracy of search results when querying an issue number without the team identifier
Default milestones are no longer created when Roadmap feature is being toggled on
Correctly display integration logos and names in the inbox if those are responsible for sending the notification
Fixed bug where Shortcut imports could be missing stories that were not in projects
Issues snoozed from the API are now correctly hidden when the "Show snoozed" filter is disabled
Document suggestions with the same name now include the associated project name
We improved the search matches when searching for issue identifiers while mentioning an issue
Fixed a bug where using the "match any filter" option with a state filter would yield incorrect results
Fixed intercom integration showing an error for conversations without linked issues
Improved error handling when commenting on an issue
Links to issues in private teams no longer include the issue title in the URL
We now show instructions when attempting to enable desktop notifications in Brave with push service disabled
Users can now be filtered by username in more places across the app.
Unassigned Intercom conversations will now remain unassigned after they are reopened by Linear
Updated formatting for Intercom notes produced by the Linear Intercom integration
It's now possible to filter by estimate even if some teams in the view have estimations disabled
Fixed a problem when pasting content into placeholders
Fixed a bug where clicking refresh in a Figma embed would open the Figma link
Fixed a styling issue when accepting triage issues on small screens
Fixed styling issues in cycle and project badges on boards when using a larger font style
Fixed an error that caused archived issues to be selectable when referencing active issues
Fixed a bug where filters would not be correctly applied on inbox
Fixed project updates notifications not properly marked as read in the inbox
Fixed images in issue descriptions synced using Jira Link not transferring over properly
Fixed long threads of comments being cut offinwhen printing the issue page
Fixed a problem where cycle history wasn't correctly calculated when the team had estimates disabled
Fixed the styling of new issues in board views
Snooze actions now appear when typing "remind" in the command menu
Completed issues are no longer reopened if a linked GitHub PR is edited
Cycle details now have tooltips detailing the exact time when a cycle starts and ends
It's now possible to select items from the different columns on a board
Fixed copying branch name from issues with special characters in issue titles
If issue creation fails for some reason, we recover the issue so that you can try again
Fixed an issue where you weren't able to close certain modals when text inside was selected
Fixed an issue where project update reminders were sent to some orgs with the never setting
Linear issues created automatically by the Sentry integration now correctly links from Sentry to Linear
Issues imported from GitHub will no longer sometimes lose images in their descriptions
Fix a bug showing the emoji reaction button on the wrong comment when hovering one with the cursor
Improved CSV export and handling of null values
Changed minute marker in short date format from 'm' to 'min' to avoid ambiguity with 'mo' (month)
Escape key in fullscreen issue editor now unfocuses the editor
Fixed "Delete team…" option showing to users that do not have permissions to do so in contextual menu
The "Copy image" action is now correctly disabled on browsers that do not support it
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.