Make the Field Required
Because File Field is a native Jira field, you can make it mandatory the same way you would any other field — through Jira's field configuration.
It helps to keep two settings separate:
- Upload rules (the field's configuration) decide what may be attached — allowed types, file count, and file size. See Set Field Configuration.
- Required (Jira's field configuration) decides whether a file must be present at all. That's what this page covers.
Mark the field as required
- Go to Jira Settings (cog icon, top right) → Work items → Field configurations.
- Open the field configuration used by the relevant projects and issue types.
- Find your File Field in the list and choose Required.
Enable the Required toggle for the field in Jira's field configuration
That's all File Field needs — Jira itself handles the enforcement from here, so there's nothing to configure in the app for this.
What users see
With the field set to required, Jira enforces that at least one file is attached before the issue can be saved. If someone tries to create, edit, or transition an issue with the field empty, Jira blocks the action and flags the field as required — exactly as it does for any other mandatory field. Once a file is attached, the issue saves normally.
Jira flags the field and blocks saving until at least one file is attached
What's next?
- Set Field Configuration — control which files are accepted into the field
- Attach, Download & Delete Files — the everyday end-user experience