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+# Change validation
+
+Occasionally, a user wants to validate an intended change to see what the
+result will be before actually making the change. For example, a request to
+provision new servers in a fleet will have an impact on the overall fleet size
+and cost, and could potentially have unexpected downstream effects.
+
+## Guidance
+
+Operations **may** provide an field to validate, but not actually execute, the
+request. To provide this option, the operation **should** include a `dry_run`
+boolean field:
+
+```http
+PATCH /v1/publishers/{publisher}/books/{book}?dryRun=true HTTP/2
+Host: library.googleapis.com
+Accept: application/json
+```
+
+- Standard operations **must** expose the `dry_run` field on the query string.
+- Custom operations **may** expose the `dry_run` field in the request body, on
+  the query string, or accept either one.
+
+### Responses
+
+An operation **may** return a `204 No Content` response when asked to perform a
+dry run, which **must** be an empty response.
+
+Alternatively, an operation **may** provide the same response (status code,
+headers, and response body) that it would have provided if the request was
+actually executed.
+
+Under this approach, it may be infeasible to provide the full output. For
+example, if creating a resource would create an auto-generated ID, it does not
+make sense to do this on validation. The operation **should** prefer to use
+`204 No Content` in this scenario, but if a populated response is needed, the
+operation **should** omit such fields on the response.
+
+**Note:** When representing fields that can not be populated, non-zero or
+non-empty sentinel values **must not** be used.
+
+### Validation scope
+
+When performing a dry run, the service **should** check all of the following:
+
+- The validity of the request according to the schema.
+- Referential integrity of values in the request, if applicable.
+- Whether the user has permission to make the request.
+- Whether the user has sufficient quota to make the request.
+
+A request using `dry_run` **must** fail if it can be determined that the actual
+request would fail.
+
+**Note:** An operation **may** elect not to exhaustively check certain
+implementation-specific details if validating them would be expensive or pose a
+security concern. Therefore, a successful dry run indicates that an equivalent
+live request is likely to succeed, but is not a full guarantee of success.
+
+## Interface Definitions
+
+{% tab proto %}
+
+{% sample 'standard_operation.proto', 'message CreateBookRequest' %}
+
+- The `dry_run` field **must** use the `bool` type.
+- The `dry_run` field **must not** be annotated as `REQUIRED`.
+- In protocol buffers, the same response type is always used for a single RPC.
+  The operation **may** return the response message with no fields populated.
+
+{% tab operations %}
+
+{% sample 'standard_operation.oas.yaml', 'paths' %}
+
+- The `dryRun` query parameter **must** be `type: boolean`.
+- The `dryRun` query parameter **must not** be `required: true`.
+- createBook could also return a 204 response if `dryRun` is `true`.
+
+{% endtabs %}
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+---
+id: 163
+state: approved
+created: 2019-12-16
+placement:
+  category: design-patterns
+  order: 90
diff --git a/aip/general/0163/standard_operation.oas.yaml b/aip/general/0163/standard_operation.oas.yaml
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+openapi: 3.0.3
+info:
+  title: Library
+  version: 1.0.0
+paths:
+  /publishers/{publisherId}/books/{bookId}:
+    parameters:
+      - name: publisherId
+        in: path
+        description: The id of the book publisher.
+        required: true
+        schema:
+          type: string
+      - name: bookId
+        in: path
+        description: The id of the book.
+        required: true
+        schema:
+          type: string
+    patch:
+      operationId: createBook
+      description: Create a single book.
+      requestBody:
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Book'       
+      parameters:
+        - name: dryRun
+          in: query
+          description: |
+            If set, validate the request and preview the book,
+            but do not actually post it.
+          schema:
+            type: boolean
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: OK
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Book'
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Book:
+      description: A representation of a single book.
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        name:
+          type: string
+          description: |
+            The name of the book.
+            Format: publishers/{publisher}/books/{book}
+        isbn:
+          type: string
+          description: |
+            The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) for this book.
+        title:
+          type: string
+          description: The title of the book.
+        authors:
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: string
+          description: The author or authors of the book.
+        rating:
+          type: number
+          description: The rating assigned to the book.
diff --git a/aip/general/0163/standard_operation.proto b/aip/general/0163/standard_operation.proto
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+// Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+import "google/api/annotations.proto";
+import "google/api/client.proto";
+import "google/api/field_behavior.proto";
+import "google/api/resource.proto";
+
+service Library {
+  // Create a single book.
+  rpc CreateBook(CreateBookRequest) returns (Book) {
+    option (google.api.http) = {
+      post: "/v1/{parent=publishers/*}/books"
+      body: "book"
+    };
+    option (google.api.method_signature) = "parent,book";
+  }
+}
+
+
+// The request message for creating a book.
+message CreateBookRequest {
+  // The parent collection where this book will be created.
+  // Format: publishers/{publisher}
+  string parent = 1 [
+    (google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED,
+    (google.api.resource_reference) = {
+      child_type: "library.googleapis.com/Book"
+    }];
+
+  // The book to create.
+  Book book = 2 [(google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];
+
+  // If set, validate the request and preview the review, but do not actually
+  // post it.
+  bool dry_run = 3;
+}
+
+// A representation of a single book.
+message Book {
+  option (google.api.resource) = {
+    type: "library.googleapis.com/Book"
+    pattern: "publishers/{publisher}/books/{book}"
+  };
+
+  // The name of the book.
+  // Format: publishers/{publisher}/books/{book}
+  string name = 1;
+
+  // The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) for this book.
+  string isbn = 2;
+
+  // The title of the book.
+  string title = 3;
+
+  // The author or authors of the book.
+  repeated string authors = 4;
+
+  // The rating assigned to the book.
+  float rating = 5;
+}