How to get notifications for new comments in Gitlab merge requests discussions

Question

When I start a discussion linked to a merge request, I'd like to get notifications when someone adds a comment to the discussion.

Of course I'd like to avoid setting the notification level on Watch because it would also spam me for activities I'm not interested in.

Is it possible or is it a missing feature ?

Answer 1

Check and see if you have this option in your user settings:

Settings >> Notifications >> Global Notification Level = Participate.

If you participate in the thread once, it seems like you'll be notified on new messages thereafter, only in that thread.