What's missing
linear-release can set a release's name, version and stage, but not its description. The field exists on the release object and is writable through Linear's regular GraphQL API, it's just not reachable from CI/CD
There isn't a workaround
The CLI talks to api.linear.app/graphql through access-key-scoped operations (syncReleaseByAccessKey, releaseCompleteByAccessKey, releaseUpdateByPipelineByAccessKey, recentReleasesByAccessKey, visible in the CLI binary). Those accept name, version and stage, but not it seems to not acceppt description as well.
Our use case
We ship a Flutter app to Android and iOS at once (most of the time). We keep the release name as the version alone (1.1.2) so it reads cleanly in the release list, and we want the metadata that varies per cut in the description:
- which platforms are in the cut (
Android + iOS, or a single platform)
- whether it's a Shorebird code-push patch and which patch number
What's missing
linear-releasecan set a release'sname,versionandstage, but not itsdescription. The field exists on the release object and is writable through Linear's regular GraphQL API, it's just not reachable from CI/CDThere isn't a workaround
The CLI talks to
api.linear.app/graphqlthrough access-key-scoped operations (syncReleaseByAccessKey,releaseCompleteByAccessKey,releaseUpdateByPipelineByAccessKey,recentReleasesByAccessKey, visible in the CLI binary). Those acceptname,versionandstage, but not it seems to not accepptdescriptionas well.Our use case
We ship a Flutter app to Android and iOS at once (most of the time). We keep the release
nameas the version alone (1.1.2) so it reads cleanly in the release list, and we want the metadata that varies per cut in thedescription:Android + iOS, or a single platform)