Linear

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For general information about Rollbar's issue tracking features, check out the Issue Tracking guide.

Rollbar integrates with Linear so you can create and track Linear issues for your Rollbar errors without leaving Rollbar.

What this integration does

When Linear is connected, you can:

• Create a new Linear issue from a Rollbar item in one step. The issue is pre-populated with the item's title and includes a link back to the Rollbar item.
• Link a Rollbar item to a Linear issue that already exists.
• See the connection from either side. Once linked, the Rollbar item links to the Linear ticket from the View ticket dropdown, and the Linear issue links back to the Rollbar item in its Resources section.

Not included in the current release

• Two-way comment sync. Comments you add on the Rollbar item do not appear on the Linear issue, and comments on the Linear issue do not appear on the Rollbar item.
• Status sync. When the linked Linear issue's status is marked as Done, the Rollbar item's status updates to Resolved, without anyone needing to open Rollbar.

Setting up the integration

1. Go to Account Settings → Linear. A Rollbar account owner connects the workspace: a user with permissions inside Linear authorizes the Rollbar app, and access can be granted for all public Linear teams or for individual teams. This connection lives at the account level, it is not a per-user OAuth session tied to the person who set it up.
2. Once the workspace is connected, enable Linear for each Rollbar project at Project Settings → Notifications → Linear. Select the Linear team for that project (required) and, optionally, a specific Linear project. You can also define the state the associated Linear ticket will move to for certain state changes.
3. Click Save to turn on the connection for that project.
4. Add rules - define rules that can define when a Linear ticket can be created and attached to an item, as well as defining rules about what happens when specific state changes take place - resolving, reopening or reactivating an item.

Using the integration

From any Rollbar item, open the ticket menu (the same menu used for GitHub Issues, Jira, and other trackers) and choose Linear to:

• Create a new Linear issue for the item.
• Link the item to an existing Linear issue.

Once linked, the ticket menu shows View instead of Create, taking you directly to the issue in Linear. [NEEDS CONFIRMATION: recovery behavior if issue creation starts but doesn't confirm — whether Rollbar lets you re-attempt or recover the link rather than creating a duplicate issue.]

Notifications to Linear

Rules can be created to automatically create or update Linear tickets when specific rules are met. From within Project Settings → Notifications → Linear you can define when a Linear ticket should automatically be created from a Rollbar item, or what happens when items are Reopened or Reactivated.

Plan availability

The Linear integration is available on all plans, for all users.