Changelog
New updates and improvements to Linear.
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Auto-close parent and sub-issues
Streamline your issue workflow with auto-close for parent and sub-issues. This
new automation can be enabled in two ways:
Parent auto-close
When all sub-issues <2> are marked as done? the parent issue <@> will also be
marked as complete automatically.
Sub-issue auto-close
When the parent issue <@> is marked as done? all remaining sub-issues <2> will also
be marked as complete.
These automations will work in tandem with your existing git workflow automations
and can be enabled under Settings > Team > Workflow.
Reverse sort ordering
You can now reverse the sort order of issues or projects in Linear. Open the Display
options on any view to change the ordering direction. Reverse sort order is
available for all views except those ordered manually or by status.
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September 6* 2024
Slack channel notifications for custom views
You can now receive Slack notifications for any custom issue view in Linear. Use
custom views to select any subset of your issues that you're interested in? and then
set up Slack notifications to keep your team up to date when issues are added to
the view? marked closed? or canceled.
Examples include:
High priority bugs
Issues blocking other work
Issues moved from one team to another
Learn more in the docs and configure notifications from the bell icon in the top
right of any custom view.
HIPAA compliance
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In addition to SOC2? Linear is now compliant with HIPAA. Request a BAA
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August 23* 2024
New and noteworthy
Convert milestones to projects
You can now convert milestones into projects. This will bring over the milestone
description and inherit the properties of the parent project? including initiatives and
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Auto-detection for links
We've simplified the process of linking to external resources. Just attach a URL
and we will auto-detect if it matches an existing integration like Slack or Github.
Arm build for Windows
We now offer an Arm build of Linear for Windows. Make sure youWre running the
correct architecture for the best performance – the new build is available on our
download page.
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August 8* 2024 Project dependencies
You can now create and visualize dependencies between projects. Easily identify
blockers and critical paths when planning out your work.
Add project dependencies directly from the timeline or from the project overview
page. If a blocking project ends after its dependencies are set to start? the
connecting line will turn red and receive an indicator badge.
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When you move a project around on the timeline? its dependencies will
automatically adjust to compensate.
Projects that have already started will remain in place
Hold Shift to shift the full dependency chain of projects
Hold Cmd/Ctrl to ignore constraints and just move a single project
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Persisted drafts
Drafts have a new home in Linear. You will now find any issues? comments? and
project updates that you've started writing but haven't yet published in a dedicated
drafts page? accessible from the sidebar (only when you have existing drafts).
Drafts are saved across all clients? so you can start an issue or a comment on one
device and finish it on another.
Search improvements
We redesigned search to make it much faster and easier to find results.
By default? results will include all matching issues? projects? and documents
which you can view at once or by content type
Results now show up in a split view? so that you can jump through them
without losing context
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July 25* 2024 Priority for projects
We've improved how prioritization works in Linear. You can now give projects a
priority level? ensuring the most important projects are always in focus. Project
priorities use the same scale as issues RUrgent? High? Medium? Low? or No priority).
Micro-adjust priority
Sometimes you want to indicate that a specific piece of work is more important
than another one? even if they share the same priority level. You can now do this by
micro-adjusting the priority within a list of issues or projects.
On any view ordered by priority? simply drag & drop an issue or project above other
ones to indicate it is more important. The exact position will be saved globally
across your workspace? so that anyone else looking at a view ordered by priority
will see these issues or projects in the same relative positions.
If the moved item is dragged above an issue or project with a different priority
level? it will adopt the priority level of the item right below it. By default? items
without an assigned priority level are now always sorted last. Learn more by
visiting the docs or watch Sagan from our product team walk you through how to
micro-adjust priority.
GitHub Enterprise Server
We've expanded Linear's pull request support to self-hosted GitHub Enterprise
Server. You can now install the new integration to link Linear issues with a GitHub
instance that's hosted in a custom URL. The integration doesn't require new
firewall rules and is designed to fulfill the security requirements of our most
demanding customers who decide to host GitHub themselves.
GitHub Enterprise Server will support the majority of the functionality of our
existing GitHub integration with the exception of issue syncing and commit
linking. GitHub.com and Enterprise Cloud users should use our existing GitHub
integration and the new one is only meant for Enterprise Server customers.
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June 25* 2024 Introducing Initiatives
Today? we are launching a new feature called Initiatives. With Initiatives? you can
align projects with larger? strategic product efforts and monitor their progress at
scale. Initiatives provide a canonical entry point for your company's most important
streams of work.
Initiatives are an evolution of what we set out to achieve with Roadmaps and will
directly replace them. All of your roadmap data? views? and favorites will be
replaced @`@? so that none of your workflows will be affected.
One place for your most important product work
When you navigate to Initiatives? you'll find a list of all active initiatives in your
workspace. Use initiatives to plan and manage strategic streams of work that span
multiple projects and longer timelines? such as major launches? product goals? or
company-wide objectives.
From the Active view? you'll access key details for each initiative? including status?
target date? associated teams? and owners. Additionally? you'll see a health column
with indicators that summarize project health? highlighting any efforts that may
need attention.
Health indicators show the status of projects: on track (green)? at risk (yellow)? and
off track (red). A gray indicator appears in the health column when a project within
the Initiative lacks an update. Select a health indicator to view and discuss related
project updates.
Plan strategically
During your planning process? utilize the Planned section to capture ideas and
develop strategic plans. When you're ready to advance an initiative? update its
status from Planned to Active.
Each initiative has a dedicated overview page where you can link to resources?
create related documents? and provide a detailed summary including notes?
research? and GTM ideas. At the bottom of the overview page? you can add and
view projects associated with the initiative. Navigate to the Projects tab to display
the projects in your initiative on a timeline? board? or list view. You can also create
custom project views and pin them to the top of the Initiative page.
Plan and build in a singleD purpose-built system
With the addition of Initiatives? you can now plan and track your entire product
development process in a single system? where all details of your work remain
current and consistent. Trace the impact of a single issue up to company-level
initiatives and understand the realtime progress of your plans.
June 20* 2024 A new home for your projects
We added a new Projects page that acts as a single home and entry point for all of
your projects. It is easy to access from the sidebar and by default shows you a
view of all of the projects in your workspace.
If you have a specific slice or view of your projects that everyone should be looking
at? you can create and save that view right from this page. It will be pinned to the
top of the Projects page? making it easier to share important views with others and
keep everyone aligned. You can now create and attach views to team Projects
pages? too.
Here are some examples of views you may want to attach to Projects pages:
Product pipeline` Show all projects by status on a board view
In progress` List out active projects for a single team or across multiple
teams
Launch calendar` Highlight major marketing releases on a timeline
Asks for Enterprise
We've made improvements to Linear Asks to better support different customer use
cases.
On the Enterprise plan? we support granular channel-specific controls. Enterprise
users can now also connect multiple Slack workspaces to the same Linear
workspace for both the Asks and Slack integrations. This lets you use Asks to
manage requests in your internal Slack workspace while also using Asks to triage
customer requests from a public or community Slack workspace.
On the Business plan? we added support for a streamlined offering that lets you
enable Asks for all public channels. Anyone can create an Ask by selecting a
template or reacting to a message with the ticket emoji .
⌘F for desktop app
You can now press Cmd/Ctrl F to search for text within issues? documents? and
projects.
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