How can I restrict editing an issue to assignee in certain workflow status

[Marcin Kupisz]

Hi,
I'm trying to limit the ability to edit an issue to just the assignee while on particular workflow step.

I've seen this guide https://www.j-tricks.com/tutorials/permissions-based-on-workflow-status but it doesn't cover my use case.

What I would like to achieve is the following:
if a task is assigned to certain user on certain workflow step only this user is capable of editing the description field of that issue.

I've tried setting various combinations of jira.permission.edit.assignee, jira.permission.edit = assignee or jira.permission.edit.assignee = true in properties of the workflow step but failed miserably.

[Marc - Devoteam · Accepted solution]

Hi @Marcin Kupisz 

Please set the properties as follows on your status.

This will limit editing the issue in the status in progress to the assignee only. If the issue is not assigned the edit action will not be saved.

[Marcin Kupisz]

It worked :) Thanks!

[Joe Pitt]

Based on your link and what you need, I presume you're having a problem with the 'certain user' part of your requirement. If so, you will need a script. I caution you on having ANYTHING limited to a particular user. Eventually it will need to be modified when that user leaves, goes on leave, or is replaced.  A better option would be to restrict it to a particular role in the project which can easily be changed when needed.