Granting Watchers Browse Permission

Question

How do you specifically grant Watchers the Browse permission.  I don't see an option to select it in the Permission Scheme.

Thanks..

Oskar Austegard · Answer

While you can't use members of the Watcher's group (at leas not directly), you CAN use another "User custom field value" -- i.e. you can create a "User Picker (Multiple users)" Custom Field and add that to the form, then grant it permissions like e.g. the below: the Reviewers will then only have access to the tickets for which they're added as a Reviewer (unless also granted access via other memberships)

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

It's of no help here, but I think it's worth explaining why watchers are not available in permissions.  The very short story is that it's a security failure.

In many cases, people can watch what they want, so allowing "browse", or any other permissions, to a watcher explicitly means "I can go see or do whatever I feel like, including all the secured stuff".

Jira's watchers permission has some flexible stuff, but it does not allow for security problems, it goes with the simple "you can only watch what you can already see" route.  Which precludes adding watchers who can't see the issue already.

You did not explain your use-case much, but I think there are ways you can get there.  Could you explain it a bit more?  Simplest guess - could you add a multi-user picker field and include that in the permissions?

Kelly Hawke · Answer

OK...thanks.  That won't work either in my use case....but I really appreciate the confirmation that I wasn't loosing it and not seeing how to accomplish this.

I also had this question a few weeks ago and couldn't find a solution.  Now I know there isn't one.

thank you!!!