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 | Create Issue |  |  |  |  | |
| Delete Issue |  |  |  | | |
| Link Issues |  |  |  |  | |
| 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
Permanent Comment Delete |  |  | | | |
| Read Comment |  |  |  |  |  |
| Update Comment |  |  |  |  | |
| Update Not Own Comment |  |  | | | |
| IssueWorkItem | Read Work Item |  |  |  | | |
| Update Not Own Work Item |  |  | | | |
| Update Work Item |  |  |  | | |
| UserProfile | Read Not Own Profile |  |  | | | |
| Update Not Own Profile |  |  | | | |
| WatchFolder | Create Tag, Saved Search or Report |  |  |  | | |
| 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 |
|---|
| Low-level Administration |  | | | | |
| Low-level Read Administration |  | | | | |
| Authentication Module | Create Auth Module |  | | | | |
| Delete Auth Module |  | | | | |
| Read Auth Module |  | | | | |
| Update Auth Module |  | | | | |
| Project | Create Project |  | | | | |
| Delete Project |  | | | | |
| Read Project |  |  |  | | |
| Update Project |  |  | | | |
| Project Role | Add Role in Project |  |  | | | |
| Remove Role in 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 |  |  | | | |
| Update Self |  |  |  |  |  |
| Update User |  | | | | |
| User Group | Create User Group |  |  | | | |
| Delete User Group |  |  | | | |
| Read User Group |  |  |  | | |
| Update User Group |  |  | | | |
Last modified: 2 February 2017