Comments let you discuss an issue without leaving it. Each comment belongs to one author and appears in the issue’s comment thread.
Open an issue, enter a message under its comment thread, and select Post comment. Adding, editing, or deleting a comment is recorded in the project’s Activity view.
Comments preserve line breaks and can contain two richer elements:
- Mentions of project members
- Images inserted by pasting or dropping an image file
Other markdown formatting is not rendered in comments.
Mentioning a project member
Type @ followed by part of a member’s name. Orbit displays matching project members. Use the arrow keys or pointer to choose a person, then press Enter or Tab.
The selected mention appears as a highlighted name with the member’s avatar. When you post the comment, Orbit sends that member an Issue mentioned notification. Mentioning yourself does not send a notification.
Mention suggestions are available while composing a new comment. The inline editor for an existing comment preserves and renders existing mentions, but does not offer the mention picker.
Notifications
If an issue has an assignee, Orbit sends them an Issue commented notification when someone else comments. Commenting on an issue assigned to you does not notify you about your own comment.
Mention notifications are separate. A person explicitly mentioned can be notified even when they are not the assignee.
Select comment text to edit it inline. Select away from the editor to save the change. Use the delete button that appears when you hover over a comment to remove it.
Whether you can edit or delete a comment depends on your project role and custom permissions:
- Members normally manage their own comments.
- Owners and Admins normally manage any comment in the project.
- A custom role can grant permission to update or delete your own comments or any comment separately.
Last modified on August 1, 2026
