Ability to add bounty / bounties to issues
Problem to solve
Users should be able to "put their money where their mouth is" and vote for issues with their wallet by assigning bounties to issues. For fun and profit.
Target audience
- Sasha, Software Developer, https://design.gitlab.com/research/personas#persona-sasha
Further details
Some examples of "informal" bounties that have happened in the past:
![](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/uploads/de8b22d49e6fb71c44ec026bee38b4c6/Screen_Shot_2019-02-15_at_11.13.05_AM.png)
![](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/uploads/827b02e298a5c1b04e23591daf383440/Screen_Shot_2019-02-15_at_11.23.47_AM.png)
Proposal
Add a new /bounty
quick action to associate a free-text bounty with an issue. The bounty would then show in the issue's sidebar. Some examples:
/bounty The respect and admiration of your colleagues
![](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/uploads/fca63375f2eb0a2519f8d2eed0fac32c/Screen_Shot_2019-02-15_at_11.37.26_AM.png)
![](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/uploads/0b424ca925cad579aebb90b768c1bf6c/Screen_Shot_2019-02-15_at_11.35.50_AM.png)
/bounty :pizza:
![](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/uploads/12eb48ec90aed8df8760ac3de190b453/Screen_Shot_2019-02-15_at_11.40.30_AM.png)
![](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/uploads/dd5b941c7b9ec9b2261c3c17aba13b0d/Screen_Shot_2019-02-15_at_11.40.23_AM.png)
/bounty $3000 USD
![](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/uploads/c1d6f8da0a187d6357725d1374b57e77/Screen_Shot_2019-02-15_at_11.43.44_AM.png)
![](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/uploads/b29a75480b76bf53d9814e682521df39/Screen_Shot_2019-02-15_at_11.43.39_AM.png)
For this MVC, it would be up to the bounty issuer and the bounty hunter to coordinate the delivery of the bounty outside of GitLab. Future iterations could potentially integrate with a service like BountySource to provide a more seamless experience (for monetary bounties).
Links / references
Edited by Lee Tickett