diff --git a/morpheus/pipeline/boundary_stage_mixin.py b/morpheus/pipeline/boundary_stage_mixin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f721bcfa33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/morpheus/pipeline/boundary_stage_mixin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from abc import ABC
+
+
+class BoundaryStageMixin(ABC):
+    """
+    Mixin intended to be added to both ingress and egress boundary stages, currently this only adds the ability to
+    identify boundary stages.
+    """
diff --git a/morpheus/pipeline/pipeline.py b/morpheus/pipeline/pipeline.py
index 568c848df4..4859244c10 100644
--- a/morpheus/pipeline/pipeline.py
+++ b/morpheus/pipeline/pipeline.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
 from morpheus.config import Config
+from morpheus.pipeline.boundary_stage_mixin import BoundaryStageMixin
 from morpheus.pipeline.preallocator_mixin import PreallocatorMixin
 from morpheus.pipeline.receiver import Receiver
 from morpheus.pipeline.sender import Sender
@@ -175,9 +176,9 @@ def add_edge(self,
                                end_port_idx=end_port.port_number)
 
     def add_segment_edge(self,
-                         egress_stage: Stage,
+                         egress_stage: BoundaryStageMixin,
                          egress_segment: str,
-                         ingress_stage: Stage,
+                         ingress_stage: BoundaryStageMixin,
                          ingress_segment: str,
                          port_pair: typing.Union[str, typing.Tuple[str, typing.Type, bool]]):
         """
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ def add_segment_edge(self,
                 * bool: If the type is a shared pointer (typically should be `False`)
         """
         self._assert_not_built()
+        assert isinstance(egress_stage, BoundaryStageMixin), "Egress stage must be a BoundaryStageMixin"
         egress_edges = self._segments[egress_segment]["egress_ports"]
         egress_edges.append({
             "port_pair": port_pair,
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ def add_segment_edge(self,
             "receiver_segment": ingress_segment
         })
 
+        assert isinstance(ingress_stage, BoundaryStageMixin), "Ingress stage must be a BoundaryStageMixin"
         ingress_edges = self._segments[ingress_segment]["ingress_ports"]
         ingress_edges.append({
             "port_pair": port_pair,
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/boundary/linear_boundary_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/boundary/linear_boundary_stage.py
index 14d1db1858..ad8db9ebc2 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/boundary/linear_boundary_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/boundary/linear_boundary_stage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from mrc.core import operators as ops
 
 from morpheus.config import Config
+from morpheus.pipeline.boundary_stage_mixin import BoundaryStageMixin
 from morpheus.pipeline.pass_thru_type_mixin import PassThruTypeMixin
 from morpheus.pipeline.preallocator_mixin import PreallocatorMixin
 from morpheus.pipeline.single_output_source import SingleOutputSource
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class LinearBoundaryEgressStage(PassThruTypeMixin, SinglePortStage):
+class LinearBoundaryEgressStage(BoundaryStageMixin, PassThruTypeMixin, SinglePortStage):
     """
     The LinearBoundaryEgressStage acts as an egress point from one linear segment to another. Given an existing linear
     pipeline that we want to connect to another segment, a linear boundary egress stage would be added, in conjunction
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ def _build_single(self, builder: mrc.Builder, input_node: mrc.SegmentObject) ->
         return input_node
 
 
-class LinearBoundaryIngressStage(PreallocatorMixin, SingleOutputSource):
+class LinearBoundaryIngressStage(BoundaryStageMixin, PreallocatorMixin, SingleOutputSource):
     """
     The LinearBoundaryIngressStage acts as source ingress point from a corresponding egress in another linear segment.
     Given an existing linear pipeline that we want to connect to another segment, a linear boundary egress stage would
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/test_pipeline.py b/tests/pipeline/test_pipeline.py
index 40ca0b9612..1d93dc22c0 100755
--- a/tests/pipeline/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/pipeline/test_pipeline.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@
 from _utils.stages.multi_message_pass_thru import MultiMessagePassThruStage
 from _utils.stages.multi_port_pass_thru import MultiPortPassThruStage
 from morpheus.config import Config
+from morpheus.messages import ControlMessage
+from morpheus.messages import MessageMeta
+from morpheus.messages import MultiMessage
 from morpheus.pipeline import LinearPipeline
 from morpheus.pipeline import Pipeline
+from morpheus.stages.boundary.linear_boundary_stage import LinearBoundaryEgressStage
+from morpheus.stages.boundary.linear_boundary_stage import LinearBoundaryIngressStage
 from morpheus.stages.input.in_memory_source_stage import InMemorySourceStage
 from morpheus.stages.output.compare_dataframe_stage import CompareDataFrameStage
 from morpheus.stages.output.in_memory_sink_stage import InMemorySinkStage
@@ -195,3 +200,58 @@ def test_add_edge_input_port_errors(config: Config, num_inputs: int):
 
     with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
         pipe.add_edge(start_stage.output_ports[0], end_stage)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("data_type", [int, float, str, MessageMeta, ControlMessage, MultiMessage])
+def test_add_segment_edge(config: Config, data_type: type):
+    pipe = Pipeline(config)
+
+    boundary_egress = LinearBoundaryEgressStage(config, boundary_port_id="seg_1", data_type=data_type)
+    boundary_ingress = LinearBoundaryIngressStage(config, boundary_port_id="seg_1", data_type=data_type)
+
+    pipe.add_stage(boundary_egress, "seg_1")
+    pipe.add_stage(boundary_ingress, "seg_2")
+    pipe.add_segment_edge(boundary_egress, "seg_1", boundary_ingress, "seg_2", ("seg_1", object, False))
+
+
+def test_add_segment_edge_assert_not_built(config: Config):
+    pipe = Pipeline(config)
+
+    src_stage = InMemSourceXStage(config, data=list(range(3)))
+    boundary_egress = LinearBoundaryEgressStage(config, boundary_port_id="seg_1", data_type=int)
+    boundary_ingress = LinearBoundaryIngressStage(config, boundary_port_id="seg_1", data_type=int)
+
+    pipe.add_stage(src_stage, "seg_1")
+    pipe.add_stage(boundary_egress, "seg_1")
+    pipe.add_edge(src_stage, boundary_egress, "seg_1")
+    pipe.add_stage(boundary_ingress, "seg_2")
+    pipe.build()
+
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        pipe.add_segment_edge(boundary_egress, "seg_1", boundary_ingress, "seg_2", ("seg_1", object, False))
+
+
+def test_add_segment_edge_bad_egress(config: Config):
+    pipe = Pipeline(config)
+
+    bad_egress = InMemorySinkStage(config)
+    boundary_ingress = LinearBoundaryIngressStage(config, boundary_port_id="seg_1", data_type=int)
+
+    pipe.add_stage(bad_egress, "seg_1")
+    pipe.add_stage(boundary_ingress, "seg_2")
+
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        pipe.add_segment_edge(bad_egress, "seg_1", boundary_ingress, "seg_2", ("seg_1", object, False))
+
+
+def test_add_segment_edge_bad_ingress(config: Config):
+    pipe = Pipeline(config)
+
+    boundary_egress = LinearBoundaryEgressStage(config, boundary_port_id="seg_1", data_type=int)
+    bad_ingress = InMemSourceXStage(config, data=list(range(3)))
+
+    pipe.add_stage(boundary_egress, "seg_1")
+    pipe.add_stage(bad_ingress, "seg_2")
+
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        pipe.add_segment_edge(boundary_egress, "seg_1", bad_ingress, "seg_2", ("seg_1", object, False))