You can’t make a field required only on a specific transition
Jira can mark a field required globally, but not "required only when moving to Done".
The problem
Jira’s field configuration makes a field required everywhere or nowhere. There is no native way to require a field only on a particular workflow transition.
Who runs into this
Teams that need clean data at closing time without forcing every field on creation.
How Patcher fixes it
Patcher lets you require a field on a specific transition only. It stays optional during normal work and becomes mandatory exactly when it matters.
Top community comments
This has been driving our team crazy for years. Please, Atlassian, just fix it.
720Voted. This single bug costs my team hours every single sprint.
686Finally found this thread after months of thinking it was just us. Glad it’s a known issue.
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