From 0954634af3340da71eae07628d03a4c232c69371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrowlingfox <mitchell.rowling@foxsports.com.au>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:36:48 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] [Resolve #929] Add hooks to validate Adds before_validate and
 after_validate hooks. Hooks for validate are necessary for actions that need
 to happen before any template validation. For example, downloading required
 artifacts.

---
 docs/_source/docs/hooks.rst | 2 ++
 sceptre/plan/actions.py     | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/_source/docs/hooks.rst b/docs/_source/docs/hooks.rst
index 616d3c392..69ad48f17 100644
--- a/docs/_source/docs/hooks.rst
+++ b/docs/_source/docs/hooks.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Hook points
 
 ``before_launch`` or ``after_launch`` - run hook before or after Stack launch.
 
+``before_validate`` or ``after_validate`` - run hook before or after Stack validation.
+
 ``before_create_change_set`` or ``after_create_change_set`` - run hook before or after create change set.
 
 Syntax:
diff --git a/sceptre/plan/actions.py b/sceptre/plan/actions.py
index 09a22dd29..fcd02cda9 100644
--- a/sceptre/plan/actions.py
+++ b/sceptre/plan/actions.py
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ def generate(self):
         """
         return self.stack.template.body
 
+    @add_stack_hooks
     def validate(self):
         """
         Validates the Stack's CloudFormation Template.