Impact Score: 5/10
Linear: Code Intelligence
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: linear · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-10-31.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Linear 2026-05-14-code-intelligence. Source highlight: Code Intelligence gives Linear Agent controlled access to your codebase, turning repositories into shared product context your whole team can use.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
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Code Intelligence gives Linear Agent controlled access to your codebase, turning repositories into shared product context your whole team can use.
With Code Intelligence, Linear Agent can reason about how your product actually works, not just what’s captured in issues, projects, and docs. Ask how a feature is implemented, why something behaves a certain way, what a change might affect, or which technical constraints should shape a plan or customer request without digging through the codebase or interrupting an engineer.
PMs can write sharper specs, Support and Sales can answer technical questions with more confidence, and Engineering can investigate bugs, regressions, and unfamiliar parts of the system faster.
To set up Code Intelligence, a workspace admin should:
Install the
GitHub integration
and enable code access
Turn on Code Intelligence in
AI Settings
From there, admins can choose which repositories to include and whether access is limited to members with existing GitHub permissions or available to the entire workspace.
Code Intelligence is now available in public beta for Business and Enterprise plans, and free to use during the beta period. See the
docs
for more details.
Fixes
Agent:
Fixed an issue where the agent chat could not be closed while an attachment modal was open
Agent:
Fixed natural-language confirmations in Slack threads being recognized while awaiting approval, even without an
@Linear
mention
Android:
Removed the non-responding Linear workspace user from mention autocomplete so only the agent variant appears
Boards:
Fixed shared multi-team board views showing different status column orders to different viewers
Comments:
Cmd/CtrlF
now expands collapsed comment threads when a hidden reply matches the search
Customer requests:
The empty-state
Add request
button on a project’s customer requests page now opens the create form
Dashboards:
Fixed double confirmation when deleting a new unnamed dashboard
Docs:
Fixed anchor links in the docs “On this page” sidebar replacing the URL hash correctly
Editor:
Fixed the overflow menu trigger on block images disappearing when the menu opened
Imports:
Fixed migrated document issue links so fallback deep links open in the destination workspace
Inbox:
Fixed a bug causing notifications for deleted issues to show up in inbox without issue details
Integrations:
Fixed Sentry installation getting stuck on “Continue in the Linear app” when started from Sentry’s directory
Issues:
Fixed the status icon hit area in issue lists so near-edge clicks change status instead of opening the issue
Projects:
Fixed project progress tooltips behaving consistently across List, Board, and Timeline
Projects:
Prevented project updates from being created with a start date after the target date
Releases:
Fixed release search by version
Releases:
Fixed release sync applying provided names to existing releases, not just newly created ones
Slack:
Fixed automation comments appearing in Slack as the Linear bot instead of “Linear (via Linear)”
Zendesk:
Fixed the Include message toggle reliably inserting the ticket message when enabled, even with a template applied
Improvements
Agent:
Linear Agent can now resolve and unresolve comment threads, including in automation flows triggered in triage
Agents:
Users can now queue follow-up messages while an agent is still working, and they’ll send when the current turn completes
Android:
Added a long-press menu for folders in Favorites with rename and remove actions
Comments:
Added a hint below the comment input on duplicate issues pointing to the canonical issue
Duplicates:
Issue popovers now show the canonical issue when hovering over a duplicate
Favorites:
Favorited teams now show the Team Details hover card
Favorites:
Added the ability to favorite a team
Issues:
Added a delegation footer to issue cards in AI chat showing the agent name and live status
Issues:
Added an animated desktop tab indicator for issues and pull request reviews when a coding agent is actively working
Notifications:
Added an option to hide sidebar notification badges
Projects:
Added a No milestone quick filter at the bottom of the milestones list in the project sidebar
Releases:
Added contextual menu actions for attaching documents and links
Settings:
Added a Manage button to the current plan card in billing settings with actions to switch plans, change billing period, or cancel
Settings:
Added a Switch plan modal in billing settings for changing plans without leaving the page
API
Projects:
Added
slackChannelId
and
microsoftTeamsChannelId
fields on
Project
to return the IDs of connected chat channels
Releases:
Added
createdAt
,
startedAt
, and
completedAt
fields to release inputs to support backdating
SCIM:
SCIM user payloads now always populate user groups
MCP server
save_project
no longer accepts issue-level label IDs, and label arrays sent as JSON strings are parsed instead of silently wiping existing labels
Added
slackChannelId
and
microsoftTeamsChannelId
fields on
Project
to return the IDs of connected chat channels
Added
initiative
and
cycle
parameters to the
save_document
tool to create or reparent documents under an initiative or cycle
Unknown tool parameters now return a validation error instead of being silently dropped
Keyboard shortcuts
Fixed
Alt+letter
shortcuts (e.g.,
Alt+R
) being treated as plain letter presses on Linux/Windows