> Why the From-Tag is required?

Per rfc3261, the answer is that the tags and call-id identify the
dialog.

The other answer is that prior to such a requirement, requests in the
opposite direction over the dialog occasionally caused To tag to be
added because the receive was unaware that the dialog was already formed
without the tag.  Similarly a re-INVITE to audit would occasionally
caused the call to be re-established because the receiver (who didn't
add the From tag) did not notice the distinction between INVITE and
re-INVITE.

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