This seems to have broken backwards compat.
1.2.2 kubectl cannot validate responses from the server.
If you don't have the labels fields set, it works fine.

kubectl create --v=7 --validate -f node.yaml
I0418 13:30:58.159142 18784 loader.go:229] Config loaded from file ~/.kube/config
I0418 13:30:58.266280 18784 round_trippers.go:264] GET https:///api
I0418 13:30:58.266303 18784 round_trippers.go:271] Request Headers:
I0418 13:30:58.266310 18784 round_trippers.go:274] Accept: application/json, /
I0418 13:30:58.266315 18784 round_trippers.go:274] User-Agent: kubectl/v1.2.2 (linux/amd64) kubernetes/528f879
I0418 13:30:58.266320 18784 round_trippers.go:274] Authorization: Basic
I0418 13:30:58.451798 18784 round_trippers.go:289] Response Status: 200 OK in 185 milliseconds
I0418 13:30:58.452142 18784 round_trippers.go:264] GET https:///apis
I0418 13:30:58.452166 18784 round_trippers.go:271] Request Headers:
I0418 13:30:58.452176 18784 round_trippers.go:274] Accept: application/json, /
I0418 13:30:58.452186 18784 round_trippers.go:274] User-Agent: kubectl/v1.2.2 (linux/amd64) kubernetes/528f879
I0418 13:30:58.452197 18784 round_trippers.go:274] Authorization: Basic
I0418 13:30:58.491680 18784 round_trippers.go:289] Response Status: 200 OK in 39 milliseconds
I0418 13:30:58.493672 18784 round_trippers.go:264] GET https:///version
I0418 13:30:58.493711 18784 round_trippers.go:271] Request Headers:
I0418 13:30:58.493727 18784 round_trippers.go:274] Accept: application/json, /
I0418 13:30:58.493743 18784 round_trippers.go:274] User-Agent: kubectl/v1.2.2 (linux/amd64) kubernetes/528f879
I0418 13:30:58.493759 18784 round_trippers.go:274] Authorization: Basic
I0418 13:30:58.533184 18784 round_trippers.go:289] Response Status: 200 OK in 39 milliseconds
I0418 13:30:58.534088 18784 decoder.go:144] decoding stream as YAML
F0418 13:30:58.566577 18784 helpers.go:107] error validating "node.yaml": error validating data: unexpected type: object; if you choose to ignore these errors, turn validation off with --validate=false

node.yaml

apiVersion:
v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: pause-test
labels:
name: pause-test
spec:
containers:
- name: pause
image: gcr.io/google-containers/pause:1.0

kubectl version

Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"2", GitVersion:"v1.2.2", GitCommit:"528f879e7d3790ea4287687ef0ab3f2a01cc2718", GitTreeState:"clean"}
Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"3+", GitVersion:"v1.3.0-alpha.2.308+616af686cbb50d", GitCommit:"616af686cbb50dc42434d7a9864e2cf465cb9ab9", GitTreeState:"clean"}

Yes that should be fixed once we release 1.2.3 with #24104.
cc @roberthbailey

Do you want us to rollback the change on HEAD until 1.2.3 is rolled out?

cc @mikedanese

cc @gmarek

@nikhiljindal - what's the status of this? It seems that it blocks at least two other things.

1.2.3 is released already so this should not be blocking anymore.
Please let me know if it still blocks you.

Am keeping the issue open to track removing the workaround.

Is there ever a time when type: any would be expected to permit an array or a primitive to pass validation? The reason I ask is because to me, type: any would allow any value to pass validation, including primitives, whereas type: object would allow any object value to pass validation (regardless of its structure) but would fail on any type that is not an object, including arrays and primitives.

If the answer is "yes", then we should be using {} as the replacement for type: any instead of type: object. In JSON Schema, the wildcard schema is the empty schema.

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I think this is obsolete now with our move to OpenAPI (swagger 2.0).
Assigning to @mbohlool to confirm

agreed