# Bug Watcher Overview

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Have you ever felt miserable to set yourself a **watcher** of **dozens of issues**? Have you ever wanted to not miss any **updates** to issues of an **important project**? Have you ever been bothered by receiving bunches of notification emails and dreamed of being able to specify the events yourself you want to get notified on?

Have a chocolate. **The relief is here**. Bug Watcher with its key features not only addresses the above scenarios, but [it fulfills more than **1500** user votes](https://docs.meta-inf.hu/bug-watcher/additional-information/1500+-user-votes-fulfilled). See details below.

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## Why Bug Watcher? <a href="#bugwatcher-watchprojectsandmanageprojectwatchers" id="bugwatcher-watchprojectsandmanageprojectwatchers"></a>

Bug Watcher Notifications has a handful of features not available in Jira despite the demand from the community. The main motivation behind this app was to give control of notification to those who receive it.&#x20;

### Watch Projects and Manage Project Watchers <a href="#bugwatcher-watchprojectsandmanageprojectwatchers" id="bugwatcher-watchprojectsandmanageprojectwatchers"></a>

**Bug Watcher** allows you to watch entire **Jira projects** instead of individual issues. Just as if you did for issues, you can (if you're authorized to) **add or remove project watchers easily**. [Read more on this.](#bugwatcher-watchprojectsandmanageprojectwatchers-1)

### Watch Filters <a href="#bugwatcher-watchfilters" id="bugwatcher-watchfilters"></a>

**Bug Watcher** allows you to watch issues **matching your filters**. If you want to precisely define the set of issues to follow, create a filter or select one of you faviourite filters and start watching it. [Read more on this](#bugwatcher-watchfilters).

### Issue Watchers Custom Field <a href="#bugwatcher-issuewatcherscustomfield" id="bugwatcher-issuewatcherscustomfield"></a>

Bug Watcher allows you to **manage issue watchers when creating or editing issues**. Special watchers are supported. [Read more on this.](#bugwatcher-issuewatcherscustomfield)

### Bulk (Un)Watch <a href="#bugwatcher-bulk-un-watch" id="bugwatcher-bulk-un-watch"></a>

Bug Watcher allows you to do **bulk watch or bulk unwatch** from the issues in your issue navigator. [Read more on this.](#bugwatcher-bulk-un-watch)

### Personal Notification Scheme <a href="#bugwatcher-personalnotificationscheme" id="bugwatcher-personalnotificationscheme"></a>

Bug Watcher allows you to **overrule the notification schemes** associated with your the Jira projects. You can now specify on which events of your interest you want to get notification emails. [Read more on this.](https://docs.meta-inf.hu/bug-watcher/user-guide/personal-notification-schemes)

### Indirect watches <a href="#bugwatcher-indirectwatches" id="bugwatcher-indirectwatches"></a>

Get notifications on changes made to **linked issues** and **subtasks** of the issues you are watching. This is useful if you do not want to miss important changes that may affect the issues you are following. [Read more on this.](#bugwatcher-indirectwatches)

### In-app notifications <a href="#bugwatcher-in-appnotifications" id="bugwatcher-in-appnotifications"></a>

Receive **instant notifications** within Jira instead of emails. In-app notifications are non-obtrusive, persistent, easy-to-manage. [Read more on this.](#bugwatcher-in-appnotifications)

### Special Watchers <a href="#bugwatcher-specialwatchers" id="bugwatcher-specialwatchers"></a>

Manage **non-Jira** **users**, **project roles** and **gorups** as project or filter watchers. [Read more on this](#bugwatcher-specialwatchers).

### App Configuration <a href="#bugwatcher-pluginconfiguration" id="bugwatcher-pluginconfiguration"></a>

App license keys can be managed in Jira Administration / Manage Apps menu point.

## Where to get it? <a href="#bugwatcher-wheretogetit" id="bugwatcher-wheretogetit"></a>

Bug Watcher is solely available via the [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.metainf.jira.plugin.bug-watcher). This is the easiest and quickest way of purchasing a license.

## [Testimonials](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.metainf.jira.plugin.bug-watcher#tabs-reviews) <a href="#bugwatcher-testimonials" id="bugwatcher-testimonials"></a>

> *"Awesome plug-in. In-app notification is a must for project management tools. Plug-in perfectly fits that gap in Jira. Personal notification schemes and ability to subscribe to project and filters are essential tools for manager to be in sync with full project picture."*

> *"We have been dying for this functionality... as an admin, I don't allow users to make bulk changes so this gives them a way to bulk manage their watches - and they are MUCH happier with the watch functionality now.*

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> *"Cool plugin. Customization of notification behaviour is very limited in JIRA since years. There is a huge need to improve it at this area. We will give it a try."*