diff --git a/libraries/validation-tools/index.js b/libraries/validation-tools/index.js
index c41b37d0b5..c456a3a7bf 100644
--- a/libraries/validation-tools/index.js
+++ b/libraries/validation-tools/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { ParamsError } = require('./Errors')
 const { z } = require('zod')
 const { zz } = require('./zodHelpers')
-const { validateReq } = require('./validateReq')
+const { parseReq } = require('./parseReq')
 const { validateSchema } = require('./validateSchema')
 const {
   handleValidationError,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = {
   z,
   zz,
   validateSchema,
-  validateReq,
+  parseReq,
   handleValidationError,
   createHandleValidationError,
   ParamsError,
diff --git a/libraries/validation-tools/validateReq.js b/libraries/validation-tools/parseReq.js
similarity index 86%
rename from libraries/validation-tools/validateReq.js
rename to libraries/validation-tools/parseReq.js
index 36c6a5a36f..cb3c87c659 100644
--- a/libraries/validation-tools/validateReq.js
+++ b/libraries/validation-tools/parseReq.js
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ const { ParamsError } = require('./Errors')
  */
 
 /**
- * Validate a request against a zod schema
+ * Parse and validate a request against a Zod schema
  *
  * @template {ZodType} T
  * @param {Request} req - The Express request object
  * @param {T} schema - The Zod schema to validate against
  * @returns {output<T>} The validated request object
  */
-function validateReq(req, schema) {
+function parseReq(req, schema) {
   const parsed = schema.safeParse(req)
   if (parsed.success) {
     return parsed.data
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ function validateReq(req, schema) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { validateReq }
+module.exports = { parseReq }
diff --git a/libraries/validation-tools/test/unit/src/validateReq.test.ts b/libraries/validation-tools/test/unit/src/validateReq.test.ts
index 4a716d7a69..a30e14c299 100644
--- a/libraries/validation-tools/test/unit/src/validateReq.test.ts
+++ b/libraries/validation-tools/test/unit/src/validateReq.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { validateReq } from '../../../validateReq'
+import { parseReq } from '../../../parseReq'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import { z } from 'zod'
 import type { Request } from 'express'
 import { zz } from '../../../zodHelpers'
 
-describe('validateReq', () => {
+describe('parseReq', () => {
   describe('with a request that is valid for the schema', () => {
     it('should return the parsed request', () => {
       const req = {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('validateReq', () => {
         }),
       })
 
-      const result = validateReq(req, schema)
+      const result = parseReq(req, schema)
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
         params: {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('validateReq', () => {
       } as Request<{ id: string }>
 
       expect(() =>
-        validateReq(
+        parseReq(
           req,
           z.object({
             params: z.object({
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('validateReq', () => {
       } as Request
 
       expect(() =>
-        validateReq(
+        parseReq(
           req,
           z.object({
             body: z.object({
diff --git a/server-ce/test/host-admin.js b/server-ce/test/host-admin.js
index 9b1c9ae856..c76151745c 100644
--- a/server-ce/test/host-admin.js
+++ b/server-ce/test/host-admin.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import bodyParser from 'body-parser'
 import express from 'express'
 import YAML from 'js-yaml'
 import { isZodErrorLike } from 'zod-validation-error'
-import { ParamsError, validateReq, z } from '@overleaf/validation-tools'
+import { ParamsError, parseReq, z } from '@overleaf/validation-tools'
 import { expressify } from '@overleaf/promise-utils'
 
