diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.java
index 1e6b133832..c9ee281ec4 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2023 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2024 Red Hat, Inc.
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made
  * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
  * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import static org.eclipse.che.api.factory.shared.Constants.URL_PARAMETER_NAME;
 
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -30,8 +31,10 @@
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.urlfactory.RemoteFactoryUrl;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.urlfactory.URLFactoryBuilder;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.shared.dto.FactoryMetaDto;
+import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.DevfileParser;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.URLFetcher;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.URLFileContentProvider;
+import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.exception.DevfileFormatException;
 
 /**
  * {@link FactoryParametersResolver} implementation to resolve factory based on url parameter as a
@@ -45,13 +48,15 @@ public class RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver extends BaseFactoryParameterR
 
   protected final URLFactoryBuilder urlFactoryBuilder;
   protected final URLFetcher urlFetcher;
+  private final DevfileParser devfileParser;
 
   @Inject
   public RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver(
-      URLFactoryBuilder urlFactoryBuilder, URLFetcher urlFetcher) {
+      URLFactoryBuilder urlFactoryBuilder, URLFetcher urlFetcher, DevfileParser devfileParser) {
     super(null, urlFactoryBuilder, PROVIDER_NAME);
     this.urlFactoryBuilder = urlFactoryBuilder;
     this.urlFetcher = urlFetcher;
+    this.devfileParser = devfileParser;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -64,7 +69,17 @@ public RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver(
   @Override
   public boolean accept(Map<String, String> factoryParameters) {
     String url = factoryParameters.get(URL_PARAMETER_NAME);
-    return !isNullOrEmpty(url) && PATTERN.matcher(url).matches();
+    return !isNullOrEmpty(url) && PATTERN.matcher(url).matches() || containsDevfile(url);
+  }
+
+  private boolean containsDevfile(String requestURL) {
+    try {
+      String fetch = urlFetcher.fetch(requestURL);
+      devfileParser.parseYaml(fetch);
+      return true;
+    } catch (IOException | DevfileFormatException e) {
+      return !e.getMessage().startsWith("Cannot construct instance of");
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest.java
index 68d7e1999d..6f0d65edbe 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
 import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertEquals;
@@ -38,9 +39,11 @@
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.DevfileVersionDetector;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.URLFetcher;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.URLFileContentProvider;
+import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.exception.DevfileFormatException;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.validator.ComponentIntegrityValidator;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.validator.ComponentIntegrityValidator.NoopComponentIntegrityValidator;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.validator.DevfileIntegrityValidator;
+import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.model.impl.devfile.DevfileImpl;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ public class RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest {
           + "  reference: ../localfile\n";
 
   @Mock private URLFetcher urlFetcher;
+  @Mock private DevfileParser devfileParser;
 
   @InjectMocks private RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver rawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver;
 
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ public void shouldResolveRelativeFiles() throws Exception {
             "editor", "plugin", false, devfileParser, new DevfileVersionDetector());
 
     RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver res =
-        new RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver(factoryBuilder, urlFetcher);
+        new RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver(factoryBuilder, urlFetcher, devfileParser);
 
     // set up our factory with the location of our devfile that is referencing our localfile
     Map<String, String> factoryParameters = new HashMap<>();
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ public void shouldFilterAndProvideOverrideParameters() throws Exception {
     URLFetcher urlFetcher = mock(URLFetcher.class);
 
     RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver res =
-        new RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver(urlFactoryBuilder, urlFetcher);
+        new RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver(urlFactoryBuilder, urlFetcher, devfileParser);
 
     Map<String, String> factoryParameters = new HashMap<>();
     factoryParameters.put(URL_PARAMETER_NAME, "http://myloc/devfile");
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ public void shouldThrowExceptionOnInvalidURL(String url, String message) throws
     URLFetcher urlFetcher = mock(URLFetcher.class);
 
     RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver res =
-        new RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver(urlFactoryBuilder, urlFetcher);
+        new RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver(urlFactoryBuilder, urlFetcher, devfileParser);
 
     Map<String, String> factoryParameters = new HashMap<>();
     factoryParameters.put(URL_PARAMETER_NAME, url);
@@ -156,7 +160,11 @@ public void shouldThrowExceptionOnInvalidURL(String url, String message) throws
   }
 
   @Test(dataProvider = "devfileUrls")
-  public void shouldAcceptRawDevfileUrl(String url) {
+  public void shouldAcceptRawDevfileUrl(String url) throws Exception {
+    // given
+    when(urlFetcher.fetch(eq(url))).thenReturn(DEVFILE);
+    when(devfileParser.parseYaml(eq(DEVFILE))).thenReturn(mock(DevfileImpl.class));
+
     // when
     boolean result =
         rawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.accept(singletonMap(URL_PARAMETER_NAME, url));
@@ -166,11 +174,33 @@ public void shouldAcceptRawDevfileUrl(String url) {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void shouldNotAcceptRawDevfileUrl() {
+  public void shouldAcceptRawDevfileUrlWithUnrecognizedDevfile() throws Exception {
+    // given
+    String url = "https://host/path/devfile";
+    when(urlFetcher.fetch(eq(url))).thenReturn(DEVFILE);
+    when(devfileParser.parseYaml(eq(DEVFILE)))
+        .thenThrow(new DevfileFormatException("Unrecognized field \"schemaVersion\""));
+
+    // when
+    boolean result =
+        rawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.accept(singletonMap(URL_PARAMETER_NAME, url));
+
+    // then
+    assertTrue(result);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldNotAcceptGitRepositoryUrl() throws Exception {
+    // given
+    String gitRepositoryUrl = "https://host/user/repo.git";
+    when(urlFetcher.fetch(eq(gitRepositoryUrl))).thenReturn("unsupported content");
+    when(devfileParser.parseYaml(eq("unsupported content")))
+        .thenThrow(new DevfileFormatException("Cannot construct instance of ..."));
+
     // when
     boolean result =
         rawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.accept(
-            singletonMap(URL_PARAMETER_NAME, "https://host/user/repo.git"));
+            singletonMap(URL_PARAMETER_NAME, gitRepositoryUrl));
 
     // then
     assertFalse(result);
@@ -195,10 +225,12 @@ private Object[] devfileUrls() {
       "https://host/path/.devfile.yaml",
       "https://host/path/any-name.yaml",
       "https://host/path/any-name.yml",
+      "https://host/path/any-name",
       "https://host/path/devfile.yaml?token=TOKEN123",
       "https://host/path/.devfile.yaml?token=TOKEN123",
       "https://host/path/any-name.yaml?token=TOKEN123",
-      "https://host/path/any-name.yml?token=TOKEN123"
+      "https://host/path/any-name.yml?token=TOKEN123",
+      "https://host/path/any-name?token=TOKEN123"
     };
   }
 }