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# dryRun

A flag that indicates the container validates the model and generates the records, but doesn’t upload them to CloudKit.

```
static var dryRun: NSPersistentCloudKitContainerSchemaInitializationOptions { get }
```

## Discussion

This option is useful for unit testing to ensure your managed object model is valid for use with CloudKit.

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