Giving ability to be @ mentioned in a project's issues without letting them see all issues

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I'm trying to figure out how to allow all users in our jira system to be able to be referenced with @ mention option for a given project, but not allow them to see all issues in the project when browsing the project.

I have added the allusers group to the browse projects, which does allow all users to be mentioned, which is great. But, it also allows them to see all issues in read only mode, which I don't want. I though about using issue security but then if they can't see the issue they can't be mentioned in it.

Is there any combination of project permissions and issue security that will allow all users to be 'mentionable' without actually being able to see issue until they are mentioned in it?

Thanks,

Jay

Brant Schroeder

By default Jira does not provide a way to do this.  You can however use this free plugin - Jira Watcher Field.   It adds a new field type that you can use in permission schemes, Issue Security Schemes etc. It will make it possible to grant various access to watchers on specific tickets.

You will need to do the following:

1. Create a new custom field based on the new field type added by the plugin. Name the field 'watchers'.
2. Add this field to your edit and view screen. This will make it possible to add users that have no other permission to the issue in Jira. 
3. In the plugin configuration you can tell Jira to accept watchers with no permissions.
4. Add your custom field to the issue security scheme or project scheme.
5. Test configuration. 

IMPORTANT - You need to add users to your custom field rather than to the built-in watcher field for this to work.  The plugin will synchronize the fields for you.