# Required: true not enforced for upload field in form templates
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-true-not-enforced-for-upload-field-in-form-templates/398972
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** form-templates, fixed
**Created:** [March 21, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-true-not-enforced-for-upload-field-in-form-templates/398972 "2026-03-21T17:32:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Muzzydex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muzzydex)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-true-not-enforced-for-upload-field-in-form-templates/398972/1 "2026-03-21T17:32:47Z")
Hello! I’m using Discourse form templates for topic creation, and validation is working correctly for all field types _except_ `upload`.
Despite setting `validations: required: true` on an `upload` field, users are still able to submit the form without attaching any files.
My understanding is that when an `upload` field has:
```plaintext
validations:
required: true
```
…the form should prevent submission unless at least one file is uploaded. The form renders correctly. Other fields (input, textarea, tag-chooser, URL validation) enforce `required` as expected, but the `upload` field does **not** block submission when empty.
YAML is valid and the template loads without errors. File uploads themselves work correctly when used , so the issue appears to be specific to enforcement of `required` on the `upload` field. My YAML string for this uploads in my template looks like this:
`- type: upload`
`id: patch-uploaded`
`attributes:`
`file_types: “.jpg, .png, .gif, .zip”`
`allow_multiple: true`
`label: “Upload your .zip”`
`validations:`
`required: true`
Thanks in advance for any help!
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-true-not-enforced-for-upload-field-in-form-templates/398972/2 "2026-03-23T18:23:27Z")
Nice catch 👍 It should be fixed by
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38799](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38799)
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### Author:  [@Muzzydex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muzzydex)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-true-not-enforced-for-upload-field-in-form-templates/398972/3 "2026-03-23T21:28:40Z")
Many thanks, @zogstrip!
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-true-not-enforced-for-upload-field-in-form-templates/398972/4 "2026-03-25T13:50:46Z")