diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index c5d57305c66..3549630aeb4 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -6014,7 +6014,7 @@
       "description": "ConfigMapEnvSource selects a ConfigMap to populate the environment variables with.\n\nThe contents of the target ConfigMap's Data field will represent the key-value pairs as environment variables.",
       "properties": {
         "name": {
-          "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+          "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
           "type": "string"
         },
         "optional": {
@@ -6032,7 +6032,7 @@
           "type": "string"
         },
         "name": {
-          "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+          "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
           "type": "string"
         },
         "optional": {
@@ -6124,7 +6124,7 @@
           "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
         },
         "name": {
-          "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+          "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
           "type": "string"
         },
         "optional": {
@@ -6151,7 +6151,7 @@
           "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
         },
         "name": {
-          "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+          "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
           "type": "string"
         },
         "optional": {
@@ -7469,6 +7469,9 @@
           "type": "string"
         }
       },
+      "required": [
+        "ip"
+      ],
       "type": "object"
     },
     "io.k8s.api.core.v1.HostIP": {
@@ -7850,7 +7853,7 @@
       "description": "LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.",
       "properties": {
         "name": {
-          "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+          "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
           "type": "string"
         }
       },
@@ -10744,7 +10747,7 @@
       "description": "SecretEnvSource selects a Secret to populate the environment variables with.\n\nThe contents of the target Secret's Data field will represent the key-value pairs as environment variables.",
       "properties": {
         "name": {
-          "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+          "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
           "type": "string"
         },
         "optional": {
@@ -10762,7 +10765,7 @@
           "type": "string"
         },
         "name": {
-          "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+          "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
           "type": "string"
         },
         "optional": {
@@ -10823,7 +10826,7 @@
           "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
         },
         "name": {
-          "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+          "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
           "type": "string"
         },
         "optional": {
diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/v3/api__v1_openapi.json b/api/openapi-spec/v3/api__v1_openapi.json
index 7d42bbcac86..a83bdd23126 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/v3/api__v1_openapi.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/v3/api__v1_openapi.json
@@ -955,7 +955,8 @@
         "description": "ConfigMapEnvSource selects a ConfigMap to populate the environment variables with.\n\nThe contents of the target ConfigMap's Data field will represent the key-value pairs as environment variables.",
         "properties": {
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -974,7 +975,8 @@
             "type": "string"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -1084,7 +1086,8 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -1116,7 +1119,8 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -2784,10 +2788,14 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "ip": {
+            "default": "",
             "description": "IP address of the host file entry.",
             "type": "string"
           }
         },
+        "required": [
+          "ip"
+        ],
         "type": "object"
       },
       "io.k8s.api.core.v1.HostIP": {
@@ -3248,7 +3256,8 @@
         "description": "LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.",
         "properties": {
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           }
         },
@@ -6934,7 +6943,8 @@
         "description": "SecretEnvSource selects a Secret to populate the environment variables with.\n\nThe contents of the target Secret's Data field will represent the key-value pairs as environment variables.",
         "properties": {
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -6953,7 +6963,8 @@
             "type": "string"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -7029,7 +7040,8 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__apps__v1_openapi.json b/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__apps__v1_openapi.json
index f7c3c21bda2..d60738b6eef 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__apps__v1_openapi.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__apps__v1_openapi.json
@@ -1663,7 +1663,8 @@
         "description": "ConfigMapEnvSource selects a ConfigMap to populate the environment variables with.\n\nThe contents of the target ConfigMap's Data field will represent the key-value pairs as environment variables.",
         "properties": {
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -1682,7 +1683,8 @@
             "type": "string"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -1713,7 +1715,8 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -1745,7 +1748,8 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -2715,10 +2719,14 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "ip": {
+            "default": "",
             "description": "IP address of the host file entry.",
             "type": "string"
           }
         },
+        "required": [
+          "ip"
+        ],
         "type": "object"
       },
       "io.k8s.api.core.v1.HostPathVolumeSource": {
@@ -2896,7 +2904,8 @@
         "description": "LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.",
         "properties": {
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           }
         },
@@ -4459,7 +4468,8 @@
         "description": "SecretEnvSource selects a Secret to populate the environment variables with.\n\nThe contents of the target Secret's Data field will represent the key-value pairs as environment variables.",
         "properties": {
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -4478,7 +4488,8 @@
             "type": "string"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -4509,7 +4520,8 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__batch__v1_openapi.json b/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__batch__v1_openapi.json
index cf865cbba15..3baedb98171 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__batch__v1_openapi.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__batch__v1_openapi.json
@@ -1012,7 +1012,8 @@
         "description": "ConfigMapEnvSource selects a ConfigMap to populate the environment variables with.\n\nThe contents of the target ConfigMap's Data field will represent the key-value pairs as environment variables.",
         "properties": {
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -1031,7 +1032,8 @@
             "type": "string"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -1062,7 +1064,8 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -1094,7 +1097,8 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -2064,10 +2068,14 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "ip": {
+            "default": "",
             "description": "IP address of the host file entry.",
             "type": "string"
           }
         },
+        "required": [
+          "ip"
+        ],
         "type": "object"
       },
       "io.k8s.api.core.v1.HostPathVolumeSource": {
@@ -2245,7 +2253,8 @@
         "description": "LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.",
         "properties": {
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           }
         },
@@ -3663,7 +3672,8 @@
         "description": "SecretEnvSource selects a Secret to populate the environment variables with.\n\nThe contents of the target Secret's Data field will represent the key-value pairs as environment variables.",
         "properties": {
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -3682,7 +3692,8 @@
             "type": "string"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
@@ -3713,7 +3724,8 @@
             "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
           },
           "name": {
-            "description": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
             "type": "string"
           },
           "optional": {
diff --git a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 1fc94fee217..99d60a025ab 100644
--- a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -20035,7 +20035,8 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_ConfigMapEnvSource(ref common.ReferenceCallback) c
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
 					"name": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Description: "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -20062,7 +20063,8 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_ConfigMapKeySelector(ref common.ReferenceCallback)
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
 					"name": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Description: "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -20206,7 +20208,8 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_ConfigMapProjection(ref common.ReferenceCallback)
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
 					"name": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Description: "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -20254,7 +20257,8 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_ConfigMapVolumeSource(ref common.ReferenceCallback
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
 					"name": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Description: "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -22964,6 +22968,7 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_HostAlias(ref common.ReferenceCallback) common.Ope
 					"ip": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 							Description: "IP address of the host file entry.",
+							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -22989,6 +22994,7 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_HostAlias(ref common.ReferenceCallback) common.Ope
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				Required: []string{"ip"},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -23734,7 +23740,8 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_LocalObjectReference(ref common.ReferenceCallback)
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
 					"name": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Description: "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -29687,7 +29694,8 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_SecretEnvSource(ref common.ReferenceCallback) comm
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
 					"name": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Description: "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -29714,7 +29722,8 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_SecretKeySelector(ref common.ReferenceCallback) co
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
 					"name": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Description: "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -29806,7 +29815,8 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_SecretProjection(ref common.ReferenceCallback) com
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
 					"name": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Description: "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
index 021e45e890a..c064cc2e609 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
@@ -1986,6 +1986,7 @@ message HTTPHeader {
 // pod's hosts file.
 message HostAlias {
   // IP address of the host file entry.
+  // +required
   optional string ip = 1;
 
