Add or removing watchers automatically after a workflow step/during transition

Question

We want to add or remove watchers automatically during a workflow transition, per person or all persons belonging to a group. Any ideas how to do that?

JIRA version is up to date.

Thx

Simon

Simon Hönscheid · Answer

I have found this one, but it does not work:

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager

def componentManager = ComponentManager.getInstance()
def watcherManager = componentManager.getWatcherManager()
def userManager = componentManager.getUserUtil()

def watchUsers = {usernames ->
   usernames.each {
         def user = userManager.getUser(it)
         watcherManager.startWatching(user, issue.getGenericValue())
      }
}

def users = ["comma", "separated", "usernames"]
   watchUsers(users)

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

You'll need some code to do that.

As usual, I'd reach for the script runner plugin and writing a post-function script...