Watch an Issue

You can set up a watch on an issue and get email notifications when a project user updates an issue, adds a comment, or adds or removes an attachment:

Action	How To
Issues assigned to you	By default, you get email notifications of issues assigned to you. If you aren’t getting the email notifications, select the Issue updates, attachments and comments check box in your user preferences page: In the branding bar, click the user avatar, and select Preferences. Click the Notifications tab. Select the Issue updates, attachments and comments check box, if not selected. To the left of the User Preferences title, click Close to return to the last opened page.
Issue created by another user	In the branding bar, click the user avatar, and select Preferences. Click the Notifications tab. Select the Issue updates, attachments and comments check box, if not selected. To the left of the User Preferences title, click Close to return to the last opened page. Open the issue in the Issues page. In the Details section, in CC, enter and select your name. You may also enter other names of other users if you want to notify them too. Click Save. To stop watching, remove your name from the CC field.
Issues you created but are assigned to another user	By default, you get email notifications of issues created by you. When you create an issue and assign it to another user, your name is set in the CC field of the issue. Open the issue in the Issues page and verify your name in the CC field of the Details section. To stop watching, remove your name from the CC field.

Action

How To

Issues assigned to you

By default, you get email notifications of issues assigned to you. If you aren’t getting the email notifications, select the Issue updates, attachments and comments check box in your user preferences page:

In the branding bar, click the user avatar, and select Preferences.
Click the Notifications tab.
Select the Issue updates, attachments and comments check box, if not selected.
To the left of the User Preferences title, click Close to return to the last opened page.

Issue created by another user

In the branding bar, click the user avatar, and select Preferences.
Click the Notifications tab.
Select the Issue updates, attachments and comments check box, if not selected.
To the left of the User Preferences title, click Close to return to the last opened page.
Open the issue in the Issues page.
In the Details section, in CC, enter and select your name.

You may also enter other names of other users if you want to notify them too.
Click Save.

To stop watching, remove your name from the CC field.

Issues you created but are assigned to another user

By default, you get email notifications of issues created by you. When you create an issue and assign it to another user, your name is set in the CC field of the issue. Open the issue in the Issues page and verify your name in the CC field of the Details section.

To stop watching, remove your name from the CC field.