diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.js b/src/activitypub/index.js
index 78cb3f26f6..ef69d0bdf4 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.js
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@ const pubsub = require('../pubsub');
 const analytics = require('../analytics');
 
 const requestCache = ttl({
+	name: 'ap-request-cache',
 	max: 5000,
 	ttl: 1000 * 60 * 5, // 5 minutes
 });
 const probeCache = ttl({
+	name: 'ap-probe-cache',
 	max: 500,
 	ttl: 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour
 });
 const probeRateLimit = ttl({
+	name: 'ap-probe-rate-limit-cache',
 	ttl: 1000 * 3, // 3 seconds
 });
 
diff --git a/src/cache/lru.js b/src/cache/lru.js
index 094d3a3e93..2d46e5a5fe 100644
--- a/src/cache/lru.js
+++ b/src/cache/lru.js
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
 	});
 
 	const lruCache = new LRUCache(opts);
+	if (!opts.name) {
+		winston.warn(`[cache/init] ${chalk.white.bgRed.bold('WARNING')} The cache name is not set. This will be required in the future.\n ${new Error('t').stack} `);
+	}
 
 	const cache = {};
 	cache.name = opts.name;
diff --git a/src/cache/ttl.js b/src/cache/ttl.js
index 8647d0b9ac..fdc134be81 100644
--- a/src/cache/ttl.js
+++ b/src/cache/ttl.js
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 module.exports = function (opts) {
 	const TTLCache = require('@isaacs/ttlcache');
 	const os = require('os');
+	const winston = require('winston');
+	const chalk = require('chalk');
 
 	const pubsub = require('../pubsub');
 
 	const ttlCache = new TTLCache(opts);
+	if (!opts.name) {
+		winston.warn(`[cache/init] ${chalk.white.bgRed.bold('WARNING')} The cache name is not set. This will be required in the future.\n ${new Error('t').stack} `);
+	}
 
 	const cache = {};
 	cache.name = opts.name;
diff --git a/src/middleware/index.js b/src/middleware/index.js
index 417d8309bc..67d8e2faa0 100644
--- a/src/middleware/index.js
+++ b/src/middleware/index.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const controllers = {
 };
 
 const delayCache = cacheCreate({
+	name: 'delay-middleware',
 	ttl: 1000 * 60,
 	max: 200,
 });
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index df7cf51fb4..4e6e7873f3 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const Notifications = module.exports;
 
 // ttlcache for email-only chat notifications
 const notificationCache = ttlCache({
+	name: 'notification-email-cache',
 	max: 1000,
 	ttl: (meta.config.notificationSendDelay || 60) * 1000,
 	noDisposeOnSet: true,
diff --git a/src/request.js b/src/request.js
index ce5e95d5bb..713c3dd6ac 100644
--- a/src/request.js
+++ b/src/request.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const { version } = require('../package.json');
 const plugins = require('./plugins');
 const ttl = require('./cache/ttl');
 const checkCache = ttl({
+	name: 'request-check',
+	max: 1000,
 	ttl: 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour
 });
 let allowList = new Set();