diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aad393c8ee..3edebb74a8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -382,6 +382,10 @@ ifeq ($(shell expr $(CHPL_MINOR) \>= 2),1)
 	ARKOUDA_COMPAT_MODULES += -M $(ARKOUDA_SOURCE_DIR)/compat/ge-22
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(shell expr $(CHPL_MINOR) \>= 2),1)
+	ARKOUDA_KEYPART_FLAG := -suseKeyPartStatus=true
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(shell expr $(CHPL_MINOR) \<= 1),1)
 	ARKOUDA_RW_DEFAULT_FLAG := -sOpenReaderLockingDefault=false -sOpenWriterLockingDefault=false
 endif
@@ -391,7 +395,7 @@ SERVER_CONFIG_SCRIPT=$(ARKOUDA_SOURCE_DIR)/parseServerConfig.py
 $(ARKOUDA_MAIN_MODULE): check-deps register-commands $(ARROW_UTIL_O) $(ARROW_READ_O) $(ARROW_WRITE_O) $(ARKOUDA_SOURCES) $(ARKOUDA_MAKEFILES)
 	$(eval MOD_GEN_OUT=$(shell python3 $(SERVER_CONFIG_SCRIPT) $(ARKOUDA_CONFIG_FILE) $(ARKOUDA_REGISTRATION_CONFIG) $(ARKOUDA_SOURCE_DIR)))
 
-	$(CHPL) $(CHPL_DEBUG_FLAGS) $(PRINT_PASSES_FLAGS) $(REGEX_MAX_CAPTURES_FLAG) $(OPTIONAL_SERVER_FLAGS) $(CHPL_FLAGS_WITH_VERSION) $(CHPL_COMPAT_FLAGS) $(ARKOUDA_MAIN_SOURCE) $(ARKOUDA_COMPAT_MODULES) $(ARKOUDA_SERVER_USER_MODULES) $(MOD_GEN_OUT) $(ARKOUDA_RW_DEFAULT_FLAG) $(ARKOUDA_REGISTRY_DIR)/Commands.chpl -I$(ARKOUDA_SOURCE_DIR)/parquet -o $@
+	$(CHPL) $(CHPL_DEBUG_FLAGS) $(PRINT_PASSES_FLAGS) $(REGEX_MAX_CAPTURES_FLAG) $(OPTIONAL_SERVER_FLAGS) $(CHPL_FLAGS_WITH_VERSION) $(CHPL_COMPAT_FLAGS) $(ARKOUDA_MAIN_SOURCE) $(ARKOUDA_COMPAT_MODULES) $(ARKOUDA_SERVER_USER_MODULES) $(MOD_GEN_OUT) $(ARKOUDA_RW_DEFAULT_FLAG) $(ARKOUDA_KEYPART_FLAG) $(ARKOUDA_REGISTRY_DIR)/Commands.chpl -I$(ARKOUDA_SOURCE_DIR)/parquet -o $@
 
 CLEAN_TARGETS += arkouda-clean
 .PHONY: arkouda-clean
@@ -474,7 +478,7 @@ doc-server: ${DOC_DIR} $(DOC_SERVER_OUTPUT_DIR)/index.html
 $(DOC_SERVER_OUTPUT_DIR)/index.html: $(ARKOUDA_SOURCES) $(ARKOUDA_MAKEFILES) | $(DOC_SERVER_OUTPUT_DIR)
 	@echo "Building documentation for: Server"
 	@# Build the documentation to the Chapel output directory
-	$(CHPLDOC) $(CHPLDOC_FLAGS) $(ARKOUDA_MAIN_SOURCE) -o $(DOC_SERVER_OUTPUT_DIR)
+	$(CHPLDOC) $(CHPLDOC_FLAGS) $(ARKOUDA_MAIN_SOURCE) $(ARKOUDA_SOURCE_DIR)/compat/ge-22/* -o $(DOC_SERVER_OUTPUT_DIR)
 	@# Create the .nojekyll file needed for github pages in the  Chapel output directory
 	touch $(DOC_SERVER_OUTPUT_DIR)/.nojekyll
 	@echo "Completed building documentation for: Server"
diff --git a/src/ArgSortMsg.chpl b/src/ArgSortMsg.chpl
index 12cd06ab61..312b16516e 100644
--- a/src/ArgSortMsg.chpl
+++ b/src/ArgSortMsg.chpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module ArgSortMsg
 
     use Time;
     use Math only;
-    private use Sort;
+    private use ArkoudaSortCompat;
     
     use Reflection only;
     
