diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
index 9ab66d726854e..ab92e3fccf89b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.opensearch.common.logging.DeprecationLogger;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.Strings;
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ public RestoreSnapshotRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_7_0)) {
             storageType = in.readEnum(StorageType.class);
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
+        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE) && in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
             sourceRemoteStoreRepository = in.readOptionalString();
         }
     }
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_7_0)) {
             out.writeEnum(storageType);
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
+        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE) && out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalString(sourceRemoteStoreRepository);
         }
     }
@@ -614,6 +615,11 @@ public RestoreSnapshotRequest source(Map<String, Object> source) {
                 }
 
             } else if (name.equals("source_remote_store_repository")) {
+                if (!FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE)) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "Unsupported parameter " + name + ". Please enable remote store feature flag for this experimental feature"
+                    );
+                }
                 if (entry.getValue() instanceof String) {
                     setSourceRemoteStoreRepository((String) entry.getValue());
                 } else {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/RepositoriesService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/RepositoriesService.java
index 9c56d172f2ea1..e7f7a1d9c0554 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/RepositoriesService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/RepositoriesService.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Setting;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.io.IOUtils;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.blobstore.MeteredBlobStoreRepository;
@@ -627,6 +628,12 @@ public static void validateRepositoryMetadataSettings(
                     + minVersionInCluster
             );
         }
+        if (REMOTE_STORE_INDEX_SHALLOW_COPY.get(repositoryMetadataSettings) && !FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE)) {
+            throw new RepositoryException(
+                repositoryName,
+                "setting " + REMOTE_STORE_INDEX_SHALLOW_COPY.getKey() + " cannot be enabled, as remote store feature is not enabled."
+            );
+        }
     }
 
     private static void ensureRepositoryNotInUse(ClusterState clusterState, String repository) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RestoreService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RestoreService.java
index ebd0e59599c21..7df24e5357555 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RestoreService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RestoreService.java
@@ -453,6 +453,12 @@ public ClusterState execute(ClusterState currentState) {
                                 final boolean isRemoteStoreShallowCopy = Boolean.TRUE.equals(
                                     snapshotInfo.isRemoteStoreIndexShallowCopyEnabled()
                                 ) && metadata.index(index).getSettings().getAsBoolean(SETTING_REMOTE_STORE_ENABLED, false);
+                                if (isSearchableSnapshot && isRemoteStoreShallowCopy) {
+                                    throw new SnapshotRestoreException(
+                                        snapshot,
+                                        "Shallow copy snapshot cannot be restored as searchable snapshot."
+                                    );
+                                }
                                 if (isRemoteStoreShallowCopy && !currentState.getNodes().getMinNodeVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
                                     throw new SnapshotRestoreException(
                                         snapshot,
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
index 6bdbcfee29a9a..4954a141ea721 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.get.GetSnapshotsRequest;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.SnapshotsInProgress;
 import org.opensearch.common.Nullable;
+import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.core.ParseField;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ public SnapshotInfo(final StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         includeGlobalState = in.readOptionalBoolean();
         userMetadata = in.readMap();
         dataStreams = in.readStringList();
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
+        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE) && in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
             remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy = in.readOptionalBoolean();
         }
     }
@@ -636,7 +637,7 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(final XContentBuilder builder, final Params pa
             builder.field(VERSION_ID, version.id);
             builder.field(VERSION, version.toString());
         }
-        if (remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy != null) {
+        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE) && remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy != null) {
             builder.field(REMOTE_STORE_INDEX_SHALLOW_COPY, remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy);
         }
         builder.startArray(INDICES);
@@ -694,7 +695,7 @@ private XContentBuilder toXContentInternal(final XContentBuilder builder, final
         builder.field(UUID, snapshotId.getUUID());
         assert version != null : "version must always be known when writing a snapshot metadata blob";
         builder.field(VERSION_ID, version.id);
-        if (remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy != null) {
+        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE) && remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy != null) {
             builder.field(REMOTE_STORE_INDEX_SHALLOW_COPY, remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy);
         }
         builder.startArray(INDICES);
@@ -784,9 +785,10 @@ public static SnapshotInfo fromXContentInternal(final XContentParser parser) thr
                             version = Version.fromId(parser.intValue());
                         } else if (INCLUDE_GLOBAL_STATE.equals(currentFieldName)) {
                             includeGlobalState = parser.booleanValue();
-                        } else if (REMOTE_STORE_INDEX_SHALLOW_COPY.equals(currentFieldName)) {
-                            remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy = parser.booleanValue();
-                        }
+                        } else if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE)
+                            && REMOTE_STORE_INDEX_SHALLOW_COPY.equals(currentFieldName)) {
+                                remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy = parser.booleanValue();
+                            }
                     } else if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_ARRAY) {
                         if (DATA_STREAMS.equals(currentFieldName)) {
                             dataStreams = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -867,7 +869,7 @@ public void writeTo(final StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeOptionalBoolean(includeGlobalState);
         out.writeMap(userMetadata);
         out.writeStringCollection(dataStreams);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
+        if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE) && out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalBoolean(remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy);
         }
     }