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@mentions on comments make the mentioned user a watcher

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      NOTE: This suggestion is for JIRA Cloud. Using JIRA Server? See the corresponding suggestion.

      Users would like to have the option to automatically add a @mentioned user as a watcher of the issue/page.
      This could be a enable/disable option on the configurations of a project, for example.

       

      Workaround

      See this comment.

      Or this Community Article:  

            [ID-8118] @mentions on comments make the mentioned user a watcher

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            *NOTE:* This suggestion is for {*}JIRA Cloud{*}. Using {*}JIRA Server{*}? [See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-31869].
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            Users would like to have the option to automatically add a @mentioned user as a watcher of the issue/page.
            This could be a enable/disable option on the configurations of a project, for example.

             
            h3. Workaround

            See [this comment|https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-31869?focusedCommentId=2954794&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-2954794].             		New: {panel:bgColor=#e7f4fa}
            *NOTE:* This suggestion is for {*}JIRA Cloud{*}. Using {*}JIRA Server{*}? [See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-31869].
            {panel}
            Users would like to have the option to automatically add a @mentioned user as a watcher of the issue/page.
            This could be a enable/disable option on the configurations of a project, for example.

             
            h3. Workaround

            See this comment.

            Or this Community Article: :) 

            * [Auto-Add Watchers When User Is Mentioned|https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Auto-Add-Watchers-When-User-Is-Mentioned/ba-p/2556829]
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            Jesse Gray added a comment -

            This is expected behavior from historic Jira users, please either implement it as a project setting or at least make it very straightforward to add it in the automations.  When comment -> any mentions -> add as watchers.

            Jesse Gray added a comment - This is expected behavior from historic Jira users, please either implement it as a project setting or at least make it very straightforward to add it in the automations.  When comment -> any mentions -> add as watchers.

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