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Rootly’s Linear integration connects your incident workflow to Linear. When an incident is declared, a Linear issue is automatically created. As the incident progresses, the issue stays in sync. When resolved, the Linear issue moves to Done. Follow-up action items become Linear sub-issues under the parent incident issue, keeping post-incident work organized in one place.

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What You Can Do

Incidents → Linear Issues

Automatically create a Linear issue when an incident is declared, with title, description, severity, and assignee populated from incident data

Action Items → Sub-Issues

Every follow-up action item created during an incident becomes a Linear sub-issue under the parent incident issue

Status Sync

When an incident resolves in Rootly, the linked Linear issue automatically moves to Done

On-Call → Triage

Connect Rootly on-call schedules to Linear’s Triage Responsibility so new issues auto-assign to whoever is on call

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How It Works

1

Incident declared

An incident is created in Rootly, either manually or via an alert from PagerDuty, Datadog, or another source.
2

Workflow runs

Your configured workflow fires and creates a Linear issue in the specified team and project, with fields populated from incident data.
3

Issue linked

The Linear issue URL is automatically attached to the incident in Rootly. Teams can navigate between both systems.
4

Updates flow

As the incident progresses, action items become sub-issues. When the incident resolves, the Linear issue status updates automatically.

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Workflow Actions

ActionTriggerWhat It Does
Create Linear IssueIncident createdCreates a new issue in your specified Linear team with incident details
Update Linear IssueIncident updated or resolvedChanges the status, assignee, or other fields on the linked issue
Create Linear Sub-IssueAction item createdCreates a sub-issue under the parent incident issue for follow-up tracking

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Next Steps

Installation

Connect your Linear workspace to Rootly via OAuth

Workflows

Configure when and how Linear issues are created and updated