In [GitLab 14.9](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/351211) and later, projects in personal namespaces have a maximum role of Owner.
Because of a [known issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/219299) in GitLab 14.8 and earlier, projects in personal namespaces have a maximum role of Maintainer.
#### Guest role
A user with the Guest role in GitLab can view project plans, blockers and other
progress indicators. While unable to modify data they have not created, Guests
can contribute to a project by creating and linking project work items. Guests
can also view high-level project information such as:
- Analytics.
- Incident information.
- Issues and epics.
- Licenses.
For more information, see [project member permissions](../../user/permissions.md#project-members-permissions).
### Confidential issues
[Confidential issues](../../user/project/issues/confidential_issues.md) can be accessed