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ module ArgSortMsg
 
     proc dynamicTwoArrayRadixSort(ref Data:[], comparator:?rec=new DefaultComparator()) {
       if Data._instance.isDefaultRectangular() {
-        Sort.TwoArrayRadixSort.twoArrayRadixSort(Data, comparator);
+        ArkoudaSortCompat.TwoArrayRadixSort.twoArrayRadixSort(Data, comparator);
       } else {
-        Sort.TwoArrayDistributedRadixSort.twoArrayDistributedRadixSort(Data, comparator);
+        ArkoudaSortCompat.TwoArrayDistributedRadixSort.twoArrayDistributedRadixSort(Data, comparator);
       }
     }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ module ArgSortMsg
     // (isInt(x(0)) || isUint(x(0)) || isReal(x(0))) {
     
     import Reflection.canResolveMethod;
-    record ContrivedComparator {
+    record ContrivedComparator: keyPartComparator {
       const dc = new DefaultComparator();
       proc keyPart(a, i: int) {
         if canResolveMethod(dc, "keyPart", a, 0) {
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ module ArgSortMsg
             part = makePart(x[1]);
           }
           if i > x[0].size {
-            return (-1, 0:uint(64));
+            return (keyPartStatus.pre, 0:uint(64));
           } else {
-            return (0, part);
+            return (keyPartStatus.returned, part);
           }
         } else {
           for param j in 0..<x.size {
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ module ArgSortMsg
             }
           }
           if i >= x.size {
-            return (-1, 0:uint(64));
+            return (keyPartStatus.pre, 0:uint(64));
           } else {
-            return (0, part);
+            return (keyPartStatus.returned, part);
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/RadixSortLSD.chpl b/src/RadixSortLSD.chpl
index 45108052de..a789e30e06 100644
--- a/src/RadixSortLSD.chpl
+++ b/src/RadixSortLSD.chpl
@@ -22,16 +22,17 @@ module RadixSortLSD
     use RangeChunk;
     use Logging;
     use ServerConfig;
+    use ArkoudaSortCompat except isSorted;
 
     private config const logLevel = ServerConfig.logLevel;
     private config const logChannel = ServerConfig.logChannel;
     const rsLogger = new Logger(logLevel, logChannel);
 
-    record KeysComparator {
+    record KeysComparator: keyComparator {
       inline proc key(k) { return k; }
     }
 
-    record KeysRanksComparator {
+    record KeysRanksComparator: keyComparator {
       inline proc key(kr) { const (k, _) = kr; return k; }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/SegStringSort.chpl b/src/SegStringSort.chpl
index 9a7a4c5198..d98d76393e 100644
--- a/src/SegStringSort.chpl
+++ b/src/SegStringSort.chpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module SegStringSort {
   use SegmentedString;
-  use Sort;
+  use ArkoudaSortCompat;
   use Time;
   use IO;
   use CTypes;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module SegStringSort {
   private config const logChannel = ServerConfig.logChannel;
   const ssLogger = new Logger(logLevel, logChannel);
 
-  record StringIntComparator {
+  record StringIntComparator: keyPartComparator {
     proc keyPart((a0,_): (string, int), in i: int) {
       // Just run the default comparator on the string
       return (new DefaultComparator()).keyPart(a0, i);
diff --git a/src/SortMsg.chpl b/src/SortMsg.chpl
index 52bd6e96d9..22ba8b372b 100644
--- a/src/SortMsg.chpl
+++ b/src/SortMsg.chpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module SortMsg
 
     use Time;
     use Math only;
-    use Sort only;
+    use ArkoudaSortCompat only relativeComparator;
     use Search only;
     use Reflection;
     use ServerErrors;
@@ -201,14 +201,14 @@ module SortMsg
       return new MsgTuple(repMsg, MsgType.NORMAL);
     }
 
-    record leftCmp {
+    record leftCmp: relativeComparator {
       proc compare(a: real, b: real): int {
         if a < b then return -1;
         else return 1;
       }
     }
 
-    record rightCmp {
+    record rightCmp: relativeComparator {
       proc compare(a: real, b: real): int {
         if a <= b then return -1;
         else return 1;
diff --git a/src/compat/eq-20/.gitignore b/src/compat/eq-20/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f935021a8f..0000000000
--- a/src/compat/eq-20/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-!.gitignore
diff --git a/src/compat/eq-20/ArkoudaSortCompat.chpl b/src/compat/eq-20/ArkoudaSortCompat.chpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e04391d2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compat/eq-20/ArkoudaSortCompat.chpl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module ArkoudaSortCompat {
+  public use Sort;
+
+  interface keyComparator {}
+  interface keyPartComparator {}
+  interface relativeComparator {}
+
+  module keyPartStatus {
+    proc pre param do return -1;
+    proc returned param do return 0;
+    proc post param do return 1;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/compat/eq-21/.gitignore b/src/compat/eq-21/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f935021a8f..0000000000
--- a/src/compat/eq-21/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-!.gitignore
diff --git a/src/compat/eq-21/ArkoudaSortCompat.chpl b/src/compat/eq-21/ArkoudaSortCompat.chpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e04391d2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compat/eq-21/ArkoudaSortCompat.chpl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module ArkoudaSortCompat {
+  public use Sort;
+
+  interface keyComparator {}
+  interface keyPartComparator {}
+  interface relativeComparator {}
+
+  module keyPartStatus {
+    proc pre param do return -1;
+    proc returned param do return 0;
+    proc post param do return 1;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/compat/ge-22/.gitignore b/src/compat/ge-22/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f935021a8f..0000000000
--- a/src/compat/ge-22/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-!.gitignore
diff --git a/src/compat/ge-22/ArkoudaSortCompat.chpl b/src/compat/ge-22/ArkoudaSortCompat.chpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d9c338766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compat/ge-22/ArkoudaSortCompat.chpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module ArkoudaSortCompat {
+  public use Sort;
+}