When adding watchers, the user-picker dialog should only show users who have access to the project.

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      Atlassian Update – 8th May 2026

      Thank you for reporting this issue. In the last weeks we have been working hard on fixing it.

      Summary of the problem:
      When adding watchers, the user-picker dialog should only show users who have access to the project.
      **

      New behaviour after the change:
      After turning on a feature flag: FILTER_USERS_WITHOUT_PROJECT_ACCESS_IN_WATCHER_PICKER, only users who have access to the project will show in watcher user-picker dialog.
      **

      Status of the fix and Fix Version:
      Fix for inline watcher picker implemented. Fix in More > Watchers picker is being implemented

       
      Best regards,
      Konrad Plasota
      Software Engineer

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      Atlassian Update – 8th May 2026 Thank you for reporting this issue. In the last weeks we have been working hard on fixing it. Summary of the problem: When adding watchers, the user-picker dialog should only show users who have access to the project. ** New behaviour after the change: After turning on a feature flag: FILTER_USERS_WITHOUT_PROJECT_ACCESS_IN_WATCHER_PICKER , o nly users who have access to the project will show in watcher user-picker dialog. ** Status of the fix and Fix Version: Fix for inline watcher picker implemented. Fix in More > Watchers picker is being implemented   Best regards, Konrad Plasota Software Engineer

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      When adding watchers, the user-picker dialog should only show users who have access to the project.

      We have multiple projects running on one JIRA installation, and users are generally not allowed on all projects.
      Looking through lots of users is a bit painful, and security-wise it might also be bad.

              Assignee:
              Konrad Plasota
              Reporter:
              Jeppe Øland
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