Notifications

Notifications associate events (both system and custom) to e-mail recipients. When an event is fired and picked up, e-mails will be sent out. Notification recipients are defined by notification types. For example, you can set it to only send e-mails to a specific user or all members from a given user group. You can add multiple notifications to a given event.

JIRA ships with a comprehensive list of notification types that will cover many of your needs. The following table lists all the notification types available and how they work:

Notification type

Description

Current Assignee

The current assignee of the issue.

Reporter

The reporter of the issue (usually the person who originally created the issue).

Current User ...

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