Linear 2026-10-08-stacked-pull-requestsstable Released Oct 08, 2026
Impact Score: 5/10

Linear: Stacked pull requests

Source available โ€” automated, not human-reviewed

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

Analysis updated: 2026-10-31.

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Linear 2026-10-08-stacked-pull-requests. Source highlight: Stacked pull requests are now displayed in Linear Diffs. Move through a stack and see review, CI, and merge status at a glance. Related PRs are grouped into a single collapsible row in Reviews, alongside their issue and project context.

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.

๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.

โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.

๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Stacked pull requests are now displayed in Linear Diffs. Move through a stack and see review, CI, and merge status at a glance. Related PRs are grouped into a single collapsible row in Reviews, alongside their issue and project context. For GitHub-native stacks , you can preview every affected PR before merging the current PR and those below from Linear. Learn more in our documentation . View code changes as the agent works Diffs now update in realtime throughout a Linear coding session, including uncommitted changes from follow-up prompts. You can follow the code as it evolves, catch wrong turns earlier, and steer the agent before or after a pull request is opened. AI credit usage explorer and spend limits Admins can now see whatโ€™s driving AI credit usage and set limits to manage spend. The new usage explorer breaks down spend by team, feature, user, or loop across any time period. Compare total spend, session count, and average spend per session, then select a group in the chart or table for a closer look. You can also set spend limits at the workspace, user, or loop level to keep usage within the bounds you choose. When a limit is reached, additional AI credit usage is paused until the limit resets or an admin increases it. Billing admins and owners can access both features in Usage & Limits . Learn more about AI credits in our documentation . Guided Reviews on Basic Guides walk you through the most important changes in a pull request. Theyโ€™re now available on Basic plans. Fixes Asks: Fixed duplicate text in issue descriptions created from Slack messages Diffs: Stopped sending notifications for Codex reviews without inline code comments Diffs: Fixed review submissions failing when file review changes were still saving Diffs: Hidden running Codex review summaries and notified when reviews completed Diffs: Kept published review comments on unchanged lines current when edits shifted their position Diffs: Fixed closing search resetting the scroll position after opening a result in a collapsed file Diffs: Fixed approvals reverting during GitHub sync Diffs: Added confirmation before merging a pull request when you are not responsible for merging it Editor: Fixed document printing from intercepting macOS text navigation Editor: Fixed Backspace undo for automatically created mentions GitHub: Fixed repeated sync errors when a sub-issue was already attached to its intended GitHub parent Imports: Fixed showing permission errors during Linear imports instead of leaving team selection loading Initiatives: Fixed the new initiative form appearing below the list instead of at the top Issues: Fixed agent status badges not showing on unassigned delegated issues when the session needs attention OAuth: Reduced Cloudflare rate-limit errors caused by frequent OAuth token rotation Projects: Fixed Slack channel creation for agent-created projects with unformatted custom channel names Projects: Fixed duplicated project views resetting their display options Settings: Hid sidebar integration warnings for users who cannot update the connection Triage: Triage rules can only move issues to teams that the rule editor can access Webhooks: Fixed issue creation from Sentry alerts when payload values contain null characters Zapier: Fixed Zapier issue triggers now showing an error when the selected status belongs to a different team Improvements Coding Sessions: Improved management capabilities for environment owners Coding Sessions: Added Claude Sonnet 5.5 as a coding session model Diffs: Added previous and next controls to jump between Guide sections without marking them reviewed Diffs: Added a merge confirmation in case there are failed non-required checks Documents: Added [[ to find or create documents inline, plus a โ€œCreate new documentโ€ slash command that attaches the document to the current context GitHub: Added coding-session static IPs to Linearโ€™s published GitHub allowlist Imports: Linear-to-Linear imports now let you choose which workspace issue labels, project labels, initiative labels, templates, and project statuses to copy Imports: Linear-to-Linear imports can now include a parent team without some or all of its sub-teams Integrations: GitHub issue priority is now a synced property Integrations: Added settings to update the GitLab token and enable automatic renewal (self-rotation of tokens) IOS: Improved icon search to match multiple words across icon names, keywords, and categories Issues: Added the option to save an issue copy as a draft API OAuth: Required an explicit S256 method for PKCE authorization requests Webhooks: Added quotas limiting the number of webhooks per team (30) and per workspace (50) MCP server Customer Requests: Added list_customer_needs tool that returns the customer requests for an issue, project, or initiative, one page at a time Keyboard shortcuts Added the ability to dismiss toasts using Cmd/CtrlOptX