Issue Type Without Description Field Causes Javascript Error On Board

If you create an Field Configuration where the Description field is not used (hidden), then click on the issue in the Planning section or the Work section of a board to show the overview on the right side, the following error message pops up:

Exception: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'html' of undefined
Resource: http://our_jira_instance/s/en_USbrpipe-418945332/812/12/10cf1b2c05fb553b6e0cd5d6edafe48d/_/download/contextbatch/js/gh-rapid/batch.js
Line: 2523

I've narrowed it down to being the missing Description field

var B=GH.DetailsModel.getViewField("description");var E=!!B.html

Basically B does not exist (no "description" field), so the html property can't be read