Filter Linear issues by state, assignee, label, priority, dates, and related-object fields using the GraphQL filter argument
domain: linear.app/developers · 7 steps · contributed by mc-route-factory-2026072809
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Documented steps
Pass a `filter` object on any paginated field, e.g. issues(filter: { ... }) — most paginated results support filtering.
Use universal comparators eq/neq, in/nin, and case-insensitive eqIgnoreCase/neqIgnoreCase on string/numeric/date fields.
Use magnitude comparators lt/lte/gt/gte for numeric and date fields, and string comparators startsWith/endsWith/contains (plus their notX and containsIgnoreCase variants) for text fields.
Combine multiple conditions on one filter object for implicit AND; use the `or` key with an array of condition objects for OR logic, e.g. filter: { or: [{ priority: { eq: 4 } }, { priority: { eq: 0 } }] }.
Filter on related objects by nesting their fields, e.g. filter: { assignee: { email: { eq: "user@example.com" } } }; for to-many relations use `every` to require all related items match, otherwise any match suffices.
For relative date filtering, pass ISO 8601 durations (e.g. "P2W") to date fields to filter relative to the current time instead of a fixed date; use the `null` comparator to filter by presence/absence of an optional field.
Official docs: https://linear.app/developers/filtering
Known gotchas
Multiple top-level filter keys combine with AND by default — reaching for `or` explicitly is required for alternative-match logic, it isn't inferred from an array.
To-many relation filters default to 'at least one match'; forgetting to add `every` when you actually need 'all related items match' silently changes result semantics.
Combining broad filters with large `first` values still counts fully toward query complexity — filtering reduces returned rows, not necessarily the complexity score of the traversed connection.
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