ACL-DRYRUN(3valkey)

💅 ACL-DRYRUN (from the 3valkey manual, bestie)

okay so this is the acl-dryrun page from the Valkey Command Manual, section 3valkey — and no cap, it's lowkey one of the most useful little guys in the whole ACL family. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

acl-dryrun — simulates the execution of a command by a user, without actually executing the command. it's giving dress rehearsal, not opening night 🎭

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ACL DRYRUN username command arg [arg...]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So basically: you take a given username and a given command, and you ask Valkey to pretend that user ran it. That's it. That's the whole vibe check. 🦋

Why is this iconic? Because it lets you test the permissions of a given user without having to enable the user and without causing the side effects of actually running the command. no chaos, no consequences, just answers. main character energy fr 💅

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✨ REPLY ✨

You get any one of these:

• valkey-protocol(7) Simple string reply: OK on success. 🎀
• valkey-protocol(7) Bulk string reply: an error describing why the user can't execute the command. 😭

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✨ COMPLEXITY ✨

O(1). instant. zero notes. ⚡

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✨ ACL CATEGORIES ✨

@admin @dangerous @slow

yes bestie, @dangerous AND @slow — she's flagged, be aware 👀

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✨ HISTORY ✨

• Available since: 7.0.0 🎂

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✨ EXAMPLES ✨

127.0.0.1:6379> ACL SETUSER VIRGINIA +SET ~*
"OK"
127.0.0.1:6379> ACL DRYRUN VIRGINIA SET foo bar
"OK"
127.0.0.1:6379> ACL DRYRUN VIRGINIA GET foo
"User VIRGINIA has no permissions to run the 'get' command"

see how VIRGINIA got +SET and nothing else? so SET said "OK" and GET said absolutely not. queen behavior honestly 👑✨

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole extended friend group, no one left out 🫶

• acl(3valkey)
• acl-cat(3valkey)
• acl-deluser(3valkey)
• acl-genpass(3valkey)
• acl-getuser(3valkey)
• acl-help(3valkey)
• acl-list(3valkey)
• acl-load(3valkey)
• acl-log(3valkey)
• acl-save(3valkey)
• acl-setuser(3valkey)
• acl-users(3valkey)
• acl-whoami(3valkey)
• bgrewriteaof(3valkey)
• bgsave(3valkey)
• command(3valkey)
• command-count(3valkey)
• command-docs(3valkey)
• command-getkeys(3valkey)
• command-getkeysandflags(3valkey)
• command-help(3valkey)
• command-info(3valkey)
• command-list(3valkey)
• commandlog(3valkey)
• commandlog-get(3valkey)
• commandlog-help(3valkey)
• commandlog-len(3valkey)
• commandlog-reset(3valkey)
• config(3valkey)
• config-get(3valkey)
• config-help(3valkey)
• config-resetstat(3valkey)
• config-rewrite(3valkey)
• config-set(3valkey)
• dbsize(3valkey)
• debug(3valkey)
• failover(3valkey)
• flushall(3valkey)
• flushdb(3valkey)
• info(3valkey)
• lastsave(3valkey)
• latency(3valkey)
• latency-doctor(3valkey)
• latency-graph(3valkey)
• latency-help(3valkey)
• latency-histogram(3valkey)
• latency-history(3valkey)
• latency-latest(3valkey)
• latency-reset(3valkey)
• lolwut(3valkey)
• memory(3valkey)
• memory-doctor(3valkey)
• memory-help(3valkey)
• memory-malloc-stats(3valkey)
• memory-purge(3valkey)
• memory-stats(3valkey)
• memory-usage(3valkey)
• module(3valkey)
• module-help(3valkey)
• module-list(3valkey)
• module-load(3valkey)
• module-loadex(3valkey)
• module-unload(3valkey)
• monitor(3valkey)
• psync(3valkey)
• replconf(3valkey)
• replicaof(3valkey)
• restore-asking(3valkey)
• role(3valkey)
• save(3valkey)
• shutdown(3valkey)
• slowlog(3valkey)
• slowlog-get(3valkey)
• slowlog-help(3valkey)
• slowlog-len(3valkey)
• slowlog-reset(3valkey)
• swapdb(3valkey)
• sync(3valkey)
• time(3valkey)

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and that's the page bestie!! 🌈✨ this one's from version 9.0.0, dated 2025-10-21 — go test your users' permissions safely, you absolute icon, mwah 💖🎀🦋