# DistributedApplicationPipelineExtensions Methods

- Package: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.md)
- Type: [DistributedApplicationPipelineExtensions](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/distributedapplicationpipelineextensions.md)
- Kind: `Methods`
- Members: `1`

Extension methods for [IDistributedApplicationPipeline](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationpipeline.md).

## DisableBuildOnlyContainerValidation(IDistributedApplicationPipeline)

- Name: `DisableBuildOnlyContainerValidation(IDistributedApplicationPipeline)`
- Modifiers: `extension`
- Returns: [IDistributedApplicationPipeline](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationpipeline.md)
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/bd20f904cde09ecb9c9ae5116a6f13614bf2d7c2/src/Aspire.Hosting/Pipelines/DistributedApplicationPipelineExtensions.cs#L27-L36)

Disables the publish and deploy validation that requires build-only containers to be consumed by another resource.

```csharp
public static class DistributedApplicationPipelineExtensions
{
    public static IDistributedApplicationPipeline DisableBuildOnlyContainerValidation(
        this IDistributedApplicationPipeline pipeline)
    {
        // ...
    }
}
```

## Parameters

- `pipeline` ([IDistributedApplicationPipeline](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationpipeline.md))
  The distributed application pipeline.

## Returns

[IDistributedApplicationPipeline](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationpipeline.md) -- The distributed application pipeline for chaining.

## Remarks

This is an application-wide escape hatch for scenarios where the build-only container validation is too restrictive for a particular app. Prefer wiring build-only containers through `PublishWithContainerFiles` or `PublishWithStaticFiles` when possible.

## ATS metadata

### ATS export

- Available to Polyglot AppHosts through the Aspire Type System.