Allow empty "Assignee" field on ticket creation

Question

We have a single screen for for our bug ticket type.

Allow unassigned issues is turned "ON" in global settings.

Still, a new issue cannot be created with the Assignee field left blank.

We CAN delete the field when editing the ticket... but not when creating the ticket.

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How can we allow making a new ticket with blank assignee?

You can see that the "Assignee" field is not marked with a red *

Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting] · Accepted Answer

Check the Workflow that the Bug issue type uses on that Project.  Check the "Create Issue" transition and see if there is a required field Validator there. There are a few 3rd party Apps that provide validators that can be used to require a field value.