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
Article	Create Article
	Delete Article
	Read Article
	Update Article
Article Comment	Create Article Comment
	Delete Article Comment
	Read Article Comment
	Update Article Comment
Issue	Apply Commands Silently
	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
Issue Attachment	Add Attachment
	Delete Attachment
	Update Attachment
Issue Comment	Create Issue Comment
	Delete Issue Comment
	Delete Not Own and Permanent Comment Delete
	Read Issue Comment
	Update Issue Comment
	Update Not Own Issue Comment
Issue Work Item	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
Watch Folder	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