From f2b3bf4890fe76106d80b10282225db0d7e7fd70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FarhanAnjum-opti <farhan.anjum@optimizely.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 21:44:45 +0600
Subject: [PATCH] [AI-FSSDK] [FSSDK-12418] Remove experiment type validation
 from config parsing

---
 OptimizelySDK.Tests/ProjectConfigTest.cs      | 13 +++++++++++++
 OptimizelySDK/Config/DatafileProjectConfig.cs | 18 ------------------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OptimizelySDK.Tests/ProjectConfigTest.cs b/OptimizelySDK.Tests/ProjectConfigTest.cs
index 29b17583..6f912a95 100644
--- a/OptimizelySDK.Tests/ProjectConfigTest.cs
+++ b/OptimizelySDK.Tests/ProjectConfigTest.cs
@@ -1736,6 +1736,19 @@ public void TestTypeFieldParsedCorrectly()
             Assert.AreEqual("fr", rolloutExperiment.Type);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestUnknownExperimentTypeAccepted()
+        {
+            var datafile = BuildFeatureRolloutDatafile(experimentType: "new_unknown_type");
+            var config = DatafileProjectConfig.Create(datafile, LoggerMock.Object,
+                ErrorHandlerMock.Object);
+
+            Assert.IsNotNull(config);
+            var experiment = config.GetExperimentFromKey("rollout_experiment");
+            Assert.IsNotNull(experiment);
+            Assert.AreEqual("new_unknown_type", experiment.Type);
+        }
+
         #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/OptimizelySDK/Config/DatafileProjectConfig.cs b/OptimizelySDK/Config/DatafileProjectConfig.cs
index ba00775e..4be4449a 100644
--- a/OptimizelySDK/Config/DatafileProjectConfig.cs
+++ b/OptimizelySDK/Config/DatafileProjectConfig.cs
@@ -375,26 +375,8 @@ private void Initialize()
                 }
             }
 
-            var validExperimentTypes = new HashSet<string>
-            {
-                Experiment.EXPERIMENT_TYPE_AB,
-                Experiment.EXPERIMENT_TYPE_MAB,
-                Experiment.EXPERIMENT_TYPE_CMAB,
-                Experiment.EXPERIMENT_TYPE_TD,
-                Experiment.EXPERIMENT_TYPE_FR,
-            };
-
             foreach (var experiment in _ExperimentIdMap.Values)
             {
-                if (experiment.Type != null && !validExperimentTypes.Contains(experiment.Type))
-                {
-                    Logger.Log(LogLevel.ERROR,
-                        $@"Experiment ""{experiment.Key}"" has invalid type ""{experiment.Type}"".");
-                    ErrorHandler.HandleError(
-                        new InvalidExperimentException(
-                            $"Invalid experiment type: {experiment.Type}"));
-                }
-
                 _VariationKeyMap[experiment.Key] = new Dictionary<string, Variation>();
                 _VariationIdMap[experiment.Key] = new Dictionary<string, Variation>();
                 _VariationIdMapByExperimentId[experiment.Id] = new Dictionary<string, Variation>();