The case of the missing published label

This was an internal issue related to old .yml files from migration from D6 to D8. We have fixed it on our end.

Thanks! @beccaneer, my content types show empty/blank labels for this published checkbox, similar to what's shown in the screen shots above. It looks like I can't manually add a "Published" label in the "Manage Form Display" page... so? What .yml file/lines did you change to fix this?

EDIT:
@beccaneer: it looks like, as a result of my D6 to D8 migration, I had various entried like the following (see below) for my content types created in D6:

core.base_field_override.node.<CONTENT-TYPE>.promote
core.base_field_override.node.<CONTENT-TYPE>.status
core.base_field_override.node.<CONTENT-TYPE>.sticky

and corresponding config files:

sites/default/config/core.base_field_override.node.<CONTENT-TYPE>.promote.yml
sites/default/config/core.base_field_override.node.<CONTENT-TYPE>.status.yml
sites/default/config/core.base_field_override.node.<CONTENT-TYPE>.sticky.ym

I deleted the config files, which showed differences queued for synchronization in Configuration >> Development >> Configuration Synchronization. I then ran the synchronize option on that page, and it removed the entries from my database. As a result, I now see the proper "Published" label on "Manage form display" pages and on the create/edit content type pages. So, I think this solves the problem, but am hesitant to push changes to production. Is this what you did @beccaneer, or does anyone else know if this is a safe approach?

thanks @sagesolutions (and @becanneer)!

Same issue. "Published" label did not appear next to checkbox after upgrading D8.3 to D8.4

Same history. Went from D6-->D8 directly. But we used custom-built migration scripts.

Different solution. Because we had no config/sync/core.base_field_override.node.<content-type>.status.yml files there was nothing to delete in order to fix this issue as per solutions above. So I did a direct database fix using the below MYSQL statement

update config set data = replace(data, ';N;', ';s:9:"Published";') where name like 'core.base_field_override.node.%.status';

Then clear drupal cache and problem solved.

CAUTION: I cannot confirm that the exact above statement will work to solve this issue in every instance. It may not even be a permanent solution pending future updates. The ";s:9" portion may be unique from site to site. I am not well versed enough in the D8 architecture to be sure. Examine the data field of your config table where name like 'core.base_field_override.node.%.status' to make a more informed decision.

I had the exact same issue on a locally installed D8.5.3 that I updated from D8.1.7 which I'd upgraded from D6 after much headache and several failed attempts using the Upgrade using web browser way.

In my case there was no config/sync .yml files and so couldn't try the fix mentioned by @becanneer .

I happened to have another local fresh D 8.5.3. install that I then upgraded from D6. This one had no such issue with imported nodes. I searched the config table of this one for 'core.base_field_override.node.%.status' and found nothing in this one compared to the config table in the one with the issue. This one had 5 such rows, one for each content type I have. I deleted those rows and then cleared the cache_ tables and all fixed. The "Published" label now appear on editing migrated nodes and in the Manage Form Display page.

I'm not sure if what I did was fine and safe but so far all is looking good!

If the problem is the config written to your config directory, then you can:

cd directory/where/your/config/is/stored
perl -pi -w -e "s/label\: null/label\: 'Published'/g" core.base_field_override.node.*.status.yml
drush cim -y