Developed a pluggable dataformat gating feature for the opensearch-project/alerting repository, focusing on enforcing PPL-only monitors within affected domains to enhance monitoring correctness and safety. Leveraged Kotlin and Gradle to implement a feature-flag driven approach, restricting create, update, and execute operations to PPL monitors when the flag is enabled, while maintaining flexibility for read and delete actions. Addressed integration and unit testing gaps by updating test coverage for multi-tenant and PPL-specific constraints, ensuring reliable behavior across environments. This work reduced misconfiguration risks and improved compliance with dataformat requirements, demonstrating a methodical approach to backend development and domain-specific enforcement.