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+# Flaky Tests: Linear Field Defaults and Link Existing Tickets
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+**May 19, 2026** · Flaky Tests
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+This week's update makes the Linear ticketing integration faster to configure and more flexible when you already have tickets tracking a flaky test.
+
+## New features
+
+### Field defaults for auto-created Linear tickets
+
+When you connect a Linear team in **Settings > Repositories > Ticketing Integration**, you can now set per-repository defaults that pre-populate every new ticket:
+
+- **Priority** — Urgent, High, Medium, Low, or No priority
+- **Labels** — one or more team- or workspace-level labels
+- **Estimate** — matches your team's scale (Fibonacci, T-shirt, linear, or exponential)
+- **Project** — filtered to projects accessible by the selected team
+- **Assignee** — chosen from team members
+
+Defaults are applied whenever you open the **Create Ticket** modal and can still be overridden before submitting. Switching teams clears and reloads the available options automatically.
+
+[Read the docs →](https://docs.trunk.io/flaky-tests/management/ticketing/linear-integration#field-defaults)
+
+### Link existing Linear tickets to a test
+
+If you already have a Linear ticket tracking a flaky test, you can attach it without creating a duplicate. From the Test Details page, click **Link Ticket**, paste the Linear URL or ID, and submit. The ticket's title, status, and assignee sync back from Linear.
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+You can also link tickets programmatically with the [Link a ticket to a test case API](https://docs.trunk.io/flaky-tests/reference/api-reference/link-a-ticket-to-a-test-case).
+
+[Read the docs →](https://docs.trunk.io/flaky-tests/management/ticketing/linear-integration#link-existing-tickets-to-tests)