Everhour adds timers, manual entries, rates, and reports around Linear issue work without changing where developers manage tasks.
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Developers need a record of time spent on Linear issues that shows more than a total for the week. A useful entry ties the hours to the exact issue, project, date, duration, billable status, and a short note. That structure gives managers and finance enough context to review engineering work without asking developers to reconstruct their day from memory.
This page supports teams that want time captured against Linear work while issues remain the operating surface for planning, assignees, status, and delivery. The practical outcome is a set of time records that follow the issue that produced them, so the same work can support delivery review, project cost reporting, and client billing.
A timer fits active development work because the developer starts it on the issue, stops it when the task changes, and leaves a record attached to that issue. Timer entries are strongest for debugging, implementation, review, and other work that shifts during the day. They reduce forgotten time and make issue-level totals easier to trust.
Manual entry fits completed work that was missed in the moment, such as a 45-minute code review or a support investigation logged later the same day. The entry still needs the same fields: issue, project, date, duration, billable flag, and note. Mixing timer and manual entries is fine when the team reviews both types consistently.
Linear estimates describe effort or complexity, with scales such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, and T-shirt sizing. Those estimate values support planning metrics, cycle progress, and project predictions. They are not a record of clock time, cost, or billable hours. A 3-point issue and 3 hours of work answer different questions.
Developers should treat estimates as planning input and tracked time as execution evidence. An unestimated issue can still need recorded hours, and a highly estimated issue can take less time than expected. The common mistake is using issue points as a substitute for time records, then trying to price project work or explain client invoices from planning data.
A free one-off tool is enough when one developer needs to record a few issue entries for a status update or a quick invoice note. It works when the team does not need approvals, locked periods, repeatable billing rules, or a shared record across developers. The limit appears when time affects payroll review, client charges, or project margin.
Everhour turns Linear issue entries into a managed workflow with approvals, locked time, reporting, and billing handoff. Cost and billable rates stay separate, with per-person defaults, per-project overrides, dated rate history, and project, member, or task-based pricing. That matters when developer hours need to become cost, revenue, and profit reports.
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Developers should use a timer when work starts from a specific Linear issue and the task is active. Manual entry should cover work logged after completion, such as a missed review or investigation. Both entry types need the issue, project, date, duration, billable flag, and note so the record stays useful in review.
Linear estimate points should stay separate from developer hours. Estimate values describe effort or complexity for planning, while tracked time records clock time spent on the issue. Replacing hours with points creates weak billing records because a planning estimate does not show the actual duration, date, worker, or billable context.
A useful note names the work performed, such as implementation, bug diagnosis, code review, test update, or release support. The note should be short, but it must give enough context for a manager or client reviewer to understand why the time belongs on that issue. Vague notes like "work" weaken the record.
Issue-level logging gives cleaner records because the time stays attached to the task that produced it. Project-level totals still matter for budgets and reporting, but individual issue entries explain the work behind those totals. Use project-only entries only for work that spans the project and has no clear issue.
The fastest way to distort a developer time report is logging broad daily blocks without issue context. A single "8 hours development" entry hides which issues consumed time, which work was billable, and which project carried the cost. Smaller issue-linked entries create a better audit trail for review and billing.
Everhour separates internal cost rates from client-facing billable rates, with per-person defaults and per-project overrides. Teams can price billable Linear issue work by project, member, or task, and dated rate changes keep older reports tied to the rate that applied when the work happened.
Everhour supports timesheet approval, rejected or partially approved submissions, and locked approved time. Managers can review submitted developer hours before billing or payroll review, then protect accepted entries from later changes by regular members.
Track approved developer hours against Linear issues, keep rates tied to the right project or person, and let Everhour turn issue-level work into cleaner billing and margin reporting.
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