--- collection: productivity-apps collection_name: Productivity & Collaboration week_start: 2026-08-31 title: Attention triage and a security hardening round for collaboration tools release_count: 11 generated: 2026-09-07 canonical: https://releases.sh/collections/productivity-apps/digest/2026-08-31 --- # Attention triage and a security hardening round for collaboration tools Linear's new Priority inbox tackles notification overload while Slack's Bolt JS framework closes a denial-of-service hole, and both Notion and Figma push their agent and generative plugin platforms forward. ### Taming the notification firehose The most consequential change for day-to-day users this week comes from [Linear's Priority inbox](/release/rel_9Wnoj0DUBz3WleDFfXAy6-linear-adds-priority-inbox-to-separate-urgent-notifications). Rather than treating every notification as equally urgent, the new Priority tab uses heuristics to surface only what needs immediate attention — a review blocking a release, say — while letting lower-stakes updates accumulate in the regular feed. You can customize what lands in Priority by selecting notification sources or building a filter, so teams that live in Linear can tune the signal without losing the safety net of the full inbox. It's a small interaction change with outsized impact for anyone who's felt the daily ping-pong of "is this urgent or can it wait?" Linear also slipped in draft projects powered by its agent, mobile document editing, rich previews in diffs, and third-party app approvals on paid plans. That's a lot of surface area for a single week, suggesting the company is steadily rounding out both the collaboration and governance sides of its platform. ### Closing the door on large-body attacks The most important security story belongs to [Slack's Bolt JS framework v5.1.0](/release/rel_VAcKt7rz98Rgom5ZKngcC-v5-1-0). The release enforces a configurable `bodyLimit` on `HTTPReceiver` and `ExpressReceiver`, rejecting oversized requests with an HTTP 413 *before* signature verification. Previously, both receivers buffered the entire incoming body into memory pre-auth, meaning a flood of large invalid requests could exhaust memory and crash a publicly exposed app. This is exactly the kind of fix that doesn't make a changelog exciting but absolutely should make you update. The Slack Python SDK also shipped a quieter [3.44.1](/release/rel_Bw9enuyFzcXN9S8pgPhBb-v3-44-1) that stops Socket Mode connections from retrying forever after a close. Meanwhile, Slack's desktop and mobile clients got routine polish: the [26.09.10](/release/rel_jNg-XQQzhW7UxfHmFI5cI-slack-26-09-10) build fixes forwarded emails masquerading as unrelated apps in channels, and the [desktop 4.52.155](/release/rel_rbcqm__-59GJNk31NTE73-slack-for-desktop-4-52-155) release is a self-described quiet week of behind-the-scenes prep. ### Agents and generative plugins grow up Notion and Figma both advanced their AI-adjacent platforms. The [Notion SDK for JS v5.26.0](/release/rel_oJUiLUBAYhi54g2FwNRBL-notion-sdk-for-js-v5-26-0-adds-agent-and-session-apis) is the headline: it adds a full `client.agents` surface for retrieving, querying, deleting, and batching agents, plus `client.sessions` methods for managing sessions and streaming responses as an async iterable. The streaming design is thoughtful — it retries eligible HTTP failures before opening but never replays events once streaming has begun, and typed session events make consuming those streams far less guesswork. The [v5.5.0 release](/release/rel_khXbes3rgjTZb8cmcrBdc-notion-sdk-js-v5-5-0-dependency-and-tooling-update) is tooling-only by comparison, though the version jump signals the SDK is moving fast. Across the aisle, [Figma expanded its generative plugins](/release/rel_AWCrUD5IlOmEKpInr9HIh-figma-expands-generative-plugins-with-animations-publishing-and-code-access) with animations and interactions, publishing capabilities, and access to the underlying code. That last piece matters: being able to see and tweak the code a generated plugin produces turns it from a black box into a starting point. Figma also shipped [opacity controls at scale in the variables modal](/release/rel_oLUMAMK8WGHuq7FAGYlK7-figma-lets-you-control-opacity-at-scale-in-variables-modal), a small but welcome quality-of-life win for design system maintainers who no longer have to detach a color to adjust its transparency. The week's remaining releases — [Figma 26.33.0](/release/rel_r-R4uDunYUqXPa4cQdAFt-figma-26-33-0-bug-fixes-and-improvements) and [Notion 1.7.333](/release/rel_-3BaPoIARxiyIVJAGTn0p-notion-1-7-333-bug-fixes-and-performance-improvements) — are pure bug-fix passes, notable mainly for how quiet they are compared to everything else shipping around them. ### The takeaway This week's through-line is control: Linear giving users control over their attention, Slack giving developers control over their attack surface, and Notion/Figma giving developers more control over their agent and plugin outputs. That's a healthy direction for the productivity stack — less noise, more safety, and more ownership over the tools we build on. ## Releases covered ### Figma - [Figma expands generative plugins with animations, publishing, and code access](https://releases.sh/release/rel_AWCrUD5IlOmEKpInr9HIh-generative-plugins-gain-animations-and-publishing) - [Figma lets you control opacity at scale in variables modal](https://releases.sh/release/rel_oLUMAMK8WGHuq7FAGYlK7-opacity-control-at-scale-in-variables-modal) - [Figma 26.33.0 bug fixes and improvements](https://releases.sh/release/rel_r-R4uDunYUqXPa4cQdAFt-figma-26-33-0-bug-fixes-and-improvements) ### Linear - [Linear adds Priority inbox to separate urgent notifications](https://releases.sh/release/rel_9Wnoj0DUBz3WleDFfXAy6-priority-tab-separates-urgent-notifications-drafts-via-linear-agent) ### Notion - [Notion SDK for JS v5.26.0 adds agent and session APIs](https://releases.sh/release/rel_oJUiLUBAYhi54g2FwNRBL-agent-and-session-apis-ship-typed-session-events) - [Notion SDK (JS) v5.5.0 dependency and tooling update](https://releases.sh/release/rel_khXbes3rgjTZb8cmcrBdc-notion-sdk-js-v5-5-0-dependency-and-tooling-update) - [Notion 1.7.333 bug fixes and performance improvements](https://releases.sh/release/rel_-3BaPoIARxiyIVJAGTn0p-notion-1-7-333-bug-fixes-and-performance-improvements) ### Slack - [v5.1.0](https://releases.sh/release/rel_VAcKt7rz98Rgom5ZKngcC-v5-1-0) - [v3.44.1](https://releases.sh/release/rel_Bw9enuyFzcXN9S8pgPhBb-v3-44-1) - [Slack 26.09.10](https://releases.sh/release/rel_jNg-XQQzhW7UxfHmFI5cI-slack-26-09-10) - [Slack for Desktop 4.52.155](https://releases.sh/release/rel_rbcqm__-59GJNk31NTE73-slack-for-desktop-4-52-155)