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I'm good with the description being visible when empty for OP's purposes - gives a place for that edit button - but for everyone else it does feel vestigial.
Putting the "Description" header back on would also be a good thing, but would also exacerbate the problem of an empty description taking up space. I think, then, that the empty description might just be to reinforce that space as being where to find the description, which is too indirect for my liking. That is, you either know that's where the description is, or you have a description with no label. I would much prefer the description to have a title when it is visible, and hidden any other time, as you suggest.
I'm good with the description being visible when empty for OP's purposes - gives a place for that edit button - but for everyone else it does feel vestigial.
Putting the "Description" header back on would also be a good thing, but would also exacerbate the problem of an empty description taking up space. I think, then, that the empty description might just be to reinforce that space as being where to find the description, which is too indirect for my liking. That is, you either know that's where the description is, or you have a description with no label. I would much prefer the description to have a title when it is visible, and hidden any other time, as you suggest.