Validate an extension

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• Published Oct 13, 2026

Validate a new Extension 2.0 in Dynatrace with the Extensions API and check it for errors without saving any changes.

Overview

You validate a new Extension 2.0 with the request body. The operation performs the same checks as upload, but it does not persist changes and returns 204 with no body.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with extensions:definitions:write scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Response

{
  "error": {
    "code": 1,
    "details": {
      "constraintViolations": [
        {
          "location": "string",
          "message": "string",
          "parameterLocation": "HEADER",
          "path": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "message": "string"
  }
}