Everhour adds timers and manual entries to Linear issues so teams record work where tasks already live.
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This page is for teams that manage work in Linear and need hours captured against the issues that produced them. A usable record identifies the Linear issue, project, date, duration, billable status, and a short note when the entry needs context. That structure keeps time tied to the work item instead of leaving it in a separate spreadsheet or memory-based weekly total.
A practical Linear time workflow lets a person start a timer while working on an issue or enter time manually after the work is done. Timer entries fit focused work blocks. Manual entries fit meetings, offline work, or cleanup after a missed timer. The record still needs the same fields, because the review happens later and depends on the issue-level trail.
Linear issue estimates describe effort or complexity, not logged clock time. Its estimate scales include Exponential 1/2/4/8/16, Fibonacci 1/2/3/5/8, Linear 1/2/3/4/5, and T-shirt XS/S/M/L/XL, with optional extended values. Linear analytics use effort as the estimate value, so an 8-point issue is not automatically an 8-hour issue.
This distinction matters when teams compare planned work with actual time. Linear cycle graphs track scope, target, started, and completed issues, while cycle capacity uses velocity from the previous three completed cycles. A time-clock workflow adds the missing hour record beside the issue, so project review can compare estimates, reported time, and completed work without treating points as payroll or billing hours.
A timer works best when the person starts work on one issue and stops when that work block ends. It creates a cleaner record for focused engineering, QA, design, or support tasks because the duration comes from the session. The common mistake is leaving a timer running across lunch, meetings, or unrelated work, then pushing one inflated entry into the issue.
Manual entry works best when the person already knows the completed block, such as 45 minutes reviewing a pull request or 1.5 hours triaging a production issue. The entry should still carry the issue, project, date, duration, billable flag, and note. A vague end-of-week entry like "8 hours development" loses the issue connection and forces managers to rebuild context during approval.
A one-off time clock is enough when one person needs a quick issue-level record for a small project, a short client engagement, or a weekly summary. It stops being enough when multiple people log time, managers approve periods, or finance needs consistent billable and non-billable totals tied to projects and issues.
A managed Everhour workflow keeps Linear issues connected to timers, manual entries, timesheets, reports, and billing context. Teams can review submitted time, lock approved periods, and hand records to billing or payroll with fewer late corrections. That matters once issue hours become part of client invoices, budget checks, or team capacity review.
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A review-ready entry should include the Linear issue, project, person, date, duration, billable status, and a clear note when the work needs explanation. The note does not need a full status report. It should explain the work block well enough for a manager, client reviewer, or finance person to understand why the time belongs on that issue.
Linear estimates should stay separate from clock time. Linear's estimate values describe effort or complexity and feed cycle and project analytics. Logged hours measure time actually spent. A team can compare both fields, but payroll, billing, and cost reports need recorded time entries rather than estimate points.
A running timer is better for focused work blocks on a specific issue. Manual entry is better for work recorded after the fact, including meetings, offline work, or missed timers. The stronger workflow allows both, then reviews entries for the same required fields so manual time does not become vague weekly guesswork.
The biggest cleanup problem is logging a large weekly total without issue-level detail. That entry hides which Linear issue consumed the time, whether the work was billable, and whether the duration belongs to one task or several. Managers then have to ask for corrections before approving the week or preparing an invoice.
Teams should review time by person, issue, project, date range, and billable status. That view catches missing days, unusually long entries, and work assigned to the wrong issue. The review should happen before billing, payroll, or project reporting uses the hours, because late edits change totals that someone may already have approved.
Everhour connects through the browser extension, syncs active Linear projects and issues from selected workspaces, and places timer, manual logging, estimate, reported-time, and timesheet controls inside Linear. Reports can use Linear workspace, project, issue, status, and tag data, so tracked hours keep the same work context.
Everhour supports timesheet approval and locked periods, so submitted and approved time can stay protected from regular member edits. Managers can approve, reject, or partially approve entries before the hours move into billing, payroll review, or reporting.
Connect Linear issues to Everhour timers, approvals, and reports so tracked hours become a durable record for billing, payroll review, and project management.
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