Board view redesign, filter improvements, and new preferences
Linear now offers a refreshed board view with manual drag-and-drop ordering, enhanced filtering capabilities including free text search and team-based filter persistence, and new personal preferences for default views and auto-assignment. The release includes performance improvements and various bug fixes.
Boards
Linear now has better support for boards, with a refreshed design. Unlike lists, which are more information-dense and ordered by priority, boards offer manual ordering via mouse drag&drop.
Similar to lists, boards are grouped by the teams' workflow states and can be filtered using our new filters. You can now also perform keyboard shortcut actions hovering over the card of an issue.
Both active cycle and project pages can now be viewed in board view mode. Just toggle the view from the top right corner, or switch with Command/Ctrl+b shortcut. To view all your issues in board view mode, select Board option from the team sidebar.
Filter improvements
After adding new filters last week we shipped several improvements to them:
Filters can now be applied using free text search on any field of an issue. For example, press f to open filter menu and type done to filter by this status
Assignee and created by filters now supports me as a shortcut for the current user
The current user is now shown as the first option for filtering and changing assignee in the action menu
Filters for the same type are now visually grouped
New filter options to filter by no cycle, no project and unassigned
New preferences
The preferences page now features a new look with more information about individual preference options.
Three new personal preferences were added:
Default home view - You can now configure what view Linear should open by default
Auto-assign to self - Issues you create are automatically assigned to yourself
On git branch copy, move the issue to in progress - If you're like us and use git branch copy action (Command/Ctrl+Shift+.) when starting work on an issue, toggle on this small automation
Other improvements and fixes
Added new action: Duplicate as new issue…Command/Ctrl+Shift+c
Improved the action menu's performance and responsiveness
Cycle and project links in issue details have been updated to work both as open and change actions
Filters are now team-based, so you can keep different filters open for each team
Several small improvements to the projects list
Projects can now be removed via the action menu
URLs for uploaded images are now cleaner and the filename is used in Slack notifications
Canceling new issue composition or issue editing now returns you to the last view you had open before opening edit mode
Fixed Esc behavior when opening an issue through a link
Fixed a bug where archiving an issue sent unrelated Slack notifications
Fixed a bug which lead to high idle CPU usage
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.