Validation before changing the status

[vasileios.ntelopoulos]

Hello everyone! I recently decided to make a field mandatory for Story issues and everytime someone updates an old Story issue (adding a comment for example) which doesn't have this field occupied I want a notification to be thrown telling them to add some value to this field. I found a way with validators on workflow but you have to change the status to see the message. Is there any way I can do the same thing without having to change the status but with just updating the issues?(adding a comment as I said before)

[John Funk]

Hi Vasileios - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

You might explore if the ScriptRunner Behaviours app can do this. Other than that, no. You could send email reminding them to update it using an Automation rule, but not with Validators. 

[Alexander Pappert]

normally, a mandatory field needs to be filled when you create / edit the issue

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/specify-field-behavior/

[Trudy Claspill]

Note that editing an issue now does not involve using an Edit screen where you edit multiple fields at once and then save the changes.

Now each field is edited separately and inline. The check for a Required field is done only when that specific field is edited inline, not when other fields are edited or comments are added.