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What Linear shipped in 2023

27 tracked updates · 2023

Signal breakdown — 2023

23 FEATURE UPDATE·4 INTEGRATION

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Jira Sync

Jira Sync We’ve upgraded our existing integration with Jira to support two-way syncing and added support for more fields including synced comment threads. If you work with colleagues who use Jira, or

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GitHub Issues Sync

GitHub Issues Sync We’ve heard your feedback that you would like to manage issues for open source projects in Linear. With GitHub Issues Sync, your OSS issues can now be synced bidirectionally between

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Inline comments

We’ve made several editor improvements that make it easier to collaborate on work directly in Linear. Inline comments You can now create comments on project documents. Select any text and press the co

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New Git automation: Ready for merge

New Git automation: Ready for merge You can now add issue status automations for pull requests that have passed checks and are ready to be merged. This new workflow step is available for both GitHub a

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Resolve comments

Resolve comments You can now resolve comments in threads to keep discussions focused and decisions clear. Resolve the first comment to collapse all replies. Choose specific comments to hide all replie

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Linear Asks

Introducing Linear Asks Let everyone in your Slack workspace turn their requests into Linear issues — even if they don’t have a Linear account. Found a bug? Have a question? Just create an Ask to send

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Triage responsibility

Triage responsibility You can now enable triage responsibility to define how incoming issues and requests are handled in Triage . When an issue is added to Triage, you can either notify or assign the

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Resize images

Resize images Images can now be resized in issue descriptions, documents, and comments. Hover over an image to reveal handles on either side and drag the image to the desired size. If there are multip

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Project templates

Project Templates You can now create standard templates for projects. You’ll be able to define basic details such as the project name, description, lead, project members, project status, and associate

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Mentions

Mentions We’ve made it easier to link issues, projects, and documents in Linear. Simply type @ and the name of the object that you want to link in the description or comment, just as you would mention

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Project progress reports

Progress reports for projects Project updates now include a concise overview of changes in a project since the last project update. Below the project health and written summary, you’ll see key metrics

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Similar Issues

Similar Issues We now use AI to surface existing issues in your workspace that may be duplicates or related issues. When creating a new issue, you’ll see possible duplicates appear under the issue mod

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Templates for Slack, Intercom & Zendesk

Slack templates You can now apply a template when creating an issue from Slack, so that it is easier to follow best practices and capture information for issues such as bug reports and feature request

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Slack Sync

Slack sync You can now bi-directionally sync comments, shared files, and important status changes between Slack and Linear. When you choose to sync a Slack thread with a Linear issue, any message or f

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Figma x Linear

Figma x Linear Streamline work across design and engineering with the new Linear plugin for Figma. The plugin creates a deep integration between Figma designs and Linear issues, allowing you navigate

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Burn-up charts

Burn-up charts Linear Insights now includes burn-up charts, or cumulative flow diagrams, that show how streams of work have changed over time. Unlike other Insights, burn-up charts display your histor

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AI Filters

AI Filters Today we’re releasing AI Filters. Describe the issues or projects you want to see in a few words, and the corresponding filters will be applied using AI. You can chain multiple requests tog

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Project Views

Project Views Today we’re introducing project views. Project views let you create custom views of projects according to properties such as status, project health, team, and target date range. This all

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Issue Drafts

Issue Drafts Drafts offer a way to store issues that you’re not ready to create yet. Save an issue you’re composing as a draft by using Esc or clicking the X icon and choosing Save draft when prompted

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Improved Drag & Drop

Improved Drag & Drop Easily reorganize your issue lists by dragging and dropping issues into different groups regardless of your chosen ordering method. To try this out, click and hold an issue within

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