User with 'Manage Versions' permission cannot be selected as Release Driver (Project Admin required)

[오예찬]

Summary Users with the newly introduced Manage Versions permission cannot be selected as a "Driver" in the Release Hub. The user list currently seems to filter users based on the legacy Administer Projects permission only.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a user (e.g., User A).

2. Grant User A only the Manage Versions permission in a project (ensure they do NOT have Administer Projects permission).

3. Navigate to the Project Releases page (Release Hub).

4. Create or Edit a Version.

5. Attempt to search for User A in the "Driver" field.

Expected Behavior User A should be searchable and selectable as a Driver because they have the explicit permission to manage versions.

Actual Behavior User A is not found in the search list. The field only displays users who have the Administer Projects permission.

Questions  I believe that logically, the Manage Versions permission should allow a user to be assigned as a Driver. They are asking for clarification on the following:

1. Is this behavior (requiring Project Admin) a strict policy/intended design even after the release of the new permission?

2. Is there a roadmap or scheduled update to fix this logic? Please confirm if this is a known bug or a gap in the current feature implementation.

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @오예찬 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

I have seen other community members document the same behaviour that you are seeing.

I have not found anything in the public backlog about this issue.

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I recommend that you ask your Jira Administrators to open a support request about this behaviour and ask Atlassian Support directly if this is already a known and documented issue or if it is intended behaviour that will not be changed.

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