diff --git a/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/help/validate_frame_ranges.xml b/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/help/validate_frame_ranges.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<root>
+<error id="main">
+<title>Invalid frame range</title>
+<description>
+## Invalid frame range
+
+Expected duration or '{duration}' frames set in database, workfile contains only '{found}' frames.
+
+### How to repair?
+
+Modify configuration in the database or tweak frame range in the workfile.
+</description>
+</error>
+</root>
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diff --git a/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/validate_frame_ranges.py b/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/validate_frame_ranges.py
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+import re
+
+import pyblish.api
+
+import openpype.api
+from openpype.pipeline import (
+    PublishXmlValidationError,
+    OptionalPyblishPluginMixin
+)
+
+
+class ValidateFrameRange(OptionalPyblishPluginMixin,
+                         pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """Validating frame range of rendered files against state in DB."""
+
+    label = "Validate Frame Range"
+    hosts = ["traypublisher"]
+    families = ["render"]
+    order = openpype.api.ValidateContentsOrder
+
+    optional = True
+    # published data might be sequence (.mov, .mp4) in that counting files
+    # doesnt make sense
+    check_extensions = ["exr", "dpx", "jpg", "jpeg", "png", "tiff", "tga",
+                        "gif", "svg"]
+    skip_timelines_check = []  # skip for specific task names (regex)
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        # Skip the instance if is not active by data on the instance
+        if not self.is_active(instance.data):
+            return
+
+        if (self.skip_timelines_check and
+            any(re.search(pattern, instance.data["task"])
+                for pattern in self.skip_timelines_check)):
+            self.log.info("Skipping for {} task".format(instance.data["task"]))
+
+        asset_doc = instance.data["assetEntity"]
+        asset_data = asset_doc["data"]
+        frame_start = asset_data["frameStart"]
+        frame_end = asset_data["frameEnd"]
+        handle_start = asset_data["handleStart"]
+        handle_end = asset_data["handleEnd"]
+        duration = (frame_end - frame_start + 1) + handle_start + handle_end
+
+        repres = instance.data.get("representations")
+        if not repres:
+            self.log.info("No representations, skipping.")
+            return
+
+        first_repre = repres[0]
+        ext = first_repre['ext'].replace(".", '')
+
+        if not ext or ext.lower() not in self.check_extensions:
+            self.log.warning("Cannot check for extension {}".format(ext))
+            return
+
+        files = first_repre["files"]
+        if isinstance(files, str):
+            files = [files]
+        frames = len(files)
+
+        msg = (
+            "Frame duration from DB:'{}' doesn't match number of files:'{}'"
+            " Please change frame range for Asset or limit no. of files"
+        ). format(int(duration), frames)
+
+        formatting_data = {"duration": duration,
+                           "found": frames}
+        if frames != duration:
+            raise PublishXmlValidationError(self, msg,
+                                            formatting_data=formatting_data)
+
+        self.log.debug("Valid ranges expected '{}' - found '{}'".
+                       format(int(duration), frames))