 const execFile = promisify(execFileCb)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ app.post(
   expressify(async (req, res) => {
     const {
       body: { cwd, script, args, user, hasOverleafEnv },
-    } = validateReq(
+    } = parseReq(
       req,
       z.object({
         body: z.object({
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ app.post(
   expressify(async (req, res) => {
     const {
       body: { task, args },
-    } = validateReq(
+    } = parseReq(
       req,
       z.object({
         body: z.object({
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ app.post(
     const {
       params: { cmd },
       body: { args },
-    } = validateReq(
+    } = parseReq(
       req,
       z.object({
         params: z.object({
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ app.post(
   expressify(async (req, res) => {
     const {
       body: { pro, version, vars, withDataDir, resetData, mongoVersion },
-    } = validateReq(
+    } = parseReq(
       req,
       z.object({
         body: z.object({
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ app.post(
   expressify(async (req, res) => {
     const {
       body: { mongoVersion },
-    } = validateReq(
+    } = parseReq(
       req,
       z.object({
         body: z.object({
diff --git a/services/history-v1/api/controllers/project_import.js b/services/history-v1/api/controllers/project_import.js
index d4cb94886b..dfc0c40159 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/api/controllers/project_import.js
+++ b/services/history-v1/api/controllers/project_import.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const persistBuffer = storage.persistBuffer
 const InvalidChangeError = storage.InvalidChangeError
 
 const render = require('./render')
-const { validateReq } = require('@overleaf/validation-tools')
+const { parseReq } = require('@overleaf/validation-tools')
 const schemas = require('../schema')
 const Rollout = require('../app/rollout')
 const redisBackend = require('../../storage/lib/chunk_store/redis')
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function getParam(req, name, location = 'path') {
   }
 }
 async function importSnapshot(req, res) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, schemas.importSnapshot)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, schemas.importSnapshot)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const rawSnapshot = getParam({ body }, 'snapshot', 'body') ?? body
   let snapshot
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ async function importSnapshot(req, res) {
 }
 
 async function importChanges(req, res, next) {
-  const { params, query, body } = validateReq(req, schemas.importChanges)
+  const { params, query, body } = parseReq(req, schemas.importChanges)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const rawChanges = getParam({ body }, 'changes', 'body') ?? body
   const endVersion = query.end_version
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ async function importChanges(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function flushChanges(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.flushChanges)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.flushChanges)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   // Use the same limits importChanges, since these are passed to persistChanges
   const farFuture = new Date()
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ async function flushChanges(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function expireProject(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.expireProject)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.expireProject)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   await redisBackend.expireProject(projectId)
   res.status(HTTPStatus.OK).end()
diff --git a/services/history-v1/api/controllers/projects.js b/services/history-v1/api/controllers/projects.js
index b8d567c6af..5d6eb5b5aa 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/api/controllers/projects.js
+++ b/services/history-v1/api/controllers/projects.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { promisify } = require('node:util')
 const config = require('config')
 const OError = require('@overleaf/o-error')
 const { expressify } = require('@overleaf/promise-utils')
-const { validateReq } = require('@overleaf/validation-tools')
+const { parseReq } = require('@overleaf/validation-tools')
 
 const logger = require('@overleaf/logger')
 const { Chunk, ChunkResponse, Blob } = require('overleaf-editor-core')
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const { getChunkMetadataForVersion } = require('../../storage/lib/chunk_store')
 const pipeline = promisify(Stream.pipeline)
 
