add submitter as watcher

Did you create at least one project in Youtrack and download workflows/custom fields schema into Workflow Editor?

Since Yourtack 4.0 you can user 'becomesReported()' trigger:

rule auto-watch 
 
when becomesReported() { 
  loggedInUser.watchIssue(issue); 
}

We are on a hosted instance that is still on 3.3.1

Will we need to wait for the upgrade to get this feature or is there a way with the previous 3.3 releases?

Thanks for any info

You can use isReported() method but a rule will be invoked on every change in issue draft.

Note, Youtrack inCloud will be upgraded to version 4.0 pretty soon.

Hi all,
I was able to get the original rule (I had to create a new workflow and stateless rule which had the 'when' line pre-populated, then type -not paste- this code in the body in or to get the workflow editor to stop throwing bogus errors):

rule AddSelfAsWatcher

when <issue created or updated> {
  loggedInUser.watchIssue(issue);
}

But, when I go to remove myself from an issue with the command:

remove watcher <user_name>

I am still a watcher. Which means I am being re-added as a result of removing a wacther and thus updating the issue?

Is there a way to allow users to remove themselves from the watch list with this rule in place?

I am still a watcher. Which means I am being re-added as a result of removing a wacther and thus updating the issue?

Yep, this rule has empty condition to invoke (<issue created or updated>), so it's invoked on any issue change.

To avoid this behavior you have to add some condition on the rule, e.g. becomesReported() to watch creating issue:

rule auto-watch 
 
when becomesReported() { 
  loggedInUser.watchIssue(issue); 
}