If device encryption is turned on, should bitlocker require a recovery key every startup?

[Microsoft Windows]

I updated my laptop last night and it began prompting me for a Bitlocker recovery key. I was able to find it but since then, every time I have restarted or shut down my laptop, I've had to put in the same recovery key again. I've tried following tutorials online where they turn off Bitlocker from the control panel, but that doesn't appear there. Instead, the closest option I could find was turning off 'Device Encryption' in settings but I don't know if I should do that. I also believe that I already had that turned on prior to this update and I didn't know Bitlocker existed until now.Is there

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