Linear: Update Issue - Label

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Availability

This workflow action is available on Business and Enterprise for Incident Management pricing plans. Contact the Sales Team to upgrade to an account with this action.

Description

Set a label on an existing issue in Linear from a PagerDuty Incident Workflow. This action enables automated issue categorization and triage, allowing teams to tag Linear issues with the appropriate label based on incident severity, type, or stage without manual intervention.

Instructions

  1. If you have not done so, follow the instructions to Create an Incident Workflow.
  2. When the instructions prompt you to add actions, select this action.
  3. Enter the following Inputs and click Save.
  4. Continue following instructions to Publish the Workflow.
  5. When the action runs, you will see the Outputs listed below.

Inputs

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Field References

Fields with the {+} icon accept Field References, which can be useful for referencing incident data or outputs created in prior workflow steps. To add Field References, click {+}, or enter {{, and select relevant fields. Refer to the Field References article for more information.

NameDescription
Issue IDThe unique identifier of the Linear issue to update. Example: ENG-123 or a UUID.
LabelThe name of the label to apply to the issue. Must match an existing label in your Linear workspace. Example: Bug, Incident, P0.
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Note

The label must already exist in your Linear workspace. Labels are case-sensitive and must match exactly as configured in Linear.

Outputs

NameDescription
Issue IDThe unique identifier of the updated Linear issue.
Issue URLA direct link to the updated issue in Linear. Use this in notifications or subsequent steps.