diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yaml
index 5a339598c..4aeabe656 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yaml
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ jobs:
               url: http://llama-stack:8321
               api_key: xyzzy
             user_data_collection:
-              feedback_disabled: false
+              feedback_enabled: true
               feedback_storage: "/tmp/data/feedback"
-              transcripts_disabled: false
+              transcripts_enabled: true
               transcripts_storage: "/tmp/data/transcripts"
 
             authentication:
diff --git a/src/models/config.py b/src/models/config.py
index de6cc3e2d..9166eb4bc 100644
--- a/src/models/config.py
+++ b/src/models/config.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from jsonpath_ng.exceptions import JSONPathError
 from pydantic import (
     BaseModel,
+    ConfigDict,
     Field,
     model_validator,
     FilePath,
@@ -21,7 +22,13 @@
 from utils import checks
 
 
-class TLSConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class ConfigurationBase(BaseModel):
+    """Base class for all configuration models that rejects unknown fields."""
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
+
+
+class TLSConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """TLS configuration."""
 
     tls_certificate_path: Optional[FilePath] = None
@@ -34,7 +41,7 @@ def check_tls_configuration(self) -> Self:
         return self
 
 
-class CORSConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class CORSConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """CORS configuration."""
 
     allow_origins: list[str] = [
@@ -58,13 +65,13 @@ def check_cors_configuration(self) -> Self:
         return self
 
 
-class SQLiteDatabaseConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class SQLiteDatabaseConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """SQLite database configuration."""
 
     db_path: str
 
 
-class PostgreSQLDatabaseConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class PostgreSQLDatabaseConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """PostgreSQL database configuration."""
 
     host: str = "localhost"
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ def check_postgres_configuration(self) -> Self:
         return self
 
 
-class DatabaseConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class DatabaseConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """Database configuration."""
 
     sqlite: Optional[SQLiteDatabaseConfiguration] = None
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@ def config(self) -> SQLiteDatabaseConfiguration | PostgreSQLDatabaseConfiguratio
         raise ValueError("No database configuration found")
 
 
-class ServiceConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class ServiceConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """Service configuration."""
 
     host: str = "localhost"
@@ -146,7 +153,7 @@ def check_service_configuration(self) -> Self:
         return self
 
 
-class ModelContextProtocolServer(BaseModel):
+class ModelContextProtocolServer(ConfigurationBase):
     """model context protocol server configuration."""
 
     name: str
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ class ModelContextProtocolServer(BaseModel):
     url: str
 
 
-class LlamaStackConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class LlamaStackConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """Llama stack configuration."""
 
     url: Optional[str] = None
@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ def check_llama_stack_model(self) -> Self:
         return self
 
 
-class UserDataCollection(BaseModel):
+class UserDataCollection(ConfigurationBase):
     """User data collection configuration."""
 
     feedback_enabled: bool = False
@@ -228,7 +235,7 @@ class JsonPathOperator(str, Enum):
     IN = "in"
 
 
-class JwtRoleRule(BaseModel):
+class JwtRoleRule(ConfigurationBase):
     """Rule for extracting roles from JWT claims."""
 
     jsonpath: str  # JSONPath expression to evaluate against the JWT payload
@@ -306,14 +313,14 @@ class Action(str, Enum):
     INFO = "info"
 
 
-class AccessRule(BaseModel):
+class AccessRule(ConfigurationBase):
     """Rule defining what actions a role can perform."""
 
     role: str  # Role name
     actions: list[Action]  # Allowed actions for this role
 
 
-class AuthorizationConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class AuthorizationConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """Authorization configuration."""
 
     access_rules: list[AccessRule] = Field(
@@ -321,7 +328,7 @@ class AuthorizationConfiguration(BaseModel):
     )  # Rules for role-based access control
 
 
-class JwtConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class JwtConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """JWT configuration."""
 
     user_id_claim: str = constants.DEFAULT_JWT_UID_CLAIM
@@ -331,14 +338,14 @@ class JwtConfiguration(BaseModel):
     )  # Rules for extracting roles from JWT claims
 
 
-class JwkConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class JwkConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """JWK configuration."""
 
     url: AnyHttpUrl
     jwt_configuration: JwtConfiguration = JwtConfiguration()
 
 
-class AuthenticationConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class AuthenticationConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """Authentication configuration."""
 
     module: str = constants.DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_MODULE
@@ -377,7 +384,7 @@ def jwk_configuration(self) -> JwkConfiguration:
         return self.jwk_config
 
 
-class Customization(BaseModel):
+class Customization(ConfigurationBase):
     """Service customization."""
 
     disable_query_system_prompt: bool = False
@@ -395,7 +402,7 @@ def check_customization_model(self) -> Self:
         return self
 
 
-class InferenceConfiguration(BaseModel):
+class InferenceConfiguration(ConfigurationBase):
     """Inference configuration."""
 
     default_model: Optional[str] = None
@@ -415,7 +422,7 @@ def check_default_model_and_provider(self) -> Self:
         return self
 
 
-class Configuration(BaseModel):
+class Configuration(ConfigurationBase):
     """Global service configuration."""
 
     name: str
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_configuration_unknown_fields.py b/tests/unit/test_configuration_unknown_fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b97c3f0d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_configuration_unknown_fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""Test configuration validation for unknown fields."""
+
+import pytest
+from pydantic import ValidationError
+
+from models.config import ServiceConfiguration
+
+
+def test_configuration_rejects_unknown_fields():
+    """Test that configuration models reject unknown fields."""
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="Extra inputs are not permitted"):
+        ServiceConfiguration(host="localhost", port=8080, unknown_field="should_fail")