Combined Board and Issue view with grouping and triage controls
Linear has merged Board and Issue views into a single view with toggleable layouts (board/list) accessible via buttons or keyboard shortcut. Teams can now group boards by status, assignee, project, priority, or cycle, and manage triage issue visibility across all views including custom views and All issues.
Combined Board and Issue view
As part of streamlining the sidebar, we have combined the team Board and Issue views. We have removed the Board view option and now let you switch between board and list layouts in the Issue view by toggling the buttons in the top right corner. You can also switch layouts using the Cmd/Ctrl B shortcut. This works for any view that supports boards, including Active issues, Backlog, and custom views.
To make the board the default layout for a team or custom view, toggle the layout to board and then open view options and select Set as default. Anyone visiting that view in your workspace will now see the board view (and any other options you've configured).
You can now also use grouping in view options to group your board issues by status, assignee, project, priority and cycle. The default grouping for the Backlog view is by priority to help with backlog prioritization.
Triage issues in views
Triage issues are now available in project, label, user, and custom views as well as the All issues view. Previously, we excluded triage issues from these views unless you filtered for that specific workflow status. To show or hide triage issues in those views, simply open view options and toggle the button. Most of the time, you won't want to show triage issues in other views until they've been reviewed and updated, but in some cases it's good to show them so that they don't get lost in the mix.
Templates and labels for Slack
We’ve made a few large improvements to our Slack integration. If your team has a default template set, the issue creation modal will be pre-filled with that template when you create an issue using the /linear command. If there are different templates set for team members and non-members, the app will choose the template based on the issue creator’s team membership. You can now select labels for your issues along with the existing issue fields. We've also improved our search results when querying for issue fields such as assignee, labels, and team name from Slack.
Fixes & Improvements
[API] Fixed a server error when querying webhooks without a label
Fixed a problem that could cause clients to crash at startup
Team labels can now be converted to workspace labels
Fixed a bug where issue defaults could be incorrect after navigating between custom views
Issues created from the empty state on “Active issues” now default to an active status
Items in our RSS feeds are no longer duplicated
Controls for snoozed issues are now shown in full screen
Favoriting the active or upcoming cycle now dynamically links to the correct cycle
The toolbar has a new design across all views
Navigating to team settings now ensures the navigation items are visible in the sidebar
Improved the format of the Discord /linear wrap command
Fixed an issue where the offline badge would be shown when there were a large number of outstanding transactions
Submitting a subissue with ⌘ Shift Enter will now copy all properties to a new draft
Middle click/⌘click in the desktop app now opens a new window correctly
Fixes an issue where quoting identifiers in search would return more results than if you didn’t use quotes
We now correctly distinguish between MR open and MR review request in the GitLab integration and move the issue to the corresponding issue status
Using the migration assistant for Jira or Shortcut will now import comments. Additionally, you can now import comments when using the migration assistant without adding or inviting the users that made the comments
Issues created from Slack will now include message content in the message link
Project roadmap no longer renders progress graphs. To quickly see the progress, press Space to peek into project details
The Zendesk integration now supports embedding internal notes from Problem tickets
When grouping a view by project, assignee, or cycle, you can now click on the group header to open a corresponding project, user, or cycle
Added support for preserving Jira ticket numbers when importing data to a new team
Fixed a bug causing Shortcut imports to sometimes be missing issues
Fixed an issue where team priority sort order preference was not respected in custom views
Fixed an issue where the placeholder text was not removed when uploading an image into an otherwise empty issue
Project links now show a more relevant icon based on the link URL
Slightly optimized application idle CPU usage
Added a Created tab on the user page where you can find all issues created by a specific user
Fixed a problem where viewing the billing page would incorrectly update the billing email address to the email address of the current user
Added the ability to switch between cycles and custom views by holding ⌘ and clicking on the title
Archived projects are now correctly shown in search results
Added ability to save custom view options as default for every user
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.