linear: map issue priority onto taskwarrior priority

bugwarrior/services/linear.py

@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ class LinearIssue(Issue):
 
     UNIQUE_KEY = (URL,)
 
+    # Linear exposes issue priority as an integer:
+    #   0 = No priority, 1 = Urgent, 2 = High, 3 = Medium, 4 = Low.
+    PRIORITY_MAP = {1: "H", 2: "H", 3: "M", 4: "L"}
+
     def to_taskwarrior(self):
         description = self.record.get("description")
         created = self.parse_date(self.record.get("createdAt"))
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ def get(v, k, default=None):
                 ).lower()
                 or None
             ),
-            "priority": self.config.default_priority,
+            "priority": self.get_priority(),
             "entry": created,
             "annotations": get(self.extra, "annotations", []),
             "tags": self.get_tags(),
@@ -178,6 +182,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                     name
                   }
                   identifier
+                  priority
                   team {
                     name
                   }

tests/test_linear.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
                         "name": "Done"
                     },
                     "identifier": "DUS-5",
+                    "priority": 4,
                     "team": {
                         "name": "Dustin's Doings"
                     }
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
                         "name": "Todo"
                     },
                     "identifier": "DUS-1",
+                    "priority": 1,
                     "team": {
                         "name": "Dustin's Doings"
                     }
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ def test_to_taskwarrior(self):
         closed_timestamp = datetime(2025, 7, 26, 17, 3, 4, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         expected_output = {
             "project": "prj",
-            "priority": "M",
+            "priority": "L",
             "entry": created_timestamp,
             "annotations": [],
             "tags": [],
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ def test_to_taskwarrior(self):
         updated_timestamp = datetime(2025, 7, 24, 17, 8, 33, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         expected_output = {
             "project": None,
-            "priority": "M",
+            "priority": "H",
             "entry": created_timestamp,
             "annotations": [],
             "tags": ["Improvement", "Feature"],
@@ -212,12 +214,41 @@ def test_issues(self):
             "linearteam": "Dustin's Doings",
             "linearupdated": updated_timestamp,
             "linearurl": "https://linear.app/dustins-doings/issue/DUS-5/do-stuff",
-            "priority": "M",
+            "priority": "L",
             "project": 'prj',
             "tags": [],
         }
         self.assertEqual(TaskConstructor(issue).get_taskwarrior_record(), expected)
 
+    def test_priority_mapping(self):
+        # Linear priority integers must map onto taskwarrior's H/M/L buckets,
+        # with "No priority" (0) and a missing field both falling back to the
+        # service-wide default.
+        cases = [
+            (0, "M"),  # No priority -> default_priority (M)
+            (1, "H"),  # Urgent
+            (2, "H"),  # High
+            (3, "M"),  # Medium
+            (4, "L"),  # Low
+        ]
+        for linear_priority, expected in cases:
+            with self.subTest(linear_priority=linear_priority):
+                record = {
+                    **RESPONSE["data"]["issues"]["nodes"][0],
+                    "priority": linear_priority,
+                }
+                issue = self.service.get_issue_for_record(record, {})
+                self.assertEqual(issue.to_taskwarrior()["priority"], expected)
+
+        # A record without a priority key at all should also fall back.
+        record = {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in RESPONSE["data"]["issues"]["nodes"][0].items()
+            if k != "priority"
+        }
+        issue = self.service.get_issue_for_record(record, {})
+        self.assertEqual(issue.to_taskwarrior()["priority"], "M")
+
     @responses.activate
     def test_issues_paginates(self):
         """Drains every page when Linear signals ``hasNextPage``."""