 async function initializeProject(req, res, next) {
-  const { body } = validateReq(req, schemas.initializeProject)
+  const { body } = parseReq(req, schemas.initializeProject)
   let projectId = body?.projectId
   try {
     projectId = await chunkStore.initializeProject(projectId)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async function initializeProject(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function getLatestContent(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.getLatestContent)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.getLatestContent)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const blobStore = new BlobStore(projectId)
   const chunk = await chunkStore.loadLatest(projectId)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ async function getLatestContent(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function getContentAtVersion(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.getContentAtVersion)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.getContentAtVersion)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const version = params.version
   const blobStore = new BlobStore(projectId)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async function getContentAtVersion(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function getLatestHashedContent(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.getLatestHashedContent)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.getLatestHashedContent)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const blobStore = new HashCheckBlobStore(new BlobStore(projectId))
   const chunk = await chunkStore.loadLatest(projectId)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ async function getLatestHashedContent(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function getLatestHistory(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.getLatestHistory)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.getLatestHistory)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   try {
     const chunk = await chunkStore.loadLatest(projectId)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ async function getLatestHistory(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function getLatestHistoryRaw(req, res, next) {
-  const { params, query } = validateReq(req, schemas.getLatestHistoryRaw)
+  const { params, query } = parseReq(req, schemas.getLatestHistoryRaw)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const readOnly = query.readOnly
   try {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ async function getLatestHistoryRaw(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function getHistory(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.getHistory)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.getHistory)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const version = params.version
   try {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ async function getHistory(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function getHistoryBefore(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.getHistoryBefore)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.getHistoryBefore)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const timestamp = params.timestamp
   try {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ async function getHistoryBefore(req, res, next) {
  * Get all changes since the beginning of history or since a given version
  */
 async function getChanges(req, res, next) {
-  const { params, query } = validateReq(req, schemas.getChanges)
+  const { params, query } = parseReq(req, schemas.getChanges)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const sinceParam = query.since
   const since = sinceParam == null ? 0 : sinceParam
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ async function getChanges(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function getZip(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.getZip)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.getZip)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const version = params.version
   const blobStore = new BlobStore(projectId)
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ async function getZip(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function createZip(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.createZip)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.createZip)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const version = params.version
   try {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ async function createZip(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function deleteProject(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.deleteProject)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.deleteProject)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const blobStore = new BlobStore(projectId)
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ async function deleteProject(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function createProjectBlob(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.createProjectBlob)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.createProjectBlob)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const expectedHash = params.hash
   const maxUploadSize = parseInt(config.get('maxFileUploadSize'), 10)
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ async function createProjectBlob(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function headProjectBlob(req, res) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.headProjectBlob)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.headProjectBlob)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const hash = params.hash
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ function _getRangeOpts(header) {
 }
 
 async function getProjectBlob(req, res, next) {
-  const { params, headers } = validateReq(req, schemas.getProjectBlob)
+  const { params, headers } = parseReq(req, schemas.getProjectBlob)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const hash = params.hash
   const rangeHeader = headers.range || ''
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ async function getProjectBlob(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function copyProjectBlob(req, res, next) {
-  const { params, query } = validateReq(req, schemas.copyProjectBlob)
+  const { params, query } = parseReq(req, schemas.copyProjectBlob)
   const sourceProjectId = query.copyFrom
   const targetProjectId = params.project_id
   const blobHash = params.hash
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ function sumUpByteLength(blobs) {
 }
 
 async function getBlobStats(req, res) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, schemas.getBlobStats)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, schemas.getBlobStats)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const blobHashes = body.blobHashes || []
   for (const hash of blobHashes) {
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ async function getBlobStats(req, res) {
 }
 
 async function getProjectBlobsStats(req, res) {
-  const { body } = validateReq(req, schemas.getProjectBlobsStats)
+  const { body } = parseReq(req, schemas.getProjectBlobsStats)
   const projectIds = body.projectIds
   const { blobs } = await getProjectBlobsBatch(
     projectIds.map(id => {
diff --git a/services/history-v1/api/middleware/security.js b/services/history-v1/api/middleware/security.js
index 0f9568c088..4835e455a0 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/api/middleware/security.js
+++ b/services/history-v1/api/middleware/security.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const config = require('config')
 const HTTPStatus = require('http-status')
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken')
 const tsscmp = require('tsscmp')
-const { validateReq } = require('@overleaf/validation-tools')
+const { parseReq } = require('@overleaf/validation-tools')
 const schemas = require('../schema')
 
 function hasValidBasicAuthCredentials(req) {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function configureJWTAuth(mode = 'jwt') {
       throw error
     }
 
