diff --git a/android/container.go b/android/container.go
index 1a8041872..10aff4d2b 100644
--- a/android/container.go
+++ b/android/container.go
@@ -178,13 +178,40 @@ var ctsContainerBoundaryFunc containerBoundaryFunc = func(mctx ModuleContext) bo
 	return false
 }
 
+type unstableInfo struct {
+	// Determines if the module contains the private APIs of the platform.
+	ContainsPlatformPrivateApis bool
+}
+
+var unstableInfoProvider = blueprint.NewProvider[unstableInfo]()
+
+func determineUnstableModule(mctx ModuleContext) bool {
+	module := mctx.Module()
+	unstableModule := module.Name() == "framework-minus-apex"
+	if installable, ok := module.(InstallableModule); ok {
+		for _, staticDepTag := range installable.StaticDependencyTags() {
+			mctx.VisitDirectDepsWithTag(staticDepTag, func(dep Module) {
+				if unstableInfo, ok := OtherModuleProvider(mctx, dep, unstableInfoProvider); ok {
+					unstableModule = unstableModule || unstableInfo.ContainsPlatformPrivateApis
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return unstableModule
+}
+
+var unstableContainerBoundaryFunc containerBoundaryFunc = func(mctx ModuleContext) bool {
+	return determineUnstableModule(mctx)
+}
+
 // Map of [*container] to the [containerBoundaryFunc]
 var containerBoundaryFunctionsTable = map[*container]containerBoundaryFunc{
-	VendorContainer:  vendorContainerBoundaryFunc,
-	SystemContainer:  systemContainerBoundaryFunc,
-	ProductContainer: productContainerBoundaryFunc,
-	ApexContainer:    apexContainerBoundaryFunc,
-	CtsContainer:     ctsContainerBoundaryFunc,
+	VendorContainer:   vendorContainerBoundaryFunc,
+	SystemContainer:   systemContainerBoundaryFunc,
+	ProductContainer:  productContainerBoundaryFunc,
+	ApexContainer:     apexContainerBoundaryFunc,
+	CtsContainer:      ctsContainerBoundaryFunc,
+	UnstableContainer: unstableContainerBoundaryFunc,
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -264,11 +291,12 @@ var (
 		name: "cts",
 		restricted: []restriction{
 			{
-				dependency: SystemContainer,
-				errorMessage: "CTS module should not depend on the modules belonging to the " +
-					"system partition, including \"framework\". Depending on the system " +
-					"partition may lead to disclosure of implementation details and regression " +
-					"due to API changes across platform versions. Try depending on the stubs instead.",
+				dependency: UnstableContainer,
+				errorMessage: "CTS module should not depend on the modules that contain the " +
+					"platform implementation details, including \"framework\". Depending on these " +
+					"modules may lead to disclosure of implementation details and regression " +
+					"due to API changes across platform versions. Try depending on the stubs instead " +
+					"and ensure that the module sets an appropriate 'sdk_version'.",
 				allowedExceptions: []exceptionHandleFuncLabel{
 					checkStubs,
 					checkNotStaticOrDynamicDepTag,
@@ -278,12 +306,19 @@ var (
 		},
 	}
 
+	// Container signifying that the module contains unstable platform private APIs
+	UnstableContainer = &container{
+		name:       "unstable",
+		restricted: nil,
+	}
+
 	allContainers = []*container{
 		VendorContainer,
 		SystemContainer,
 		ProductContainer,
 		ApexContainer,
 		CtsContainer,
+		UnstableContainer,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -385,6 +420,12 @@ func getContainerModuleInfo(ctx ModuleContext, module Module) (ContainersInfo, b
 }
 
 func setContainerInfo(ctx ModuleContext) {
+	// Required to determine the unstable container. This provider is set here instead of the
+	// unstableContainerBoundaryFunc in order to prevent setting the provider multiple times.
+	SetProvider(ctx, unstableInfoProvider, unstableInfo{
+		ContainsPlatformPrivateApis: determineUnstableModule(ctx),
+	})
+
 	if _, ok := ctx.Module().(InstallableModule); ok {
 		containersInfo := generateContainerInfo(ctx)
 		ctx.Module().base().containersInfo = containersInfo
diff --git a/java/container_test.go b/java/container_test.go
index 344185553..25cfa4c7e 100644
--- a/java/container_test.go
+++ b/java/container_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ func TestJavaContainersModuleProperties(t *testing.T) {
 				"general-tests",
 			],
 		}
+		java_library {
+			name: "bar",
+			static_libs: [
+				"framework-minus-apex",
+			],
+		}
+		java_library {
+			name: "baz",
+			static_libs: [
+				"bar",
+			],
+		}
 	`)
 
