Restrict user permissions to only see their own assigned Jira issues
Platform Notice: Cloud - This article applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.
Summary
The desired end-result is:
- In a company-managed project, users can only see Jira issues they have been assigned
- Issues that are unassigned or assigned to other users are not viewable.
Grant the Browse Projects permission to "Current assignee"
You can achieve this requirement by using the project permission scheme. You need to grant Browse Projects permission to the Current assignee.
- Go to Project → Project settings → Permissions
- Select Actions -> Edit permission
- Next to the Browse Projects permission click Update
- Select Current Assignee and click Update
- Remove all other unwanted project roles, groups, and users from the Browse Projects permission
Important caveats
When the Current Assignee is given the Browse Project Permission, all Jira users are able to view this Project from the View All Projects page. However, they can't view issues or create issues inside the project.
All the users will also be able to see the project name at the project filter on the Issue Search navigator. When trying to search issues from restricted projects, no issues will be returned in the search results.