-    const { params } = validateReq(req, schemas.projectId)
+    const { params } = parseReq(req, schemas.projectId)
     if (decoded.project_id.toString() !== params.project_id.toString()) {
       const err = new Error('Wrong project_id')
       err.statusCode = HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN
diff --git a/services/notifications/app/js/NotificationsController.ts b/services/notifications/app/js/NotificationsController.ts
index 1109ec8164..08e36acbcc 100644
--- a/services/notifications/app/js/NotificationsController.ts
+++ b/services/notifications/app/js/NotificationsController.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logger from '@overleaf/logger'
 import metrics from '@overleaf/metrics'
 import Notifications from './Notifications.js'
 import { expressify } from '@overleaf/promise-utils'
-import { validateReq, z, zz } from '@overleaf/validation-tools'
+import { parseReq, z, zz } from '@overleaf/validation-tools'
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express'
 
 const getUserNotificationsSchema = z.object({
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const getUserNotificationsSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function getUserNotifications(req: Request, res: Response) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, getUserNotificationsSchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, getUserNotificationsSchema)
   logger.debug({ userId: params.user_id }, 'getting user unread notifications')
   metrics.inc('getUserNotifications')
   const notifications = await Notifications.getUserNotifications(params.user_id)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const addNotificationSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function addNotification(req: Request, res: Response) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, addNotificationSchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, addNotificationSchema)
   logger.debug(
     { userId: params.user_id, notification: body },
     'adding notification'
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const removeNotificationIdSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function removeNotificationId(req: Request, res: Response) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, removeNotificationIdSchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, removeNotificationIdSchema)
   logger.debug(
     {
       userId: req.params.user_id,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const removeNotificationKeySchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function removeNotificationKey(req: Request, res: Response) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, removeNotificationKeySchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, removeNotificationKeySchema)
   logger.debug(
     { userId: req.params.user_id, notificationKey: body.key },
     'mark key notification as read'
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ const removeNotificationByKeyOnlySchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function removeNotificationByKeyOnly(req: Request, res: Response) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, removeNotificationByKeyOnlySchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, removeNotificationByKeyOnlySchema)
   const notificationKey = params.key
   logger.debug({ notificationKey }, 'mark notification as read by key only')
   metrics.inc('removeNotificationKey')
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const countNotificationsByKeyOnlySchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function countNotificationsByKeyOnly(req: Request, res: Response) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, countNotificationsByKeyOnlySchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, countNotificationsByKeyOnlySchema)
   const notificationKey = params.key
   try {
     const count =
@@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ async function deleteUnreadNotificationsByKeyOnlyBulk(
   req: Request,
   res: Response
 ) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(
-    req,
-    deleteUnreadNotificationsByKeyOnlyBulkSchema
-  )
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, deleteUnreadNotificationsByKeyOnlyBulkSchema)
   const notificationKey = params.key
   try {
     const count =
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.mjs
index cf31f5804e..6441a4b8b9 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.mjs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import TokenAccessHandler from '../TokenAccess/TokenAccessHandler.mjs'
 import ProjectAuditLogHandler from '../Project/ProjectAuditLogHandler.mjs'
 import LimitationsManager from '../Subscription/LimitationsManager.mjs'
 import PrivilegeLevels from '../Authorization/PrivilegeLevels.mjs'
-import { z, zz, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, zz, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import Features from '../../infrastructure/Features.mjs'
 
 const { hasAdminAccess } = AdminAuthorizationHelper
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ const setCollaboratorInfoSchema = z.object({
 
 async function setCollaboratorInfo(req, res, next) {
   try {
-    const { params, body } = validateReq(req, setCollaboratorInfoSchema)
+    const { params, body } = parseReq(req, setCollaboratorInfoSchema)
     const projectId = params.Project_id
     const userId = params.user_id
     const { privilegeLevel } = body
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ const transferOwnershipSchema = z.object({
 