 	testcases := []struct {
@@ -73,6 +85,7 @@ func TestJavaContainersModuleProperties(t *testing.T) {
 		isVendorContainer  bool
 		isProductContainer bool
 		isCts              bool
+		isUnstable         bool
 	}{
 		{
 			moduleName:         "foo",
@@ -80,6 +93,7 @@ func TestJavaContainersModuleProperties(t *testing.T) {
 			isVendorContainer:  false,
 			isProductContainer: false,
 			isCts:              false,
+			isUnstable:         false,
 		},
 		{
 			moduleName:         "foo_vendor",
@@ -87,6 +101,7 @@ func TestJavaContainersModuleProperties(t *testing.T) {
 			isVendorContainer:  true,
 			isProductContainer: false,
 			isCts:              false,
+			isUnstable:         false,
 		},
 		{
 			moduleName:         "foo_soc_specific",
@@ -94,6 +109,7 @@ func TestJavaContainersModuleProperties(t *testing.T) {
 			isVendorContainer:  true,
 			isProductContainer: false,
 			isCts:              false,
+			isUnstable:         false,
 		},
 		{
 			moduleName:         "foo_product_specific",
@@ -101,6 +117,7 @@ func TestJavaContainersModuleProperties(t *testing.T) {
 			isVendorContainer:  false,
 			isProductContainer: true,
 			isCts:              false,
+			isUnstable:         false,
 		},
 		{
 			moduleName:         "foo_cts_test",
@@ -108,6 +125,7 @@ func TestJavaContainersModuleProperties(t *testing.T) {
 			isVendorContainer:  false,
 			isProductContainer: false,
 			isCts:              true,
+			isUnstable:         false,
 		},
 		{
 			moduleName:         "foo_non_cts_test",
@@ -115,6 +133,23 @@ func TestJavaContainersModuleProperties(t *testing.T) {
 			isVendorContainer:  false,
 			isProductContainer: false,
 			isCts:              false,
+			isUnstable:         false,
+		},
+		{
+			moduleName:         "bar",
+			isSystemContainer:  true,
+			isVendorContainer:  false,
+			isProductContainer: false,
+			isCts:              false,
+			isUnstable:         true,
+		},
+		{
+			moduleName:         "baz",
+			isSystemContainer:  true,
+			isVendorContainer:  false,
+			isProductContainer: false,
+			isCts:              false,
+			isUnstable:         true,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -125,5 +160,7 @@ func TestJavaContainersModuleProperties(t *testing.T) {
 		checkContainerMatch(t, c.moduleName, "system", c.isSystemContainer, android.InList(android.SystemContainer, belongingContainers))
 		checkContainerMatch(t, c.moduleName, "vendor", c.isVendorContainer, android.InList(android.VendorContainer, belongingContainers))
 		checkContainerMatch(t, c.moduleName, "product", c.isProductContainer, android.InList(android.ProductContainer, belongingContainers))
+		checkContainerMatch(t, c.moduleName, "cts", c.isCts, android.InList(android.CtsContainer, belongingContainers))
+		checkContainerMatch(t, c.moduleName, "unstable", c.isUnstable, android.InList(android.UnstableContainer, belongingContainers))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/java/testing.go b/java/testing.go
index e1bf5376e..0e85022ce 100644
--- a/java/testing.go
+++ b/java/testing.go
@@ -542,6 +542,16 @@ func gatherRequiredDepsForTest() string {
 			},
 			compile_dex: true,
 		}
+		java_library {
+			name: "framework-minus-apex",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			sdk_version: "none",
+			system_modules: "stable-core-platform-api-stubs-system-modules",
+			aidl: {
+				export_include_dirs: ["framework/aidl"],
+			},
+			compile_dex: true,
+		}
 
 		android_app {
 			name: "framework-res",