Default 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 Work Item

• Create Not Own Work Item

• Create Tag or Saved Search

• Create Project

• 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 Report

• Read Work Item

• Read Issue Private Fields

• Read Project Basic

• Read Project Full

• Read Role

• Read Self

• Read Service

• Read User Basic

• Read Group

• Read Work Item

• Share Report

• Share Tag or Saved Search

• Update Attachment

• Update Comment

• Update Issue

• Update Issue Private Fields

• Update Not Own Comment

• 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 Report

• Create Tag or Saved Search

• Create Work Item

• Delete Attachment

• Delete Comment

• Delete Issue

• Delete Tag or Saved Search

• Edit Tag or Saved Search

• Link Issues

• Read Comment

• Read Issue

• Read Report

• Read Issue Private Fields

• Read Project Basic

• Read Self

• Read Group

• Read Work Item

• Share Report

• 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 Project Basic

• Read Report

• 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

• Read Report