Wolverine now considers a method named "Validate" or "ValidateAsync" …

…to be a "before" method

src/Http/WolverineWebApi/Validation/ValidatedCompoundEndpoint.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ public class ValidatedCompoundEndpoint
         return new User(cmd.UserId);
     }
 
-    [WolverineBefore]
     public static IResult Validate(User user)
     {
         if (user == null)

src/Samples/CQRSWithMarten/TeleHealth.WebApi/ProviderShiftEndpoint.cs

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public static class StartProviderShiftEndpoint
         return (board, provider, WolverineContinue.Result());
     }
 
-    [WolverineBefore]
+    // Validate or ValidateAsync() is considered by Wolverine to be a "before" method
     public static IResult Validate(Provider provider, Board board)
     {
         // Check if you can proceed to add the provider to the board

src/Wolverine/Middleware/MiddlewarePolicy.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Wolverine.Middleware;
 
 public class MiddlewarePolicy : IChainPolicy
 {
-    public static readonly string[] BeforeMethodNames = ["Before", "BeforeAsync", "Load", "LoadAsync"];
+    public static readonly string[] BeforeMethodNames = ["Before", "BeforeAsync", "Load", "LoadAsync", "Validate", "ValidateAsync"];
     public static readonly string[] AfterMethodNames = ["After", "AfterAsync", "PostProcess", "PostProcessAsync"];
     public static readonly string[] FinallyMethodNames = ["Finally", "FinallyAsync"];