Linear 2026-07-30-coding-sessions-on-mobilstable Released Jul 30, 2026
Impact Score: 5/10

Linear: Coding sessions on mobile

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Component: linear · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.

Analysis updated: 2026-10-31.

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⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Linear 2026-07-30-coding-sessions-on-mobil. Source highlight: Your coding session doesn’t have to stop when you leave your desk. Use the Linear mobile app to review code changes, comment on specific lines, and iterate with Linear Agent.

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

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Watch video Your coding session doesn’t have to stop when you leave your desk. Use the Linear mobile app to review code changes, comment on specific lines, and iterate with Linear Agent. Open any diff and switch to the Changes tab to inspect the code. When you spot something to change, tap the relevant line to add it to your message to steer the coding session in the direction you want. We’ve also added section under My Issues → Assigned for your delegated issues. It shows the status of each coding session, and gives you a quick way back into active work. Download the Linear mobile app for iOS and Android . Guided Reviews are now generally available Guided Reviews break diffs into focused sections with explainers on what changed and why. As part of general availability, they are now generated for larger pull requests, with a bigger context window and better latency. Guided Reviews are available on Business and Enterprise plans at no additional cost. Support for GitHub teams in reviews You can now assign reviews to GitHub teams. Review requests assigned to your GitHub teams appear in a dedicated section of the Reviews inbox. Learn more in the docs . Signed commits for coding sessions Coding sessions now support signed commits. Add your SSH or GPG key in Settings to enable signing. Workspace admins can also require users to upload a signing key before using coding sessions. GitHub Copilot for Linear GitHub Copilot users can assign issues directly to Copilot’s cloud agent from Linear. Copilot uses the issue context to work in its own development environment, open draft pull requests, and update the issue as it makes progress. Choose model and agent settings, set the base and working branches, then steer ongoing work through comments in Linear. To get started, install GitHub Copilot for Linear , or read the GitHub announcement for more details. Fixes Agents: Queued agent messages now display readable text in previews instead of raw markup API: Fixed issue SLA sort to order by the displayed SLA bucket (Breached / High / Medium / Low / Achieved / Failed) instead of raw slaBreachesAt , so mobile lists no longer show repeated SLA sections Comments: Inline images no longer appear too large in iOS comments Diffs: Pull request reviews no longer unexpectedly open an inline comment draft when the revision changes Diffs: Dismissed issue suggestions no longer reappear on pull requests GitHub: Pull request events now update issue statuses when a Git automation branch pattern contains unsupported regex syntax Inbox: Fixed new project and initiative update notifications appearing as separate inbox entries for the same parent Integrations: GitHub Enterprise Server setup no longer gets stuck on “Verifying installation” after the Linear app is created Integrations: Prevented Slack Asks from responding to unmentioned thread messages after creating an Ask IOS: File, image, and video attachments in document comments now open when tapped, and attachment cards have better contrast in the comments drawer Issues: Issue boards now show an error instead of an empty state when too many issues match Reviews: Structural diffs no longer mark entire reformatted statements as changed when only part of the statement changed Reviews: Resolving a review thread that no longer exists in GitHub now shows a clear message instead of a generic error Search: Searching for a GitHub URL now finds issues that reference the pull request Slack: Fixed Slack review request notifications sometimes showing the wrong person as the requester Slack: Fixed pasting a project milestone link into Slack now previewing that milestone instead of another milestone from the same project Teams: Fixed internal custom view and dashboard links in Team Home displaying generic labels or icons Triage: “Copy as prompt” no longer moves issues out of triage Improvements Diffs: Diffs linked as Related no longer change the status of the issue Diffs: AI can now generate a Linear issue from a pull request or suggest an existing issue to link Diffs: Inline feedback can now be sent to the Linear Agent, added to a review, or posted to the diff Diffs: New agent sessions can now be started from any pull request using the Agent panel Diffs: TypeScript and JavaScript regular expressions can now be tested directly from the file where they’re introduced Diffs: Pull requests now show the number of meaningful changes, excluding tests and documentation Diffs: Improved Slack notifications for a pull request removed from the merge queue to include the reason it was removed Editor: Updated the keyboard shortcut cheat sheet to show Cmd/CtrlEnter for toggling checklist items Importers: It is now possible to import issues into a sub-team if it doesn’t inherit statuses from its parent team Issues: You can now restore an archived or deleted issue from the iOS app Loops: Improved the “Authenticated email intake” trusted source by renaming it to “Email intake” and explaining when an email is treated as trusted Loops: Added ability for Loops to send user notification Zendesk: Improved the Zendesk integration to allow connection using an agent role instead of an end-user role MCP server Added Zapier to the built-in MCP connector directory Keyboard shortcuts Editor: Toggle a checklist item with Cmd/CtrlEnter when the cursor is inside it. Hold Shift to also toggle nested items Search: Escape now clears the search input while keeping the current results, then dismisses search when the input is empty Triage: Triage keyboard shortcuts now follow the order of the actions: 1 accepts, 2 declines, 3 marks as duplicate