I'm confused by your question. Field configurations require the fields at create time which is what you want. The only way a field will be required at edit time is if you apply a new field configuration requiring new fields. Then when the issue is edited the field will be required if not filled in or a new field added. If you didn't update the field configuration I'd look for a plugin making it required.
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