 async function transferOwnership(req, res, next) {
   const sessionUser = SessionManager.getSessionUser(req.session)
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, transferOwnershipSchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, transferOwnershipSchema)
   const projectId = params.Project_id
   const toUserId = body.user_id
   try {
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsInviteController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsInviteController.mjs
index 06e4e3a55e..28cd74e343 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsInviteController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsInviteController.mjs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import EditorRealTimeController from '../Editor/EditorRealTimeController.mjs'
 import AnalyticsManager from '../Analytics/AnalyticsManager.mjs'
 import SessionManager from '../Authentication/SessionManager.mjs'
 import { RateLimiter } from '../../infrastructure/RateLimiter.mjs'
-import { z, zz, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, zz, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import { expressify } from '@overleaf/promise-utils'
 import ProjectAuditLogHandler from '../Project/ProjectAuditLogHandler.mjs'
 import Errors from '../Errors/Errors.js'
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const inviteToProjectSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function inviteToProject(req, res) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, inviteToProjectSchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, inviteToProjectSchema)
   const projectId = params.Project_id
   let { email, privileges } = body
   const sendingUser = SessionManager.getSessionUser(req.session)
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Compile/CompileController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Compile/CompileController.mjs
index 0f23c340fb..0da893013f 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Compile/CompileController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Compile/CompileController.mjs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from '@overleaf/fetch-utils'
 import Features from '../../infrastructure/Features.mjs'
 
-const { z, zz, validateReq } = Validation
+const { z, zz, parseReq } = Validation
 const ClsiCookieManager = ClsiCookieManagerFactory(
   Settings.apis.clsi?.backendGroupName
 )
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ const _CompileController = {
   },
 
   async deleteAuxFiles(req, res) {
-    const { params, query } = validateReq(req, deleteAuxFilesSchema)
+    const { params, query } = parseReq(req, deleteAuxFilesSchema)
     const projectId = params.Project_id
     const { clsiserverid } = query
     const userId = await CompileController._getUserIdForCompile(req)
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ const _CompileController = {
   },
 
   async wordCount(req, res) {
-    const { params, query } = validateReq(req, wordCountSchema)
+    const { params, query } = parseReq(req, wordCountSchema)
     const projectId = params.Project_id
     const file = query.file || false
     const { clsiserverid } = query
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Editor/EditorHttpController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Editor/EditorHttpController.mjs
index aefe529e05..95eec08588 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Editor/EditorHttpController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Editor/EditorHttpController.mjs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import Errors from '../Errors/Errors.js'
 import { expressify } from '@overleaf/promise-utils'
 import Settings from '@overleaf/settings'
 import CollaboratorsGetter from '../Collaborators/CollaboratorsGetter.mjs'
-import { z, zz, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, zz, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 
 const ProjectAccess = CollaboratorsGetter.ProjectAccess
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const joinProjectSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function joinProject(req, res, next) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, joinProjectSchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, joinProjectSchema)
   const projectId = params.Project_id
   let userId = body.userId
   if (userId === 'anonymous-user') {
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/History/HistoryController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/History/HistoryController.mjs
index 71fd824cdd..7d8c8a03aa 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/History/HistoryController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/History/HistoryController.mjs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import ProjectEntityUpdateHandler from '../Project/ProjectEntityUpdateHandler.mj
 import RestoreManager from './RestoreManager.mjs'
 import { prepareZipAttachment } from '../../infrastructure/Response.mjs'
 import Features from '../../infrastructure/Features.mjs'
-import { z, zz, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, zz, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import ProjectAuditLogHandler from '../Project/ProjectAuditLogHandler.mjs'
 
 // Number of seconds after which the browser should send a request to revalidate
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const requestBlobSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function requestBlob(method, req, res) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, requestBlobSchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, requestBlobSchema)
   const { project_id: projectId, hash } = params
 
