cakephp: New entity should not bypass validation

This is a (multiple allowed):

• bug

• enhancement

• feature-discussion (RFC)

• CakePHP Version: latest master 3.5.x

What you did

Somewhere in the code was a left over

$data = [
    ...
];
$modulesTable->saveOrFail($modulesTable->newEntity());

What happened

Stored in DB as entity of content:

		'id' => (int) 2,
		'name' => '',
		'version' => '',

It silently saved it without all the validation triggered, which is defined as

        $validator
            ->requirePresence('name', 'create')
            ->add('name', 'unique', ['rule' => ['validateUnique', ['scope' => ['name', 'type']]], 'provider' => 'table'])
            ->notEmpty('name');

        $validator
            ->requirePresence('version', 'create')
            ->notEmpty('version');

What you expected to happen

This should not allow to be saved with the constraints here not respected (in this case name and version being not empty).

What could be done here for the code to be less error prone (by accident) and make sure the entities are not persisted like this when accidentally forgetting to pass the $data?

Doesn’t newEntity() patch just as patchEntity() does? And therefore does not accept this state?