Request to allow anonymous user access to Jira.

[John Smith]

I'd like to be able to access Jira without logging in.
Such anonymous access would have limited privileges (for example only able to view existing public issues).
I know such access has been requested before on this mailing list, but I don't recall any response on why it has not been provided.

The benefits of anonymous access to Jira are:
  1. Search engines can index the information in Jira.
  2. Lower barrier of entry for casual users to view the state of issues in Jira.

I don't really see any potential drawbacks to adding anonymous access to Jira.

Regards,
John