Linear now allows customization of Git branch name formats through GitHub integration settings, and introduces several issue estimation enhancements including configurable counting of unestimated issues, zero-point estimates, and extended estimate scales. Multiple UI and reliability improvements have also been made.
Branch naming
A lot of Linear users have GitHub integration enabled and use our Copy git branch name action (Command/Ctrl+Shift+.) to copy the git branch name when starting to work on an issue. We've now added the ability to change the format of the branch name that will be copied. To change it, go to your Github integration settings.
Issue estimation improvements
We made several highly requested improvements to issue estimation. Each of the following new settings can be found under your team settings.
Counting unestimated issues
You can now choose how unestimated issues are counted towards estimate totals. Counting every unestimated issue as 1 point towards the estimate totals makes the most sense for most teams, and this remains the default.
Allow zero estimates
Previously, your issues were either not estimated at all, or you had a positive estimate value. If you want to distinguish between unestimated issues, but still allow issues to not count towards the total estimate for a cycle or project, you can now enable zero point estimates.
Extended estimate scale
All of our estimate scales have 5 values by design. Larger estimates usually mean that there is a lot of uncertainty about the complexity of an issue and breaking the issue up into smaller pieces is usually the best approach. However, if you want, you can now extend the scale and add two more values to the estimates.
Other improvements and fixes
Comments to issues in reminder emails now include embedded images and are formatted in HTML
Sync resumes faster when waking your computer from sleep
Contextual menus now show keyboard shortcuts
Exact timestamps are now accessible in Issue history by hovering over the entry time
Fixes to scroll bars on Firefox
Issues in label views are now sorted correctly
The issue page is no longer closed when hitting Esc when viewing a fullscreen video
Reliability improvements to our infrastructure
Parse and validation errors are now correctly reported in our GraphQL API
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.