Everhour adds timers, manual entries, and project billing controls to Linear work so issue hours become usable records.
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One click and you're timing. Start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Everhour.
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Attach time entries to the Linear issue that produced the work so hours become a separate operational record. A useful record stays attached to the issue, then carries into project reporting, timesheets, billing review, and budget checks without rebuilding the week from memory.
The practical goal is a clean set of work-hour records by Linear workspace, project, issue, status, tag, and time period. That structure supports client billing, project review, budget checks, and payroll review without forcing the team to reconstruct time from comments, commits, or calendar blocks after the fact.
A running timer fits focused issue work because it captures duration while the work happens. Start it on the issue, stop it when the work stops, and add a comment when the entry needs context. The comment should explain the work performed, not repeat the issue title.
Manual entry fits cleanup, meetings tied to an issue, or work recorded after the task is done. The same review discipline applies: keep the entry tied to the correct Linear issue and project, use the right date and duration, and let the project billing status determine whether the time belongs in billable totals.
A good Linear time record does more than count hours. It preserves the link between the issue and the work so totals stay explainable by project, status, tag, and person in reports. That structure matters when a bug spans several days or when client-facing work sits next to internal planning.
The common mistake is treating an estimate as a time entry. Linear estimates describe expected effort in the planning record; a work-hour entry records time actually spent. Keep those values separate so progress discussions, billing totals, and team workload reports do not blur planned effort with recorded hours.
A one-off time entry works for a freelancer, a small batch of issues, or a quick project review. It gives you hours tied to the issue without building a larger process. That is enough when no one needs approvals, locked periods, budget alerts, or a repeatable billing handoff.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when several people log time across Linear projects and those records drive invoices, payroll review, or budget decisions. Everhour can use project-level billing status, task-level non-billable controls, member-rate exceptions, reports, approvals, and locked time to turn issue activity into reviewed records.
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Review the Linear issue, project, date, duration, and comment when the work needs explanation. Billability should come from the project billing status, with task-level non-billable settings and member-rate exceptions applied where they fit the billing arrangement.
A timer fits focused work that starts and stops cleanly. Manual entry works better for brief corrections, meetings, research blocks, or work captured after the fact. The review rule stays the same: keep the entry attached to the correct Linear issue and project.
Estimates describe expected effort for planning. Logged hours record time actually spent. Combining them creates bad project reports because a planned value starts to look like worked time. Keep estimates for forecasting and use time entries for billing, payroll review, and actual workload analysis.
Project billing status determines whether time rolls into billable totals. Task-level non-billable controls can exclude specific work inside a billable project, and member-rate exceptions can change how a person's time is priced for that project.
Comments are useful when the entry is manual, unusually long, split across multiple work types, or likely to be reviewed by a client or manager. A clear comment names the work performed, such as implementation, QA, investigation, or review, rather than repeating the issue title.
Everhour supports billable and non-billable time through project billing status, task-level non-billable controls, custom task rates, member-rate exceptions, and admin reports. That lets Linear issue work stay traceable while billing totals exclude internal or non-client work.
Everhour supports timesheet approvals and locked periods, so managers can review submitted time before billing or payroll use it. After approval or after the configured lock period, regular members cannot change protected entries without the review flow reopening them.
Track approved Linear issue time with Everhour, separate billable from non-billable work through project rules, and carry clean records into reporting, budgets, and client billing.
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