diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration/OptionsValidatorBase.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration/OptionsValidatorBase.cs
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+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Base class for <see cref="IValidateOptions{TOptions}"/> implementations that removes the
+/// failure-accumulation plumbing. Override <see cref="Validate(ValidationBuilder, TOptions)"/> and
+/// use the supplied <see cref="ValidationBuilder"/>; the base aggregates ALL failures and returns
+/// <see cref="ValidateOptionsResult.Success"/> only when none were recorded.
+/// </summary>
+/// <typeparam name="TOptions">The options type being validated.</typeparam>
+public abstract class OptionsValidatorBase<TOptions> : IValidateOptions<TOptions>
+    where TOptions : class
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public ValidateOptionsResult Validate(string? name, TOptions options)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(options);
+        var builder = new ValidationBuilder();
+        Validate(builder, options);
+        return builder.IsValid
+            ? ValidateOptionsResult.Success
+            : ValidateOptionsResult.Fail(builder.Failures);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Records validation failures for <paramref name="options"/> on <paramref name="builder"/>.</summary>
+    /// <param name="builder">The accumulator to record failures on.</param>
+    /// <param name="options">The options instance to validate.</param>
+    protected abstract void Validate(ValidationBuilder builder, TOptions options);
+}
diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration.Tests/OptionsValidatorBaseTests.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration.Tests/OptionsValidatorBaseTests.cs
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+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Configuration.Tests;
+
+public sealed class OptionsValidatorBaseTests
+{
+    private sealed class SampleOptions
+    {
+        public int Port { get; set; }
+        public string? Name { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class SampleValidator : OptionsValidatorBase<SampleOptions>
+    {
+        protected override void Validate(ValidationBuilder v, SampleOptions o)
+        {
+            v.Port(o.Port, "Sample:Port");
+            v.Required(o.Name, "Sample:Name");
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Success_when_clean()
+    {
+        var r = new SampleValidator().Validate(null, new SampleOptions { Port = 8080, Name = "ok" });
+        Assert.True(r.Succeeded);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Fails_and_reports_all_failures()
+    {
+        var r = new SampleValidator().Validate(null, new SampleOptions { Port = 0, Name = "" });
+        Assert.True(r.Failed);
+        Assert.Equal(2, r.Failures!.Count());
+    }
+}