diff --git a/bundle/manifests/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index c4b8eae8d..2756f298f 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ metadata:
     capabilities: Basic Install
     categories: Integration & Delivery
     containerImage: quay.io/kuadrant/kuadrant-operator:latest
-    createdAt: "2024-07-24T10:00:34Z"
+    createdAt: "2024-07-30T14:25:58Z"
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.32.0
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: go.kubebuilder.io/v3
     repository: https://github.com/Kuadrant/kuadrant-operator
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/kuadrant.io_authpolicies.yaml b/bundle/manifests/kuadrant.io_authpolicies.yaml
index c99d08338..cb1030364 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/kuadrant.io_authpolicies.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/kuadrant.io_authpolicies.yaml
@@ -598,10 +598,15 @@ spec:
                                     to the OAuth2 server.
                                   properties:
                                     name:
+                                      default: ""
                                       description: |-
                                         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
+                                        TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                       type: string
                                   type: object
                                   x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -3089,10 +3094,15 @@ spec:
                                     to the resource registration API of the UMA server.
                                   properties:
                                     name:
+                                      default: ""
                                       description: |-
                                         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
+                                        TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                       type: string
                                   type: object
                                   x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -4904,10 +4914,15 @@ spec:
                                     to the OAuth2 server.
                                   properties:
                                     name:
+                                      default: ""
                                       description: |-
                                         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
+                                        TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                       type: string
                                   type: object
                                   x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -7395,10 +7410,15 @@ spec:
                                     to the resource registration API of the UMA server.
                                   properties:
                                     name:
+                                      default: ""
                                       description: |-
                                         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
+                                        TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                       type: string
                                   type: object
                                   x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -9201,10 +9221,15 @@ spec:
                                 the OAuth2 server.
                               properties:
                                 name:
+                                  default: ""
                                   description: |-
                                     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
+                                    TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                   type: string
                               type: object
                               x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -11680,10 +11705,15 @@ spec:
                                 the resource registration API of the UMA server.
                               properties:
                                 name:
+                                  default: ""
                                   description: |-
                                     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
+                                    TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                   type: string
                               type: object
                               x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/kuadrant.io_kuadrants.yaml b/bundle/manifests/kuadrant.io_kuadrants.yaml
index 5cb5fd370..4ee975902 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/kuadrant.io_kuadrants.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/kuadrant.io_kuadrants.yaml
@@ -1116,10 +1116,15 @@ spec:
                               referenced object inside the same namespace.
                             properties:
                               name:
+                                default: ""
                                 description: |-
                                   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
+                                  TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                 type: string
                             type: object
                             x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -1132,10 +1137,15 @@ spec:
                               referenced object inside the same namespace.
                             properties:
                               name:
+                                default: ""
                                 description: |-
                                   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
+                                  TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                 type: string
                             type: object
                             x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/kuadrant.io_authpolicies.yaml b/config/crd/bases/kuadrant.io_authpolicies.yaml
index bec979ade..95fa75502 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/kuadrant.io_authpolicies.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/kuadrant.io_authpolicies.yaml
@@ -597,10 +597,15 @@ spec:
                                     to the OAuth2 server.
                                   properties:
                                     name:
+                                      default: ""
                                       description: |-
                                         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
+                                        TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                       type: string
                                   type: object
                                   x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -3088,10 +3093,15 @@ spec:
                                     to the resource registration API of the UMA server.
                                   properties:
                                     name:
+                                      default: ""
                                       description: |-
                                         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
+                                        TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                       type: string
                                   type: object
                                   x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -4903,10 +4913,15 @@ spec:
                                     to the OAuth2 server.
                                   properties:
                                     name:
+                                      default: ""
                                       description: |-
                                         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
+                                        TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                       type: string
                                   type: object
                                   x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -7394,10 +7409,15 @@ spec:
                                     to the resource registration API of the UMA server.
                                   properties:
                                     name:
+                                      default: ""
                                       description: |-
                                         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
+                                        TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                       type: string
                                   type: object
                                   x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -9200,10 +9220,15 @@ spec:
                                 the OAuth2 server.
                               properties:
                                 name:
+                                  default: ""
                                   description: |-
                                     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
+                                    TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                   type: string
                               type: object
                               x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -11679,10 +11704,15 @@ spec:
                                 the resource registration API of the UMA server.
                               properties:
                                 name:
+                                  default: ""
                                   description: |-
                                     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
+                                    TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                   type: string
                               type: object
                               x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/kuadrant.io_kuadrants.yaml b/config/crd/bases/kuadrant.io_kuadrants.yaml
index 3a8aa044b..b3b88a2e3 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/kuadrant.io_kuadrants.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/kuadrant.io_kuadrants.yaml
@@ -1114,10 +1114,15 @@ spec:
                               referenced object inside the same namespace.
                             properties:
                               name:
+                                default: ""
                                 description: |-
                                   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
+                                  TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                 type: string
                             type: object
                             x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
@@ -1130,10 +1135,15 @@ spec:
                               referenced object inside the same namespace.
                             properties:
                               name:
+                                default: ""
                                 description: |-
                                   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
+                                  TODO: Drop `kubebuilder:default` when controller-gen doesn't need it https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3896.
                                 type: string
                             type: object
                             x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic