Checked against the source by a first reader, then confirmed independently by a second reader who fetched the source without seeing the first reader's notes (Independent review agent (Claude Sonnet), blind second pass from passage text and citation only, no repository access, 2026-10-31).
Found verbatim in the post, which is bylined Karri Saarinen on Linear's own site, dated August 26, 2026: 'the number of issues with a pull request attached by someone in an engineering, product, or design function has grown sevenfold'. It is Linear's own words.
How to cite this passage
Linear, “Linear (own site)”, Linear (own site), 2026-08-26. https://linear.app/now/sharing-growth-with-the-people-building-linear Archived at https://the-ai-record.com/passages/linear-number-issues-pull-request-attached-someone-engineering-2026