Default Roles
YouTrack provides a set of predefined default roles: System Admin, Project Admin, , Reporter, and Observer. For a comparison of the default permissions granted to default roles, see Permissions Comparison for Default Roles.
You cannot delete the Project Admin, or Developer roles. However, you can update the set of permissions that are assigned to these roles, change their names, and modify their descriptions.
If you want to create a custom set of permissions that are available to a group or user account, you can create new roles or edit predefined roles.
System Admin
The System Admin role is intended for use by the users who are responsible for the administration of your YouTrack instance.
This role is assigned all available permissions in YouTrack.
Project Admin
The Project Admin role is intended for use by the users who create and manages project. The Project Admin role has the same access rights as a Developer and can also manage projects settings like assignees, fields and workflows.
- Add Attachment
- Create Comment
- Create Issue
- Create Tag, Saved Search or Report
- Create User
- Create Group
- Delete Attachment
- Delete Comment
- Delete Issue
- Delete Not Own and Permanent Comment Delete
- Delete Tag or Saved Search
- Delete Group
- Edit Tag or Saved Search
- Link Issues
- Read Comment
- Read Issue
- Read Issue Private Fields
- Read Not Own Profile
- Read Project Basic
- Read Project Full
- Read Role
- Read Self
- Read Service
- Read User Basic
- Read Group
- Read Work Item
- Share Tag or Saved Search
- Update Attachment
- Update Comment
- Update Issue
- Update Issue Private Fields
- Update Not Own Comment
- Update Not Own Profile
- Update Not Own Work Item
- Update Project
- Update Self
- Update Group
- Update Watchers
- Update Work Item
- View Voters
- View Watchers
Developer
The Developer role is intended for use by the users who create and work with issues. Users with the Developer role have the same access rights as a Reporter and can also change all issue attributes. This role is assigned the following permissions by default:
- Add Attachment
- Create Comment
- Create Issue
- Create Tag, Saved Search or Report
- Delete Attachment
- Delete Comment
- Delete Issue
- Delete Tag or Saved Search
- Edit Tag or Saved Search
- Link Issues
- Read Comment
- Read Issue
- Read Issue Private Fields
- Read Project Basic
- Read Self
- Read Group
- Read Work Item
- Share Tag or Saved Search
- Update Attachment
- Update Comment
- Update Issue
- Update Issue Private Fields
- Update Self
- Update Watchers
- Update Work Item
- View Voters
- View Watchers
Reporter
The Reporter role is intended for use by the users who create issues and monitor their progress. Users with the Reporter role can create new issues and comments, view existing issues and comments, and manage their own profile. This role is assigned the following permissions by default:
- Add Attachment
- Create Comment
- Create Issue
- Delete Comment
- Link Issues
- Read Comment
- Read Issue
- Read Self
- Update Comment
- Update Self
Observer
The Observer role is designed to grant a slightly elevated level of access to registered users. When granted together with the Issue Reader role, you can let users and groups view issues and comments that don't have visibility restrictions in specific projects while also being able to access and update their own YouTrack profiles and viewing basic profile data for other users who also have access to the project. This role is assigned the following permissions by default:
- Read Self
- Read User Basic
- Update Self
Issue Reader
The Issue Reader role is intended for use by users who monitor the progress of issues. This role basically enables read-only access for issues in a project. You can, for example, grant this role to the guest account in one or more projects to let anonymous users view issues and comments that don't have any visibility restrictions in these projects. This role is assigned the following permissions by default:
- Read Project Basic
- Read Issue
- Read Comment