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Connect Userback with Linear (2-Way Sync)

How to connect a Userback site to Linear so feedback becomes Linear issues, with comments and status changes synced both ways.

Written by Jon

When you connect Linear, feedback from your site becomes an issue in the Linear team and project you choose, with its annotated screenshot or recording and technical details attached. With 2-way Smart Sync, comments and status changes on either side update the other.

Before you start

  • You need a Linear account with access to the team you want issues created in.

  • If you want issues filed under a specific project, create it in Linear first.

Connect Linear

  1. Go to Feedback > Settings > Integrations.
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  2. On the Linear card, click Connect.
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  3. Sign in to Linear and approve access.
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  4. Choose the Linear Team and Project, and a Default assignee if you want one.
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  5. Choose when feedback is sent: Manually, Automatically, or Automatically and Resolve in Userback. For the automatic options, pick which feedback types to include.
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  6. Choose which statuses and comments to sync between Userback and Linear.
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  7. Click Test. A test issue appears in the team and project you chose. Check it, then delete it.

Send feedback to Linear manually

If you chose Manually, open a feedback item (or its notification in your Inbox), click Send to Linear, confirm the destination, and click Send.

What syncs between Userback and Linear

Once a feedback item has been sent to Linear:

  • Comments added on either side appear on the other.

  • Status changes on either side update the other, for the statuses you chose to sync.

Troubleshooting

How do I change my Linear settings?

Go to Feedback > Settings > Integrations, open Linear, and update the team, project, send mode or sync options.

How do I reconnect or remove Linear?

Go to Workspace Settings > Connected Apps. From there you can reconnect, rename or delete the Linear connection. Reconnecting fixes every site that uses it.

Issues aren't being created

Check Workspace Settings > Integration Log, filtered by Linear, for the error Linear returned. The most common causes are an expired connection (reconnect it) or a team or project that's been renamed or archived in Linear (choose it again in settings).

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