One checkbox on every form: validateOnly. Tick everything, plan the whole stack, change nothing.

validateOnly everywhere: plan mode for infrastructure

Terraform has plan. Kubernetes has –dry-run. Your vRO workflows have nothing, unless you give them a validateOnly input and pass it down. The most valuable checkbox in the lab factory.

16 September 2026 · Updated 1 October 2026 · 4 min · Adam Stretton