What Linear shipped in 2026

Rebuilding Linear’s delta sync read path

Linear replaced its Postgres-based delta sync read path with turbopuffer’s inverted indexes to handle large-scale sync actions efficiently. The new system filters sync actions by user permissions and …

Team initiatives – Changelog

Linear introduced team-led initiatives for clearer ownership of product strategy, including private-team visibility for confidential work. Enterprise customers can now manage MCP access via Okta SAML,…

How we built Linear Agent

Linear introduced Linear Agent, an AI assistant designed to handle unanticipated tasks by defining flexible boundaries rather than rigid scripts. The agent’s system prompt sets communication style, ha…

Copilot cloud agent for Linear is now generally available

GitHub announced the general availability of its Copilot cloud agent for Linear, enabling users to assign Linear issues to an autonomous background agent. The agent can be configured per issue or work…

Never lose an issue, project, or cycle

SimpleBackups introduced a new integration with Linear that enables automated, verifiable backups of entire Linear workspaces to cloud storage providers like S3, Azure Blob, and Dropbox. The integrati…

Introducing Loops

Linear introduced Loops, a new feature enabling recurring agent workflows for teams within Linear Agent. Loops automate repetitive product operations like bug triage, follow-up work generation, and do…

Boom Supersonic builds as fast as it flies

Initiative properties – Changelog

Linear introduced new initiative properties to help teams manage high-level goals and organize projects, with grouping/filtering capabilities available on Enterprise plans. The update also includes En…

Collaborate across teams and tools

Linear announced new integrations with Slack, Notion, Discord, Glean, and Attio, enabling users to create issues from Slack messages, preview Linear content in Notion, sync customer requests from Atti…

Preview and embed design files, videos, and more

Linear introduced six new integrations for its platform, enabling users to embed design files, videos, and manage issues directly from Figma, Descript, YouTube, Miro, Loom, and Tella. These integratio…

Keep your work secure and compliant

Linear introduced six new integrations for security and compliance workflows, including Fencer, SecureSlate, Vanta, Kawach AI, Drata, and Orca Security. These tools allow users to automate compliance …

Agent assisted project updates – Changelog

Linear introduced agent-assisted project updates that draft summaries from issue changes and Slack messages, rebuilt desktop tabs for smoother navigation, and added private sub-teams with configurable…

Teaching an agent to auto-fix bugs

Linear Agent now auto-fixes certain bugs in Linear’s workspace, including dead feature flags and failing background tasks, via Datadog-integrated monitors. The agent handles well-scoped tasks like fla…

Coding sessions in Linear

Linear expanded its Linear Agent to write code via Claude Code and Codex, enabling teams to triage, plan, review, and ship directly in Linear. Coding sessions run in the cloud, return diffs for review…

Now Linear writes the code, too

Linear introduced coding sessions, automated triage, and Diffs to enable Linear Agent to execute coding tasks directly within Linear. The agent can now delegate issues, investigate codebases, propose …

Reviewing code in the agent era

Linear introduced Diffs, a new PR review tool inside Linear, to address a 50% surge in code volume since early 2026 driven by AI agents. Diffs groups changes into narrative chunks, integrates with not…

Linear expands GitHub integration with Enterprise Server support and two-way issue sync

Linear enhanced its GitHub integration to support GitHub Enterprise Server, enabling PR linking and status automation without firewall changes. The update also introduces two-way issue sync between Li…

Linear adds reusable 'skills' to its AI agent for workflow automation

Linear introduced a new 'skills' feature for its Linear Agent, allowing users to save and reuse successful AI-driven workflows as private or team-shared skills. These skills can be invoked via slash c…

Improving how teams work together at Lightricks

Lightricks, an AI visual content company with 6.6M subscribers, moved from Jira and Monday to Linear to address cross-team collaboration challenges as it scaled to 500 employees across three countries…

Team documents

Linear introduced three new features: dedicated team pages for organizing shared docs and references, shared skills for Linear Agent to standardize team workflows, and anchored comments on issue descr…