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🟠 Linear's love affair with Slack hit a rough patch thanks to some upstream provider deciding to self-destruct. Asks, agents, and workflows are now moving at geological timescales across both US and EU. They're 'monitoring' which is corporate for 'frantically checking logs.'. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)

⏰ May 14, 2026 Fixed (for now) spotted via status_rss

// The official story

Degraded Slack integration performance

// Status page says

Status: Identified We’re investigating an incident affecting Linear Asks, Slack, and Slack agent functionality due to an upstream provider issue. Some Slack-related workflows may be delayed or unavailable. We're monitoring the situation and will share updates as soon as possible. Affected components US Region – Linear application (Degraded performance) EU Region – Linear application (Degraded performance) <

πŸ”— Official status page (for the PR-approved version)

https://linearstatus.com//incidents/01KRKFGCA5G2CWMRC2MR00T2ZV

Linear's Greatest Hits

🟒 LINEAR Sep 27, 2026
🟑 Linear's European infrastructure decided to ghost its entire region. The app is fully down while engineers perform archaeological digs through the logs. Thoughts and prayers to anyone's sprint planning today. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
🟒 LINEAR Aug 13, 2026
🟑 Linear's Codex stopped accepting new sessions because OpenAI's infrastructure decided to take an unscheduled sabbatical. Apparently 'investigating' is tech-speak for 'we're reading the error logs for the first time.'. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
🟒 LINEAR Jul 16, 2026
🟑 Linear decided to explore the concept of 'eventual consistency' by making some US customers wait indefinitely. The app's now in that special state between 'working' and 'performance art installation.'. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
🟒 LINEAR Jun 30, 2026
🟑 Linear's having an existential crisis about regional routingβ€”some India users can't load the app while EU infrastructure takes a nap. Integrations and API equally uncooperative. Engineering team is investigating what appears to be a coordinated refusal to work. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)