Issue archive with restore and improved attachment handling
Linear launched a dedicated issue archive feature accessible via the sidebar, allowing teams to browse and restore archived issues with full filtering capabilities. Additionally, file attachments now have a dedicated button and keyboard shortcut, and comment styling has been improved for better readability.
Issue archive
You've always been able to archive issues with Linear. The term "archive" has been a bit misleading, as there hasn't been an easy way to browse archived issues or restore them.
This week we launched the issue archive, accessible via a new link in the sidebar. It lets you browse every single issue that you and your team have ever archived. Since your archive can become huge over time, it is not readily stored on the client, but loaded on demand, and is one of the very few places in Linear where you might see a loading screen. Even so, you can apply all the same filters that you'd use in all the other issue lists.
Archived issues can now also be brought back to life, using a dedicated "Restore" button in the issue view, or via the "Restore issue" command with #.
Better file attachments and comment styling
To make it easier to attach images, videos and other files to issue descriptions and comments, there's now a dedicated button for new attachments. In addition to upload buttons and drag & drop, it's now also possible to attach files through the Command/Ctrl+Shift+a shortcut.
As part of this update, we also improved the styling of comment sections, which should improve readability.
Other improvements and fixes:
Issue labels can now be 80 characters long, instead of the previous 20
Added warning dialogs when data changes fail to save locally due to low disk space
Empty comments can no longer be posted
Added URLs to all entities posted by webhooks
Comments notifications are no longer shown as markdown
Fixed annoyances in first user experience
Fixed several issues with submitting issue comments on Safari and iOS
Fixed some cases where it was possible to zoom in via double-tapping on mobile devices
Added more commands to the keyboard help page
We no longer hijack Command/Ctrl+f when in the keyboard help page
Improvements to opening the link editor
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.