diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/plugin.ts
index b667cbd3213cc..05257cb79a75c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/plugin.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Server } from 'hapi';
 import { VisTypeTimeseriesConfig } from './config';
 import { getVisData, GetVisData, GetVisDataOptions } from './lib/get_vis_data';
+import { ValidationTelemetryService } from './validation_telemetry';
 import { UsageCollectionSetup } from '../../usage_collection/server';
 import { visDataRoutes } from './routes/vis';
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -65,8 +66,11 @@ export interface Framework {
 }
 
 export class VisTypeTimeseriesPlugin implements Plugin<VisTypeTimeseriesSetup> {
+  private validationTelementryService: ValidationTelemetryService;
+
   constructor(private readonly initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
     this.initializerContext = initializerContext;
+    this.validationTelementryService = new ValidationTelemetryService();
   }
 
   public setup(core: CoreSetup, plugins: VisTypeTimeseriesPluginSetupDependencies) {
@@ -88,9 +92,15 @@ export class VisTypeTimeseriesPlugin implements Plugin<VisTypeTimeseriesSetup> {
       searchStrategyRegistry,
     };
 
-    visDataRoutes(router, framework);
+    (async () => {
+      const validationTelemetry = await this.validationTelementryService.setup(core, {
+        ...plugins,
+        globalConfig$,
+      });
+      visDataRoutes(router, framework, validationTelemetry);
 
-    fieldsRoutes(framework);
+      fieldsRoutes(framework);
+    })();
 
     return {
       getVisData: async (
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/routes/vis.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/routes/vis.ts
index abb7af5ad802e..744020b583882 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/routes/vis.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/routes/vis.ts
@@ -18,19 +18,38 @@
  */
 
 import { IRouter, KibanaRequest } from 'kibana/server';
+import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { getVisData, GetVisDataOptions } from '../lib/get_vis_data';
 import { visPayloadSchema } from './post_vis_schema';
-import { Framework } from '../index';
+import { Framework, ValidationTelemetryServiceSetup } from '../index';
 
-export const visDataRoutes = (router: IRouter, framework: Framework) => {
+const escapeHatch = schema.object({}, { unknowns: 'allow' });
+
+export const visDataRoutes = (
+  router: IRouter,
+  framework: Framework,
+  { logFailedValidation }: ValidationTelemetryServiceSetup
+) => {
   router.post(
     {
       path: '/api/metrics/vis/data',
       validate: {
-        body: visPayloadSchema,
+        body: escapeHatch,
       },
     },
     async (requestContext, request, response) => {
+      try {
+        visPayloadSchema.validate(request.body);
+      } catch (error) {
+        logFailedValidation();
+        const savedObjectId =
+          (typeof request.body === 'object' && (request.body as any).savedObjectId) ||
+          'unavailable';
+        framework.logger.warn(
+          `Request validation error: ${error.message} (saved object id: ${savedObjectId}). This most likely means your TSVB visualization contains outdated configuration. You can report this problem under https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new?template=Bug_report.md`
+        );
+      }
+
       try {
         const results = await getVisData(
           requestContext,