Overview

validate command helps you to test ((deployability, apex tests, coverage) a change made to your configuration / code against a target org. This command is typically triggered as part of your Pull Request (PR) or Merge process, to ensure the correctness of configuration/code, before being merged into your main branch.

sfp validates a change by deploying the changed packages into the target org. This is different from 'check only' deployment in other CI/CD solutions.

validate can either utilise a scratch org from a tagged pool prepared earlier using the prepare command or one could use the a target org for its purpose

// An example where validate is utilized against a pool 
// of earlier prepared scratch orgs with label review
 
sfp validate pool  -p review \
                   -v devhub  \
                   --diffcheck

// An example where validate is utilized against a target org 
sfp validate org -o ci \
                 -v devhub  \
                 --installdeps

// An example with branch references for intelligent synchronization
sfp validate org -o ci \
                 -v devhub \
                 --ref feature-branch \
                 --baseRef main

// An example with release config for domain-limited validation
sfp validate org -o ci \
                 -v devhub \
                 --releaseconfig config/release-sales.yml

validate pool / validate org command runs the following checks with the options to enable additional features such as dependency and impact analysis:

• Checks accuracy of metadata by deploying the metadata to an org

• Triggers Apex Tests

• Validates Apex Test Coverage of each package (default: 75%)

• Toggle between different modes for validation:

  • Thorough (Default) - Comprehensive validation with full deployments and all tests

  • Individual - Validates changed packages individually, ideal for PRs

• Automatically differentiates between:

  • Packages to synchronize (upstream changes)

  • Packages to validate (PR changes)

• [optional] - AI-Assisted Error Analysis - Intelligent error analysis and fix suggestions (learn more)

• [optional] - Limit validation scope using release configurations (--releaseconfig)

• [optional] - Validate dependencies between packages for changed components

• [optional] - Disable diff check while validating (--diffcheck)

• [optional] - Disable parallel testing of apex tests (--disableparalleltesting)

• [optional] - Skip test execution entirely (--skipTesting)

• [optional] - Execute custom validation scripts for setup/cleanup workflows