   // Hostnames for the above IP address.
@@ -2308,9 +2309,15 @@ message LoadBalancerStatus {
 // +structType=atomic
 message LocalObjectReference {
   // Name of the referent.
-  // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
+  // This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is
+  // allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are
+  // almost certainly wrong.
   // TODO: Add other useful fields. apiVersion, kind, uid?
+  // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
   // +optional
+  // +default=""
+  // +kubebuilder:default=""
+  // TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
   optional string name = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index 803679c48ba..0841675d62c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -4113,7 +4113,8 @@ const (
 // pod's hosts file.
 type HostAlias struct {
 	// IP address of the host file entry.
-	IP string `json:"ip,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=ip"`
+	// +required
+	IP string `json:"ip" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=ip"`
 	// Hostnames for the above IP address.
 	// +listType=atomic
 	Hostnames []string `json:"hostnames,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=hostnames"`
@@ -6553,9 +6554,15 @@ type ObjectReference struct {
 // +structType=atomic
 type LocalObjectReference struct {
 	// Name of the referent.
-	// More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
+	// This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is
+	// allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are
+	// almost certainly wrong.
 	// TODO: Add other useful fields. apiVersion, kind, uid?
+	// More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
 	// +optional
+	// +default=""
+	// +kubebuilder:default=""
+	// TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
 	Name string `json:"name,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=name"`
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
index 5470aebc559..cb2dabc0d64 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ func (LoadBalancerStatus) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
 
 var map_LocalObjectReference = map[string]string{
 	"":     "LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.",
-	"name": "Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
+	"name": "Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names",
 }
 
 func (LocalObjectReference) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/internal/internal.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/internal/internal.go
index 0d753b07b15..47bfb44e0c3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/internal/internal.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/internal/internal.go
@@ -4759,6 +4759,7 @@ var schemaYAML = typed.YAMLObject(`types:
     - name: name
       type:
         scalar: string
+      default: ""
     - name: optional
       type:
         scalar: boolean
@@ -4772,6 +4773,7 @@ var schemaYAML = typed.YAMLObject(`types:
     - name: name
       type:
         scalar: string
+      default: ""
     - name: optional
       type:
         scalar: boolean
@@ -4809,6 +4811,7 @@ var schemaYAML = typed.YAMLObject(`types:
     - name: name
       type:
         scalar: string
+      default: ""
     - name: optional
       type:
         scalar: boolean
@@ -4827,6 +4830,7 @@ var schemaYAML = typed.YAMLObject(`types:
     - name: name
       type:
         scalar: string
+      default: ""
     - name: optional
       type:
         scalar: boolean
@@ -5650,6 +5654,7 @@ var schemaYAML = typed.YAMLObject(`types:
     - name: ip
       type:
         scalar: string
+      default: ""
 - name: io.k8s.api.core.v1.HostIP
   map:
     fields:
@@ -5879,6 +5884,7 @@ var schemaYAML = typed.YAMLObject(`types:
     - name: name
       type:
         scalar: string
+      default: ""
     elementRelationship: atomic
 - name: io.k8s.api.core.v1.LocalVolumeSource
   map:
@@ -7617,6 +7623,7 @@ var schemaYAML = typed.YAMLObject(`types:
     - name: name
       type:
         scalar: string
+      default: ""
     - name: optional
       type:
         scalar: boolean
@@ -7630,6 +7637,7 @@ var schemaYAML = typed.YAMLObject(`types:
     - name: name
       type:
         scalar: string
+      default: ""
     - name: optional
       type:
         scalar: boolean
@@ -7646,6 +7654,7 @@ var schemaYAML = typed.YAMLObject(`types:
     - name: name
       type:
         scalar: string
+      default: ""
     - name: optional
       type:
         scalar: boolean