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diff --git a/pearl.el b/pearl.el
index d2423ae..caa60e9 100644
--- a/pearl.el
+++ b/pearl.el
@@ -4006,6 +4006,11 @@ no side effects."
       ;; so the buffer always opens unfolded down to the issue headings.
       (insert (format "#+STARTUP: show%dlevels\n" (if groups 3 2)))
       (insert (format "#+TODO: %s\n" (pearl--derive-todo-line states)))
+      ;; Pin the priority range to Linear's five-point scale (A=Urgent .. D=Low;
+      ;; no cookie = None).  Bounds org cookie cycling (C-c , / S-up) to A-D
+      ;; per-file, so Low (D) is reachable even when the user's global
+      ;; `org-priority-lowest' stops at C.  Highest A, lowest D, default D.
+      (insert "#+PRIORITIES: A D D\n")
       ;; Source-tracking metadata: the serialized source drives refresh; the
       ;; rest is human-readable provenance.
       (when account