Linear: Team initiatives

Initiatives are Linear’s way to manage product strategy and high-level planning across projects. Strategy may start at the company level, but teams carry it forward. You can now assign a team to lead an initiative, making it clear who is responsible for driving the work and how it contributes to the broader direction. For work that requires tighter access, initiatives led by private teams are only visible to team members. This creates a secure place for confidential planning, regulated projects, audits, and other restricted work. Learn more about initiatives in the docs . Enterprise-managed authorization for MCP Linear’s MCP now supports managing employee access through your existing Okta-managed identity. When employees connect from a supported Anthropic agent, Linear verifies their identity through Okta and applies their existing Linear permissions. Admins can manage access centrally, without requiring employees to sign in or authorize Linear individually. Available to Enterprise workspaces with Okta SAML configured. Learn more in the docs . Fixes Agent: Fixed agent sometimes not showing a progress indicator Agent: Fixed Linear Agent sometimes claiming a Slack thread synced when it did not Comments: Prevented document comment threads from shifting away from their referenced text when content changes size Cycles: Fixed new cycle names with quarter or half-year labels not incrementing correctly Cycles: Fixed fast issue creation while viewing completed cycles Diffs: Fixed code review discussions crashing when a file path is missing Diffs: Fixed comment links not opening the associated thread Diffs: Fixed authored pull requests appearing in “To review” after commenting Diffs: Fixed closing an already-closed GitHub pull request failing to remove it from review lists Diffs: Fixed stale PR Guides not refreshing after a pull request update Editor: Added support for comments on Mermaid diagrams GitHub: Fixed closing an abandoned draft pull request changing the status of an issue already marked Done or Canceled GitLab: Fixed merge requests from deleted users failing to process Integrations: Fixed disconnecting a personal Notion account opening Notion instead of removing the connection Integrations: Renaming an OAuth application now updates the name shown in the activity of issues it creates Issues: Fixed imported recurring issues missing their recurring-series link in issue history Issues: Fixed drag-and-drop for sub-issues in views sorted by status, title, or due date Issues: Fixed “Copy as” prompt copying a parent issue instead of the selected sub-issue Notifications: Fixed duplicate notifications for GitHub review requests Notifications: Fixed members being unable to disable Slack alerts for shared custom views Projects: Fixed blocking and blocked-by relationships appearing in the wrong direction in project activity Projects: Fixed project and initiative update reminders being sent when an update was already posted on the previous business day Search: Improved exact user name matches in search results Triage: Added GitHub usernames to GitHub-sourced issues in triage Improvements Agent: Linear Agent can now update releases Billing: Added the ability to remove a previously set tax ID Coding sessions: Added GPT-5.6 Luna as a model option Cycles: Added an explanation of cycle success to the tooltip Diffs: Added a branch-status widget showing whether a branch is up to date, behind, or has conflicts Diffs: Grouped agent and bot review comments under Agents & Bots Diffs: Made structural diff highlighting the default Diffs: Showed merge-queue time on pull request hover Editor: Added support for mentioning pull requests from the editor mention picker Editor: Pressing Enter at the end of an issue or document title now starts a new line at the top of the content below it Git: Updated relates to and related to magic words to mark pull requests as related rather than contributing Importer: Added an option to skip workspace-level labels and templates during Linear-to-Linear imports Integrations: Improved the channel connection labels across Slack and Microsoft Teams menus IOS: We now indicate progress while importing photo library attachments for comments Loops: Made the Disabled badge interactive so loops can be re-enabled directly Projects: Added project milestone agent widgets on iOS API Added subscribers field on Document Added a subscription for user settings updates Keyboard shortcuts Teams: Fixed CtrlShift1–9 shortcuts for opening team home pages