Read-only member role
The read-only role lets a person view a team workspace without changing its data.
In the system this role is stored as member_role = READONLY. In the UI it may appear as Readonly, Read-only, or similar - these names refer to the same team member role.
This is not a global account role. It applies only inside one team. The same person can be read-only in team A and a full member or team admin in team B.
It is also not the same as a team blocked by billing or payment limits. Billing can freeze writes for the whole team; READONLY limits only that member.
Who should get this role
Typical cases:
- stakeholders who need to browse cases, runs, and documents;
- auditors or external reviewers;
- managers who should see progress but not edit TMS data.
What a read-only member can do
| Action | Allowed |
|---|---|
| Open the team workspace and browse listings / details | Yes |
| Search and view projects, suites, cases, runs, results, bugs, documents | Yes |
| Edit their own user profile (name and similar profile fields) | Yes |
| Create a new team (they become team admin in the new team) | Yes |
| Create, edit, clone, or delete team data (projects, cases, runs, documents, …) | No |
| Invite members, change roles, or manage the team | No |
| Run utilities that create executions, restore document versions, or start imports | No |
If a write action is blocked, the product returns an error with code -501 (team_member_role_readonly). Treat it as “your role in this team is view only”.
What team admins should know
- Only a team admin can set another member’s role to READONLY.
- A team admin cannot change their own role to READONLY. Another admin must do that (or change you to member first, if your process allows).
- The team must always keep at least one active team admin (
ACCEPTED+ADMINISTRATOR).
How to assign:
- Open Team members in the team workspace.
- Find an ACCEPTED member.
- Set their role to READONLY.
To restore write access, change the role back to MEMBER or ADMINISTRATOR.
Related
- Team members - all roles and statuses
- Team admin role
- About teams
- Limits and access
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-24 |