Impact Score: 5/10
Linear: Multi-level sub-teams
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Component: linear Β· Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-10-31.
β‘ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Linear 2026-04-09-multi-level-sub-teams. Source highlight: Structure your teams in Linear to match how your organization works.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
π» Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
π Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
βοΈ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
π View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Structure your teams in Linear to match how your organization works.
Teams can nest up to five levels deep, making it possible to represent divisions, departments, groups, squads, and more. Sub-teams inherit workflows and settings from their parents at every level, so you can maintain consistency while giving each unit flexibility in how they work.
Multi-level sub-teams are available on the Enterprise plan. Learn more in our
docs
.
Project and initiative comments
Projects and initiatives now support comments in their activity feed, giving teams a place for high-level discussion alongside updates. Conversations stay attached to the work itself, making it easier for both people and agents to follow and reference.
Use comments to:
provide lightweight feedback that doesnβt belong in an inline comment or formal update
discuss open questions and resolve threads once decisions are made
capture meeting takeaways and mention @Linear to update docs, revise descriptions, and create issues
Fixes
Agent:
You can now search past agent chats from the
Cmd/Ctrl+K
menu
API:
Fixed initiative filtering by team
API:
Fixed workflow state positions being unexpectedly reordered when resolving position collisions
Asks:
Fixed Slack Block Kit messages losing rich content during automatic Ask creation
Code Block:
Fixed syntax highlighting not appearing when a code block language was set via Markdown paste or the VS Code clipboard
Comments:
Fixed comment permalinks not scrolling to the target comment after the first click
Customer requests:
Fixed customer request notifications being sent to users who donβt have access to the private team containing the issue or project
Editor:
Fixed a performance issue when editing collaborative documents in Firefox
Editor:
Fixed mentions not being inserted when clicking the mention menu in Safari
Editor:
Fixed video and audio players no longer stealing focus when a user is typing or has a text field in focus
Editor:
Fixed pasted GitHub comments rendering as tables instead of plain text
Filters:
Fixed duplicate filter conditions being added
GitHub:
Fixed GitHub Enterprise Cloud integration settings not showing all installed organizations
GitHub:
Fixed the integration settings page linking to github.com instead of the configured enterprise instance
Issue Views:
Fixed deleting a view from the view details page navigating home instead of back to the views list
Projects:
Fixed deleting an issue from a project board navigating to My Issues instead of back to the project
Search:
Fixed search input dropping initial keystrokes when typing immediately after pressing β/β
Slack:
Fixed Slack table attachments not appearing in synced issue comments
Triage:
Fixed the Copy submenu on triage suggestions copying the parent issueβs data instead of the suggested issueβs data
Improvements
Agent:
Agent no longer asks for confirmation on routine bulk updates of up to 5 issues
API keys:
Improved scope information shown for each API key
Asks:
Added a browser prompt before leaving an unsubmitted Ask with unsaved changes
Editor:
Improved @mention hover cards so you can move your cursor into them
Focus:
Improved grouping so pull requests that close an issue appear under that issueβs project when grouped by project
GitHub:
Added support for magic words in revert pull request descriptions
OAuth:
Added a last used date to application OAuth tokens when available
Projects:
Project activity now shows when Slack channel creation fails, including the reason
MCP server
Issues:
Issues created through the MCP without a
stateId
now default to the teamβs default state, even when triage is enabled, if the user is a member of the team