diff --git a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/__init__.py b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/__init__.py
index 2e7eff5e94dd7..106fff2032f68 100644
--- a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/__init__.py
+++ b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #     ddev -x validate config -s <INTEGRATION_NAME>
 #     ddev -x validate models -s <INTEGRATION_NAME>
 
-
 from .instance import InstanceConfig
 from .shared import SharedConfig
 
diff --git a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/defaults.py b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/defaults.py
index 7adf7c7b7abd3..4d46152df5d40 100644
--- a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/defaults.py
+++ b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/defaults.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #     ddev -x validate models -s <INTEGRATION_NAME>
 
 
+def instance_disable_generic_tags():
+    return False
+
+
 def instance_empty_default_hostname():
     return False
 
diff --git a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/instance.py b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/instance.py
index b2d32d2e62ea8..56acae21ba432 100644
--- a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/instance.py
+++ b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/instance.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #     ddev -x validate config -s <INTEGRATION_NAME>
 #     ddev -x validate models -s <INTEGRATION_NAME>
 
-
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Optional
@@ -20,13 +19,24 @@
 from . import defaults, validators
 
 
+class MetricPatterns(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(
+        arbitrary_types_allowed=True,
+        frozen=True,
+    )
+    exclude: Optional[tuple[str, ...]] = None
+    include: Optional[tuple[str, ...]] = None
+
+
 class InstanceConfig(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(
         validate_default=True,
         arbitrary_types_allowed=True,
         frozen=True,
     )
+    disable_generic_tags: Optional[bool] = None
     empty_default_hostname: Optional[bool] = None
+    metric_patterns: Optional[MetricPatterns] = None
     min_collection_interval: Optional[float] = None
     service: Optional[str] = None
     tags: Optional[tuple[str, ...]] = None
diff --git a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/shared.py b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/shared.py
index 656c417aa3849..e39d447dfc4b9 100644
--- a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/shared.py
+++ b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/shared.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #     ddev -x validate config -s <INTEGRATION_NAME>
 #     ddev -x validate models -s <INTEGRATION_NAME>
 
-
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Optional
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@
 from datadog_checks.base.utils.functions import identity
 from datadog_checks.base.utils.models import validation
 
-from . import defaults, validators
+from . import validators
 
 
 class SharedConfig(BaseModel):
@@ -38,8 +37,6 @@ def _validate(cls, value, info):
         field_name = field.alias or info.field_name
         if field_name in info.context['configured_fields']:
             value = getattr(validators, f'shared_{info.field_name}', identity)(value, field=field)
-        else:
-            value = getattr(defaults, f'shared_{info.field_name}', lambda: value)()
 
         return validation.utils.make_immutable(value)
 
diff --git a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/validators.py b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/validators.py
index 9103122bf028d..70150e85e6124 100644
--- a/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/validators.py
+++ b/spinnaker/datadog_checks/spinnaker/config_models/validators.py
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 # (C) Datadog, Inc. 2024-present
 # All rights reserved
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
+
+# Here you can include additional config validators or transformers
+#
+# def initialize_instance(values, **kwargs):
+#     if 'my_option' not in values and 'my_legacy_option' in values:
+#         values['my_option'] = values['my_legacy_option']
+#     if values.get('my_number') > 10:
+#         raise ValueError('my_number max value is 10, got %s' % str(values.get('my_number')))
+#
+#     return values