diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 511ca246f..e909142a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -2594,6 +2594,7 @@
     "loadFailed": "Could not load artifacts."
   },
   "tools": {
+    "linearWriteReconnect": "If you connected Linear before it could write, disconnect it and connect it again to turn on writes. Each write asks for your approval first.",
     "granted": "Granted",
     "beta": "beta",
     "adminOnce": "An admin installs this once",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json
index ae5d3ff64..2f61ff121 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json
@@ -2597,6 +2597,7 @@
     "loadFailed": "无法加载产物。"
   },
   "tools": {
+    "linearWriteReconnect": "如果你是在支持写入之前连接的 Linear，需要先断开再重新连接，才能写入。每次写入都需要你批准。",
     "granted": "已授权",
     "beta": "测试版",
     "adminOnce": "需管理员安装一次",
diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/__tests__/ConnectorsPage.tools.test.tsx b/frontend/src/v2/__tests__/ConnectorsPage.tools.test.tsx
index d5fb519d7..089f6c79a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/v2/__tests__/ConnectorsPage.tools.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/__tests__/ConnectorsPage.tools.test.tsx
@@ -1393,3 +1393,49 @@ describe('Connectors page: tools', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('Linear write reconnect note', () => {
+  afterEach(async () => { await act(async () => { await i18n.changeLanguage('en'); }); });
+
+  it.each(['en', 'zh-CN'])('a connected Linear drawer says older connections must reconnect to write, in %s', async (language) => {
+    await i18nReady;
+    await act(async () => { await i18n.changeLanguage(language); });
+    mockTools({ entries: [githubEntry, linearEntry], grants: [grantLinear] });
+    renderPage();
+    const drawer = await openTool('Linear');
+    const note = within(drawer).getByRole('note');
+    expect(note).toHaveTextContent(language === 'en' ? 'disconnect it and connect it again to turn on writes' : '先断开再重新连接');
+    expect(note).toHaveTextContent(language === 'en' ? 'Each write asks for your approval first' : '每次写入都需要你批准');
+  });
+
+  it('a connected Linear with no grant shows it once in the popover, before Add', async () => {
+    mockTools({ entries: [githubEntry, linearEntry], grants: [] });
+    renderPage();
+    const pop = await openToolPopover('Linear');
+    expect(within(pop).getAllByRole('note')).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(within(pop).getByRole('note')).toHaveTextContent('disconnect it and connect it again to turn on writes');
+  });
+
+  it('a Linear drawer with only an ended grant shows it once, in the offer', async () => {
+    const ended = { ...grantLinear, revokedAt: iso(-600000), revokedBy: 'u1' };
+    mockTools({ entries: [githubEntry, linearEntry], grants: [ended] });
+    renderPage();
+    const drawer = await openTool('Linear');
+    expect(within(drawer).getAllByRole('note')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it('no other drawer carries it', async () => {
+    mockTools({ entries: [githubEntry, linearEntry], grants: [grantLive] });
+    renderPage();
+    const drawer = await openTool('GitHub');
+    expect(within(drawer).queryByRole('note')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('another connected hosted connector does not carry it', async () => {
+    const atlassian = { ...linearEntry, installableId: 'atlassian', entryId: 'atlassian', label: 'Atlassian', connections: [{ connectionId: 'conn-atl', owner: '', repo: '' }] };
+    mockTools({ entries: [atlassian], grants: [] });
+    renderPage();
+    const pop = await openToolPopover('Atlassian');
+    expect(within(pop).queryByRole('note')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/connectors/ConnectorsPage.tsx b/frontend/src/v2/connectors/ConnectorsPage.tsx
index b00075a32..ca7f79f66 100644
--- a/frontend/src/v2/connectors/ConnectorsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/connectors/ConnectorsPage.tsx
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ const ConnectorsPage: React.FC = () => {
     const deadGrants = entryGrants.filter((grant) => isDead(grant, m.now));
     return (
       <ConnectorDrawer notices={noticeBlock} type={toolEntry.installableId} title={toolEntry.label} onClose={closeTools}>
+        {/* Ungranted, the offer below carries the note through renderEntryNote. */}
+        {toolGranted(toolEntry) && tp.renderLinearWriteNote(toolEntry)}
         {!toolGranted(toolEntry) && (
           <div className="v2-cx-drawer__offer">
             <p>{catalogDescription(i18n, toolEntry.installableId, toolEntry.description)}</p>
diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/connectors/ToolPanels.tsx b/frontend/src/v2/connectors/ToolPanels.tsx
index b3bbb6aec..e7d55c1c8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/v2/connectors/ToolPanels.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/connectors/ToolPanels.tsx
@@ -331,6 +331,15 @@ export const useToolPanels = (m: ToolConnectorsModel) => {
     );
   };
 
+  // A Linear connection made before write access lacks the write scope, so the
+  // server refuses to grant it write mode until it is connected again. The page
+  // cannot see a connection's scope, so the note is conditional and always shown.
+  const renderLinearWriteNote = (entry: ToolCatalogEntry) => (
+    entry.connectionType === 'hosted-mcp' && entry.entryId === 'linear' && entry.connections.length > 0
+      ? <p className="v2-cx-note" role="note">{t('tools.linearWriteReconnect')}</p>
+      : null
+  );
+
   // The one line under an entry's name that says what is left to do before it
   // works: connect your own account, ask an admin, or the modes it grants.
   const renderEntryNote = (entry: ToolCatalogEntry) => {
@@ -347,6 +356,7 @@ export const useToolPanels = (m: ToolConnectorsModel) => {
               : entryModeCopy(entry)}
           </p>
         )}
+        {renderLinearWriteNote(entry)}
         {canConnectHosted && entry.connectNotice && <p className="v2-cx-note">{entry.connectNotice}</p>}
         {isHosted && entry.available && entry.accessPage && <p className="v2-cx-note">{renderAccessLink(entry)}</p>}
         {renderManualRevokeNotice(entry)}
@@ -612,5 +622,5 @@ export const useToolPanels = (m: ToolConnectorsModel) => {
     );
   };
 
-  return { renderManualRevokeNotice, renderDisconnect, renderHiddenConnection, renderRow, renderAccessLink, renderEntryActions, renderEntryNote, renderGithubAppSetup, renderDraft, renderAside };
+  return { renderManualRevokeNotice, renderLinearWriteNote, renderDisconnect, renderHiddenConnection, renderRow, renderAccessLink, renderEntryActions, renderEntryNote, renderGithubAppSetup, renderDraft, renderAside };
 };