Make fields required in the new list form, but not the list.

Unlike the standalone Microsoft Forms, a list form field is inextricably linked to the SharePoint column it is based on. So if you set the column to be required from the list it will be required in the form and vice versa. If you set the column in the list form to be required it will make it required in the list column. You can't separate the two.

Re your comment on the flows needing to have the required fields updated instead of just the column you want to update, it has always been that  and I don't see any evidence that it will change soon.

Rob
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