All registered users in YouTrack have their own profile.
Your profile is where you store information about yourself and manage your personal preferences.
To access your profile, click the avatar in the header and select the Profile link.
The Profile page contains four tabs that let you customize your YouTrack experience.
The General tab displays the attributes that are stored in your user account and your YouTrack preferences.
YouTrack user accounts are managed in the JetBrains Hub service.
This service handles login requests and allows access to features based on the permissions that are granted to each user account.
The Hub service can either be built into YouTrack or managed externally.
The first item that you see on your YouTrack profile page is a link to your Hub Profile.
This link opens your user profile page in Hub, where you can update your profile and contact data.
For more information, see Hub Profile.
The following attributes are displayed on the General tab of your profile page.
Attribute
Description
Login
Displays the username or email address that you use to log in to YouTrack.
Full Name
Displays your full name.
This name is shown everywhere your account activity is displayed in YouTrack.
Jabber
Displays the account that is used to send you notifications over Jabber.
This attribute is only displayed when you have entered a Jabber account in your Hub profile.
If Jabber notifications are disabled for your YouTrack server, a message is displayed on the page.
To test the connection, click the Send test Jabber message link.
Email
Displays the address that is used to send you notifications by email.
This attribute is only displayed when you have entered an email address in your Hub profile.
If email notifications are disabled for your YouTrack server, a message is displayed on the page.
To test the connection, click the Send test email link.
The General tab also displays the settings that let you manage your preferences in YouTrack.
Setting
Description
Allow other users to see my online status
When enabled, your online status is shown next to your comments in the Comments tab.
While you are online, your status is represented by a green dot next to your full name.
When you log out of YouTrack, the status indicator is dimmed.
This helps other users see when you are logged in to YouTrack and can discuss an issue in the comments thread.
When disabled, the status indicator is always dimmed.
Exception stack traces are expanded by default
Determines whether stack traces that are added to the description of an issue are expanded or collapsed.
Never suggest applying commands silently to a batch of issues
When enabled, the dialog that suggests adding comments silently to multiple issues is suppressed.
This option is only supported when you have permission to apply commands silently in the project.
Show fields pane on the left
When enabled, the sidebar that displays custom fields in the full page view is displayed to the left of the issue details.
Suggest setting saved searches as a context
When enabled, the prompt to set a search query as a context when you select a saved search is suppressed.
You can also disable the prompt by clicking the Never suggest link when the prompt is displayed in the issues list.
Filters and Notifications
This tab provides settings that let you manage your notification preferences.
The administrator if your YouTrack instance enables email and Jabber notification at the global level.
If a notification channel is disabled at the global level, you do not receive notifications, regardless of the personal settings in your user profile.
For more information, see Notifications.
Setting
Description
Enable Jabber notifications
Activates notification over Jabber for your user account.
Notifications are sent to the Jabber account that is saved in your Hub profile.
This option is only supported when Jabber notifications are enabled at the global level for your YouTrack service.
Enable email notifications
Activates notification by email for your user account.
Notifications are sent to the email address that is saved in your Hub profile.
This option is only supported when email notifications are enabled at the global level for your YouTrack service.
Receive notification on my own changes
Enable to receive notification any time you apply a change to any issue.
Receive notification when my issue is noticed by the project team
Enable to receive notification any time a member of the project team views the expanded issue in the issues list or opens it in full screen mode.
Receive notifications on @mention in a comment
Enable to receive notification any time you are mentioned by username in a comment.
Receive notifications on changes in duplicate cluster
Enable to receive notification any time updates are applied to an issue that is part of a duplicate cluster that contains an issue you are watching.
Auto-watch issues on vote
Enable to be added to the list of watchers when you vote for an issue.
Auto-watch issues on comment
Enable to be added to the list of watchers when you add a comment to an issue.
Auto-watch issues on update
Enable to be added to the list of watchers when you update an issue.
This tab also includes settings that let you subscribe to updates for issues with specific tags or properties that match a saved search.
These settings let you select the conditions that trigger notifications. The following options are available for tags:
Setting
Description
on issue updated
Enable to receive notification when an issue with this tag is updated.
on issue resolved
Enable to receive notification when an issue with this tag is resolved.
on comment posted
Enable to receive notification when a user adds a comment to an issue with this tag.
on issue voted
Enable to receive notification when a user votes for an issue with this tag.
on issue tagged
Enable to receive notification when a user adds this tag to an issue.
on issue untagged
Enable to receive notification when a user removes this tag from an issue.
The visibility of these controls is based on the access permissions that are available to your account and the tags that are stored in YouTrack.
If there aren't any tags in YouTrack, these controls are not displayed.
For more information about these settings, see Watch Issues with a Specific Tag.
The following settings are available for saved searches:
Setting
Description
on issue updated
Enable to receive notification when a user updates an issue that matches the saved search criteria.
on issue resolved
Enable to receive notification when an issue that matches the saved search criteria is resolved.
on comment posted
Enable to receive notification when a user adds a comment to an issue that matches the saved search criteria.
on issue voted
Enable to receive notification when a user votes for an issue that matches the saved search criteria.
on issue created
Enable to receive notification when a user creates an issue that matches the saved search criteria.
This tab provides settings that let you manage your personal timezone and date format preferences.
Setting
Description
Time Zone
Determines which time zone is used to present date values in YouTrack.
Click the Try guessing link to automatically detect your time zone.
Date Field Format
Determines which date format is used to enter and display date values that are stored in custom fields.
TeamCity Integration
This tab provides settings that let you manage notifications that are sent when a build in TeamCity is processed by YouTrack.
These options are only supported when your YouTrack service has an active integration with TeamCity.
Setting
Description
Receive notifications when issue is updated by TeamCity integration
Enable to receive notifications when a change is applied to an issue with a command that is entered in a comment in a VCS commit.
Receive notifications on failed TeamCity commands
Enable to receive notifications when a command that is entered in a comment in a VCS commit fails to update an issue.
