Search rebuilt with phrase matching, boolean operators, and improved results
Linear rebuilt search from the ground up with refined UI, improved accuracy for special characters, support for phrase matching and boolean operators, and expanded results to include comments, documents, and projects alongside issues.
Search
We've spent the last couple of months rebuilding search from the ground up. The UI has been refined. We've improved how we display results as well as the accuracy, for instance for words split with / or _. You can now reliably use "phrase matching", -negative keywords AND boolean operators in your search queries.
Not only that, but results will show comments, documents, and projects as well as issues.
Emoji Icons
We've learned that some of our customers are heavy emoji users so we've added the ability to set emojis as icons for teams, projects, and custom views. You can even upload custom emoji, individually or by importing emoji from Slack (find this option in workspace settings) to give your Linear a more personal touch.
Feature pages
Still need to convince your team to finally make the switch over to Linear? We just added a brand-new set of Product Pages to our website with an extensive list of all of Linear's features and product specifications. Already convinced your team to make the switch? You might discover new features you haven't used yet (or just enjoy some of the little design details we sprinkled on top of the page ✨).
Fixes & improvements
The Zapier integration has been updated to support paginated fetching of users, labels
New application icon for Windows client
Added a new tabs section on the Views page to simplify browsing long lists
Fixed a bug where the issue create modal would stay open after an issue had been created
Fixed a data discrepancy problem with teams that have large number of issues
Fix the keyboard shortcut for assigning projects in the issue create modal
Fixed a crash that could happen during startup
Fixed some bugs in search term highlighting that would mix up words
We now display the full due date in lists and boards
The Create more toggle while creating issues will now retain the previously applied template, if any
API: Fixes an error when attempting to load teams for a user without any team memberships
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.