Linear experienced a minor incident on May 18, 2026 affecting EU Region – Linear application and US Region – Linear application, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- monitoring May 18, 2026, 09:43 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring From approximately 21:15 to 21:20 UTC, customers using cycles may have seen errors in Linear. This was caused by unintended side effects from an internal migration related to ongoing performance and technical-debt improvements. Our team identified the issue quickly, rolled back the change and service has recovered. We're continuing to monitor stability. Affected components US Region – Linear application (Degraded performance) EU Region – Linear application (Degraded performance)
- resolved May 18, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC
Status: Resolved As noted, an internal migration related to ongoing performance and tech-debt improvements caused errors affecting customers using cycles. Our team identified and reverted the issue quickly, and service has now fully recovered. We appreciate your patience as we worked to resolve things! Affected components US Region – Linear application (Operational) EU Region – Linear application (Operational)