   // Handle conditional GET request
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ const getLatestHistorySchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function getLatestHistory(req, res, next) {
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, getLatestHistorySchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, getLatestHistorySchema)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   const history = await HistoryManager.promises.getLatestHistory(projectId)
   res.json(history)
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ const getChangesSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function getChanges(req, res, next) {
-  const { params, query } = validateReq(req, getChangesSchema)
+  const { params, query } = parseReq(req, getChangesSchema)
   const projectId = params.project_id
   let since = query.since
   // TODO: Transition flag; remove after a while
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.mjs
index 696cbc7db5..8a0a465a9d 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.mjs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from '../Errors/Errors.js'
 import Modules from '../../infrastructure/Modules.mjs'
 import { plainTextResponse } from '../../infrastructure/Response.mjs'
-import { z, zz, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, zz, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import EditorRealTimeController from '../Editor/EditorRealTimeController.mjs'
 import { expressify } from '@overleaf/promise-utils'
 import ProjectOutputFileAgent from './ProjectOutputFileAgent.mjs'
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const createLinkedFileSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function createLinkedFile(req, res, next) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, createLinkedFileSchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, createLinkedFileSchema)
   const { project_id: projectId } = params
   const { name, provider, data, parent_folder_id: parentFolderId } = body
   const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/PasswordReset/PasswordResetController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/PasswordReset/PasswordResetController.mjs
index 57a1e3874e..24d00c78a3 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/PasswordReset/PasswordResetController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/PasswordReset/PasswordResetController.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import UserSessionsManager from '../User/UserSessionsManager.mjs'
 import OError from '@overleaf/o-error'
 import EmailsHelper from '../Helpers/EmailHelper.mjs'
 import { expressify } from '@overleaf/promise-utils'
-import { z, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import SplitTestHandler from '../SplitTests/SplitTestHandler.mjs'
 
 const setNewUserPasswordSchema = z.object({
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const setNewUserPasswordSchema = z.object({
 
 async function setNewUserPassword(req, res, next) {
   let user
-  const { body } = validateReq(req, setNewUserPasswordSchema)
+  const { body } = parseReq(req, setNewUserPasswordSchema)
   let { passwordResetToken, password, email } = body
   if (!passwordResetToken || !password) {
     return res.status(400).json({
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ const requestResetSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function requestReset(req, res, next) {
-  const { body } = validateReq(req, requestResetSchema)
+  const { body } = parseReq(req, requestResetSchema)
   const email = EmailsHelper.parseEmail(body.email)
   if (!email) {
     return res.status(400).json({
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ const renderSetPasswordFormSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function renderSetPasswordForm(req, res, next) {
-  const { query } = validateReq(req, renderSetPasswordFormSchema)
+  const { query } = parseReq(req, renderSetPasswordFormSchema)
 
   if (query.passwordResetToken != null) {
     try {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ const renderRequestResetFormSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function renderRequestResetForm(req, res) {
-  const { query } = validateReq(req, renderRequestResetFormSchema)
+  const { query } = parseReq(req, renderRequestResetFormSchema)
   const errorQuery = query.error
   let error = null
   if (errorQuery === 'token_expired') {
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.mjs
index 2c1eb2c255..ecbc0136c8 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.mjs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import TagsHandler from '../Tags/TagsHandler.mjs'
 import TutorialHandler from '../Tutorial/TutorialHandler.mjs'
 import UserUpdater from '../User/UserUpdater.mjs'
 import Modules from '../../infrastructure/Modules.mjs'
-import { z, zz, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, zz, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import UserGetter from '../User/UserGetter.mjs'
 import { isStandaloneAiAddOnPlanCode } from '../Subscription/AiHelper.mjs'
 import SubscriptionController from '../Subscription/SubscriptionController.mjs'
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ const _ProjectController = {
   },
 
   async updateProjectSettings(req, res) {
-    const { params, body } = validateReq(req, updateProjectSettingsSchema)
+    const { params, body } = parseReq(req, updateProjectSettingsSchema)
     const projectId = params.Project_id
 
     if (body.compiler != null) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ const _ProjectController = {
   },
 
   async updateProjectAdminSettings(req, res) {
-    const { params, body } = validateReq(req, updateProjectAdminSettingsSchema)
+    const { params, body } = parseReq(req, updateProjectAdminSettingsSchema)
     const projectId = params.Project_id
     const user = SessionManager.getSessionUser(req.session)
     if (!Features.hasFeature('link-sharing')) {
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Spelling/SpellingController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Spelling/SpellingController.mjs
index 2e55ad5691..1ad42655f3 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Spelling/SpellingController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Spelling/SpellingController.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import SessionManager from '../Authentication/SessionManager.mjs'
 import LearnedWordsManager from './LearnedWordsManager.mjs'
-import { z, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 
 const learnSchema = z.object({
   body: z.object({
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const unlearnSchema = z.object({
 
