Impact Score: 5/10
Linear: Priority inbox
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Analysis updated: 2026-10-31.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Linear 2026-09-03-priority-inbox. Source highlight: An active workspace can create a significant amount of notifications each day, and until now your inbox treated them all the same. The new
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)
An active workspace can create a significant amount of notifications each day, and until now your inbox treated them all the same. The new
Priority
tab separates what needs your attention from what can wait, so something like a review blocking a release never gets buried.
Linear selects what appears in Priority by default, with the option to customize it by choosing notification sources or creating a filter. You can also continue using the inbox just as you do today.
To get started, open the inbox display options or read the
docs
.
Draft projects with Linear Agent
The new project composer lets you develop ideas with Linear Agent before creating a live project. Inside the composer, Linear can pull in relevant context from your workspace and connected tools to sharpen the brief and build out a plan.
Drafts save automatically as you work, so you can return to the draft without losing progress.
Select
Create with Agent
in the project creation page to get started.
Document editing on mobile
Document creation and editing are now available in Linear’s
iOS
and
Android
apps. Start a doc while the context is fresh, update a plan as it changes, or fix a detail before it sends someone in the wrong direction, without waiting until you’re back at your desk.
Rich previews in diffs
Images, fonts, Markdown, and PDFs now render directly inside Linear diffs. Reviewers can see the output alongside the code and understand what changed without leaving the pull request.
Symlinks are also now supported, shown as file-based changes.
Third-party app approvals
As more apps and agents connect to your workspace, admins need control over which ones can access company data. Third-party app approvals are now available on paid Linear plans, allowing admins to review and approve apps before they’re installed.
Learn more in the
docs.
Fixes
Agents:
Fixed triage suggestions now showing the team name instead of the key
Agents:
Fixed an issue where Linear Agent was sometimes not linking a PR to the issue it was generated from
Asks:
Fixed large inbound emails blocking workflow processing during quote detection
Desktop:
Fixed an issue where opening documents in the desktop app navigated to their parent
Diffs:
Reduced request spikes when opening very large pull requests
Diffs:
Fixed changed lines sometimes missing from pull requests
Diffs:
Fixed incremental PR Guide updates sometimes dropping unchanged sections
IOS:
@-mentions now respect the full name display preference in comments and issue descriptions
Linear Agent:
Fixed agent panel “use as context” button’s tooltip incorrectly formatting entity names like pull request
Notifications:
Fixed bulk notification actions to show both read-state options when the selection contains read and unread notifications
Projects:
Fixed the scroll position indicator jumping back to an earlier section while scrolling down a project overview
Slack:
Fixed issue creation failing after updating fields in the Slack issue form
Slack:
Fixed synced Slack replies being deleted when an issue is archived
Teams:
Fixed team settings rejecting an unchanged team identifier that became reserved after it was initially claimed by the team
Triage:
Fixed cases where future shifts did not appear in triage responsibility when using an external schedule
Improvements
Accessibility:
Improved accessibility of view display controls
Asks:
Allowed reordering templates on Asks Web pages
Command Menu:
Improved command menu to now use fuzzy search
Desktop:
Added native creation commands, including documents, and made
Cmd/CtrlN
choose what to create from the current view
Diffs:
Added compact activity updates for running and completed Codex reviews
Favorites:
You can now add a loop to
Favorites
Favorites:
You can now right-click a favorites folder to copy the URLs of all items
Favorites:
You can now drag items to add them to favorites
Filters:
Added a “No labels” filter option
Filters:
Added “My teams” filter value that matches the teams the current user belongs to
Labels:
Removed the ability for labels to contain emojis
Linear Agent:
Files dropped anywhere over an Agent chat now attach to the message composer
Loops:
Notified loop owners when one of their loops is deleted or disabled by someone else
Loops:
Added support for running scheduled Loops every hour or at custom hourly intervals
Settings:
Added an option to start SLA timing when an issue is created instead of when it is escalated
Settings:
Added CSV exports to workspace teams, team members, API keys, and usage history tables
Settings:
Added support for adding multiple workspace members to one or more teams at once
Settings:
Added support for selecting workspace members and changing roles, suspending, or activating them in bulk
Slack:
Accents in Slack always use the color defined for the associated issue status
Teams:
Added bulk member selection, team owner promotion, demotion, and removal to team member settings
Workspaces:
Standardized search, filter, and display controls across workspace-level Teams, Members, Loops, and Releases views
Keyboard shortcuts
Fixed
ShiftCmd/CtrlO
opening sub-issue creation instead of the pull request preview
Added
O
then
G
to open linked pull requests and synced GitHub issues from issue views
API
Added the
startMode
field and
SLAStartMode
enum to SLA configuration responses
Added outbound IP addresses published at https://linear.app/.well-known/appspecific/app.linear.ips.json