Multiple assignees for issues

  • Tier: Premium, Ultimate
  • Offering: GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated

Users on GitLab Free can assign one user to an issue. Users on GitLab Premium and Ultimate can assign multiple users to an issue.

In large teams with shared ownership, it can be difficult to track who is working on an issue, who’s already done, or who hasn’t started yet.

You can add multiple assignees to an issue, making it easier to track, and making it clearer who is accountable for it.

Multiple assignees for issues make collaboration smoother, and allow shared responsibilities to be clearly displayed. All assignees are shown across your team’s workflows and receive notifications (as they would as single assignees), simplifying communication and ownership.

After an assignee completes their work, they remove themselves as an assignee, making it clear that their task is complete.

Assign multiple users to an issue

Prerequisites:

  • You must have the Planner, Reporter, Developer, Maintainer, or Owner role for the project.

To assign multiple users to an issue:

  1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your project.
  2. In the left sidebar, select Plan > Work items, then filter by Type = Issue and select your issue.
  3. In the right sidebar, in the Assignees section, select Edit.
  4. From the dropdown list, select the users to assign. The dropdown list stays open, so you can select more than one user.
  5. Select Apply, or select any area outside the dropdown list.

GitLab saves your selections only when you close the dropdown list.

You can also use the /assign quick action to add assignees.

Remove an assignee

To remove an assignee from an issue:

  1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your project.
  2. In the left sidebar, select Plan > Work items, then filter by Type = Issue and select your issue.
  3. In the right sidebar, in the Assignees section, select Edit.
  4. From the dropdown list, clear the user’s selection.
  5. Select Apply, or select any area outside the dropdown list.

You can also use the /unassign quick action.