Branch information types

Launchpad uses "information type" to determine who can know about a branch. Anyone can see a branch that is Public or Public Security. Private Security and Proprietary information types restrict who may know about the branch to only the people that the project shares that information with.

Branches that fix "Private Security" bugs can themselves be set to "Private Security" to ensure only trusted people can see the branch.

Proprietary branches are a feature available on request for projects with commercial subcriptions. For more information, see CommercialHosting.

Bug sharing policies

Visit the project's Sharing page. If the project has a commercial subscription, set the "branch sharing policy" to control the default information type of each branch and restrict what types they can be change to.

When the policy is set to something "Proprietary, can be public", all new branches are Proprietary. They are only visible to people that the project shares Proprietary information with and the people that are subscribed to the branch. The branch can be made public later. Set the branch sharing policy to "Proprietary" to ensure branches can only be proprietary, they cannot be changed without first changing the policy.

Non-commercial projects cannot set the branch sharing policy. Branches are public by default, but can be change to public security if needed.

Share confidential information with trusted teams

Visit the project's Sharing page. Share the confidential information types with the development team, and any other team that you trust to see confidential bugs and branches.

See Sharing to learn about managing who can see confidential information.