 export default {
   learn(req, res, next) {
-    const { body } = validateReq(req, learnSchema)
+    const { body } = parseReq(req, learnSchema)
     const { word } = body
     const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
     LearnedWordsManager.learnWord(userId, word, err => {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default {
   },
 
   unlearn(req, res, next) {
-    const { body } = validateReq(req, unlearnSchema)
+    const { body } = parseReq(req, unlearnSchema)
     const { word } = body
     const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
     LearnedWordsManager.unlearnWord(userId, word, err => {
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionController.mjs
index 02038a3a51..42a7ab9cf1 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionController.mjs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import { User } from '../../models/User.mjs'
 import UserGetter from '../User/UserGetter.mjs'
 import PermissionsManager from '../Authorization/PermissionsManager.mjs'
 import { sanitizeSessionUserForFrontEnd } from '../../infrastructure/FrontEndUser.mjs'
-import { z, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import { IndeterminateInvoiceError } from '../Errors/Errors.js'
 import SubscriptionLocator from './SubscriptionLocator.mjs'
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ const pauseSubscriptionSchema = z.object({
 
 async function pauseSubscription(req, res, next) {
   const user = SessionManager.getSessionUser(req.session)
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, pauseSubscriptionSchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, pauseSubscriptionSchema)
   const pauseCycles = params.pauseCycles
   if (pauseCycles < 0) {
     return HttpErrorHandler.badRequest(
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ const purchaseAddonSchema = z.object({
 
 async function purchaseAddon(req, res, next) {
   const user = SessionManager.getSessionUser(req.session)
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, purchaseAddonSchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, purchaseAddonSchema)
   const addOnCode = params.addOnCode
   // currently we only support having a quantity of 1
   const quantity = 1
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ const removeAddonSchema = z.object({
 
 async function removeAddon(req, res, next) {
   const user = SessionManager.getSessionUser(req.session)
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, removeAddonSchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, removeAddonSchema)
   const addOnCode = params.addOnCode
 
   if (addOnCode !== AI_ADD_ON_CODE) {
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ const reactivateAddonSchema = z.object({
  */
 async function reactivateAddon(req, res) {
   const user = SessionManager.getSessionUser(req.session)
-  const { params } = validateReq(req, reactivateAddonSchema)
+  const { params } = parseReq(req, reactivateAddonSchema)
   const addOnCode = params.addOnCode
 
   if (addOnCode !== AI_ADD_ON_CODE) {
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionGroupController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionGroupController.mjs
index 208c12f72f..9b67a0ad38 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionGroupController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionGroupController.mjs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { expressify } from '@overleaf/promise-utils'
 import Modules from '../../infrastructure/Modules.mjs'
 import UserGetter from '../User/UserGetter.mjs'
 import { Subscription } from '../../models/Subscription.mjs'
-import { z, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import { isProfessionalGroupPlan } from './PlansHelper.mjs'
 import {
   MissingBillingInfoError,
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ const previewAddSeatsSubscriptionChangeSchema = z.object({
  * @returns {Promise<void>}
  */
 async function previewAddSeatsSubscriptionChange(req, res) {
-  const { body } = validateReq(req, previewAddSeatsSubscriptionChangeSchema)
+  const { body } = parseReq(req, previewAddSeatsSubscriptionChangeSchema)
   try {
     const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
     const preview =
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ const submitFormSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function submitForm(req, res) {
-  const { body } = validateReq(req, submitFormSchema)
+  const { body } = parseReq(req, submitFormSchema)
   const { adding, poNumber } = body
 
   const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Tags/TagsController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Tags/TagsController.mjs
index 873f7ea0e5..9c6ac6b368 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Tags/TagsController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Tags/TagsController.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import TagsHandler from './TagsHandler.mjs'
 import SessionManager from '../Authentication/SessionManager.mjs'
 import Errors from '../Errors/Errors.js'
-import { z, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import { expressify } from '@overleaf/promise-utils'
 
