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title: ChannelValidateOptions
slug: data-platform/connect-platform/app-sdk-api-reference-interfaces-channelvalidateoptions
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createdAt: 2026-08-05T20:06:38.615Z
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[OCP App SDK](docId\:gxEU_0AA37IEZJK-uoVcT)

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[OCP App SDK](docId\:gxEU_0AA37IEZJK-uoVcT) / ChannelValidateOptions

# Interface: ChannelValidateOptions

Defined in: [src/app/Channel.ts:220](https://github.com/ZaiusInc/app-sdk/blob/8c7209817facb226c91abb960e6d54a7692b9aa2/src/app/Channel.ts#L220)

Options for [Channel.validate](docId:9MPJ0gwsoXoAubpkwFgyD).

## Properties

### mode

:::BlockQuote
**mode**: `"test"` | `"preview"` | `"live"`
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Defined in: [src/app/Channel.ts:225](https://github.com/ZaiusInc/app-sdk/blob/8c7209817facb226c91abb960e6d54a7692b9aa2/src/app/Channel.ts#L225)

Whether the validation is being performed for a preview, test send, or when going live. This can be used, for
example, to ignore certain fields that aren't required to preview but would cause an error when going live.