With SF 2.5.3-DEV (commit 98c0621), if framework.validation.api = 2.5, all form validations throw BadMethodCallException :
validate() is not supported anymore as of Symfony 2.5. Please use getValidator() instead or enable the legacy mode.
Eg: In AcmeDemoBundle, contact action (_demo_contact route name) throws this exception.
But it works with SF 2.5.2.