 async function _getTags(userId, _req, res) {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const createTagSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function createTag(req, res) {
-  const { body } = validateReq(req, createTagSchema)
+  const { body } = parseReq(req, createTagSchema)
   const { name, color } = body
   const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
   const tag = await TagsHandler.promises.createTag(userId, name, color)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const addProjectsToTagSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function addProjectsToTag(req, res) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, addProjectsToTagSchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, addProjectsToTagSchema)
   const { tagId } = params
   const { projectIds } = body
   const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const removeProjectsFromTagSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function removeProjectsFromTag(req, res, next) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, removeProjectsFromTagSchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, removeProjectsFromTagSchema)
   const { tagId } = params
   const { projectIds } = body
   const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const renameTagSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function renameTag(req, res) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, renameTagSchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, renameTagSchema)
   const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
   const { tagId } = params
   const name = body.name
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ const editTagSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function editTag(req, res) {
-  const { params, body } = validateReq(req, editTagSchema)
+  const { params, body } = parseReq(req, editTagSchema)
   const { tagId } = params
   const name = body.name
   const color = body.color
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserController.mjs
index 8967fe075e..ac1ca8870b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserController.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import metrics from '@overleaf/metrics'
 import AuthenticationManager from '../Authentication/AuthenticationManager.mjs'
 import SessionManager from '../Authentication/SessionManager.mjs'
 import Features from '../../infrastructure/Features.mjs'
-import { z, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import UserAuditLogHandler from './UserAuditLogHandler.mjs'
 import UserSessionsManager from './UserSessionsManager.mjs'
 import UserUpdater from './UserUpdater.mjs'
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ const updateUserSettingsSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 async function updateUserSettings(req, res, next) {
-  const { body } = validateReq(req, updateUserSettingsSchema)
+  const { body } = parseReq(req, updateUserSettingsSchema)
   const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
   req.logger.addFields({ userId })
 
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/UserMembership/UserMembershipMiddleware.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/UserMembership/UserMembershipMiddleware.mjs
index 13289c0096..06d9e79068 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/UserMembership/UserMembershipMiddleware.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/UserMembership/UserMembershipMiddleware.mjs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import EntityConfigs from './UserMembershipEntityConfigs.mjs'
 import Errors from '../Errors/Errors.js'
 import HttpErrorHandler from '../Errors/HttpErrorHandler.mjs'
 import TemplatesManager from '../Templates/TemplatesManager.mjs'
-import { z, zz, validateReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
+import { z, zz, parseReq } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.mjs'
 import AdminAuthorizationHelper from '../Helpers/AdminAuthorizationHelper.mjs'
 
 const { useAdminCapabilities } = AdminAuthorizationHelper
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ const fetchEntitySchema = z.discriminatedUnion('entityName', [
 // fetch the entity with id and config, and set it in the request
 function fetchEntity() {
   return expressify(async (req, res, next) => {
-    const { params } = validateReq(req, fetchEntitySchema)
+    const { params } = parseReq(req, fetchEntitySchema)
     req.entity =
       await UserMembershipHandler.promises.getEntityWithoutAuthorizationCheck(
         params.id,
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Validation.mjs b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Validation.mjs
index 930eb21aa3..c0bd79e28d 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Validation.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Validation.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { NotFoundError } from '../Features/Errors/Errors.js'
 
 import {
-  validateReq as validateReqBase,
+  parseReq as parseReqBase,
   z,
   zz,
   ParamsError,
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import {
 
 export { z, zz } from '@overleaf/validation-tools'
 
-export const validateReq = (req, schema) => {
+export const parseReq = (req, schema) => {
   try {
-    return validateReqBase(req, schema)
+    return parseReqBase(req, schema)
   } catch (err) {
     if (err instanceof ParamsError) {
       // convert into a NotFoundError that web understands
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const validateReq = (req, schema) => {
 }
 
 export default {
-  validateReq,
+  parseReq,
   z,
   zz,
 }