0025494: Let anonymous users know they won't be able to see their private issue - MantisBT

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0025494	mantisbt	bugtracker	public	2019-02-19 15:28	2019-02-19 16:37

Reporter	ChrisG	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	0025494: Let anonymous users know they won't be able to see their private issue
Description	A common thing we see on our tracker is an anonymous user posting a private issue - which then of course they cannot access! We resolved with a little custom note in the UI, but I think this should be a core thing.
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atrol 2019-02-19 16:26 developer ~0061527	Maybe adding the following line to file config_inc.php is a better solution for you `$g_set_view_status_threshold = DEVELOPER;` Independent from that, keep in mind that using any other access level than VIEWER for anonymous login is documented as not recommended.

ChrisG 2019-02-19 16:37 reporter ~0061530	Thanks. The use case I have is users reporting stuff confidential to their personal situation, or security issues. If Mantis doesn't want me to give anonymous users access to report then that makes sense why this was a bit flaky for us - but I think it's a useful feature if it can be made to work well, we want to minimize the friction for users reporting issues.