YouTrack Server
 

Manage the Guest User Account

Last modified: 12 June 2024

YouTrack lets you use a guest account to enable access for anonymous users.

The user who installs YouTrack Server determines the initial status of the guest account when they set the Enable login as guest option during installation. This option is enabled by default. Following installation, an administrator can ban or unban the guest account just like any other user.

Even when enabled, the guest account isn't assigned any default roles. If you want to allow anonymous access to issues in YouTrack, you need to explicitly grant access rights to the guest account.

The default Issue Reader role is designed specifically to grant access to issues in YouTrack in read-only mode. This role lets users view issues and comments that do not have any visibility restrictions. It does not grant permission to edit issue attributes, post comments, or edit comments. To learn more about this role and its permissions, see Issue Reader.