Cannot see users in assignee or reporter fields in Jira

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Summary

The Assignee, Reporter, or other user picker fields don't show users in the drop-down.

Attempting to manually assign a user results in an error: "Assignee: Failed to set field"

Grant Browse Users and Groups global permission

The affected user must have Browse users and groups global permission in order to find users in any user picker field drop-down.

  1. Go to the gear  Settings > System > Global Permissions
  2. Ensure that the necessary groups are granted to the Browse users and groups global permission

Last modified on Feb 20, 2025

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