Permissions Comparison for Default Roles
The following table provides a comparison of the permissions that are assigned by default to the default roles in YouTrack.
Use this information to determine whether you can use a default role to grant access to users or groups or need to create a new role with a custom set of permissions.
YouTrack Permissions
Entity | Permission | System Admin | Project Admin | Developer | Reporter | Observer | Issue Reader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Issue | Create Issue |  | | | | ||
Delete Issue | | | | ||||
Link Issues | | | | | |||
Override Visibility Restrictions | | | |||||
Read Issue | | | | | | ||
Read Issue Private Fields | | | | ||||
Update Issue | | | | ||||
Update Issue Private Fields | | | | ||||
Update Watchers | | | | ||||
View Voters | | | | ||||
View Watchers | | | | ||||
IssueAttachment | Add Attachment | | | | | ||
Delete Attachment | | | | ||||
Update Attachment | | | | ||||
IssueComment | Create Comment | | | | | ||
Delete Comment | | | | | |||
Delete Not Own and | | | |||||
Read Comment | | | | | | ||
Update Comment | | | | | |||
Update Not Own Comment | | | |||||
IssueWorkItem | Create Not Own Work Item | | | ||||
Create Work Item | | | | ||||
Read Work Item | | | | ||||
Update Not Own Work Item | | | |||||
Update Work Item | | | | ||||
Report | Create Report | | | | |||
Read Report | | | | | | ||
Share Report | | | | ||||
UserProfile | Read Not Own Profile | | | ||||
Update Not Own Profile | | ||||||
WatchFolder | Create Tag or Saved Search | | | | |||
Delete Tag or Saved Search | | | | ||||
Edit Tag or Saved Search | | | | ||||
Share Tag or Saved Search | | | |
Hub Permissions
Entity | Permission | System Admin | Project Admin | Developer | Reporter | Observer | Issue Reader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low-level Admin Read | | ||||||
Low-level Admin Write | | ||||||
Project | Create Project | | | ||||
Delete Project | | ||||||
Read Project Full | | | |||||
Read Project Basic | | | | | | ||
Update Project | | | |||||
Role | Create Role | | |||||
Delete Role | | ||||||
Read Role | | | |||||
Update Role | | ||||||
Service | Create Service | | |||||
Delete Service | | ||||||
Read Service | | | |||||
Update Service | | ||||||
User | Create User | | | ||||
Delete User | | ||||||
Read Self | | | | | | ||
Read User Full | | ||||||
Read User Basic | | | | | |||
Update Self | | | | | | ||
Update User | | ||||||
Group | Create Group | | | ||||
Delete Group | | | |||||
Read Group | | | | ||||
Update Group | | |