diff --git a/src/TwigTweakExtension.php b/src/TwigTweakExtension.php
index 36e3004..8b543ed 100644
--- a/src/TwigTweakExtension.php
+++ b/src/TwigTweakExtension.php
@@ -419,6 +419,18 @@ class TwigTweakExtension extends AbstractExtension {
   public static function drupalContextualLinks(string $id): array {
     $build['#cache']['contexts'] = ['user.permissions'];
     if (\Drupal::currentUser()->hasPermission('access contextual links')) {
+      // Pre-check the format of $id, as expected by Drupal core without further checks:
+      $contexts = explode('|', $id);
+      foreach ($contexts as $context) {
+        // Drupal core expects exactly three parameters:
+        // [$group, $route_parameters_raw, $metadata_raw] = explode(':', $context);
+        // in _contextual_id_to_links($id):
+        $contextParamCount = substr_count($context, ':')
+        if ($contextParamCount !== 3) {
+          trigger_error("Wrong {{ drupal_contextual_links() }} parameters. 3 parameters expected, separated by colon (\":\"), but {$contextParamCount} given in: \"{$id}\"", E_USER_WARNING);
+        }
+      }
+
       $build['#type'] = 'contextual_links_placeholder';
       $build['#id'] = $id;
     }