Allow tagging outside issue security level?

[Tim_Brigham]

I'd like to use the issue security level set to only allow the reporter and watchers access to a ticket. The watchers are set up using a custom field. Ws should be able to use the '@' references to our general user base, anyone that has access to create a ticket in the project. Is there any ready way to do this? 

[Daniel Wester]

Not really. The mention feature doesn't add somebody to the custom fields etc. In theory you could use ScriptRunner to parse out a comment and then add them to your custom field (but eek! that would would be seriously painful to get right). Then have the issue security scheme use the custom field.

I would just use the custom field in the issue security scheme and add them to the notification scheme for updated - that way they can be alerted to when they get added to an issue.