diff --git a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/person-state.ts b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/person-state.ts
index 53daf093ef934..61b0c42ce363f 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/person-state.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/person-state.ts
@@ -323,19 +323,31 @@ export class PersonState {
             return undefined
         }
         if (isDistinctIdIllegal(mergeIntoDistinctId)) {
-            await captureIngestionWarning(this.db.kafkaProducer, teamId, 'cannot_merge_with_illegal_distinct_id', {
-                illegalDistinctId: mergeIntoDistinctId,
-                otherDistinctId: otherPersonDistinctId,
-                eventUuid: this.event.uuid,
-            })
+            await captureIngestionWarning(
+                this.db.kafkaProducer,
+                teamId,
+                'cannot_merge_with_illegal_distinct_id',
+                {
+                    illegalDistinctId: mergeIntoDistinctId,
+                    otherDistinctId: otherPersonDistinctId,
+                    eventUuid: this.event.uuid,
+                },
+                (teamId) => `${teamId}:mergeIntoDistinctId`
+            )
             return undefined
         }
         if (isDistinctIdIllegal(otherPersonDistinctId)) {
-            await captureIngestionWarning(this.db.kafkaProducer, teamId, 'cannot_merge_with_illegal_distinct_id', {
-                illegalDistinctId: otherPersonDistinctId,
-                otherDistinctId: mergeIntoDistinctId,
-                eventUuid: this.event.uuid,
-            })
+            await captureIngestionWarning(
+                this.db.kafkaProducer,
+                teamId,
+                'cannot_merge_with_illegal_distinct_id',
+                {
+                    illegalDistinctId: otherPersonDistinctId,
+                    otherDistinctId: mergeIntoDistinctId,
+                    eventUuid: this.event.uuid,
+                },
+                (teamId) => `${teamId}:mergeIntoDistinctId`
+            )
             return undefined
         }
         return promiseRetry(
@@ -403,12 +415,17 @@ export class PersonState {
 
         // If merge isn't allowed, we will ignore it, log an ingestion warning and exit
         if (!mergeAllowed) {
-            // TODO: add event UUID to the ingestion warning
-            await captureIngestionWarning(this.db.kafkaProducer, this.teamId, 'cannot_merge_already_identified', {
-                sourcePersonDistinctId: otherPersonDistinctId,
-                targetPersonDistinctId: mergeIntoDistinctId,
-                eventUuid: this.event.uuid,
-            })
+            await captureIngestionWarning(
+                this.db.kafkaProducer,
+                this.teamId,
+                'cannot_merge_already_identified',
+                {
+                    sourcePersonDistinctId: otherPersonDistinctId,
+                    targetPersonDistinctId: mergeIntoDistinctId,
+                    eventUuid: this.event.uuid,
+                },
+                (teamId) => `${teamId}:mergeIntoDistinctId`
+            )
             status.warn('🤔', 'refused to merge an already identified user via an $identify or $create_alias call')
             return mergeInto // We're returning the original person tied to distinct_id used for the event
         }
diff --git a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/utils.ts b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/utils.ts
index 0ac139dfb137d..66b7935400bec 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/utils.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/utils.ts
@@ -67,10 +67,17 @@ export async function captureIngestionWarning(
     teamId: TeamId,
     type: string,
     details: Record<string, any>,
-    debounce_key?: string
+    /**
+     * Optional key to debounce the warning. If not provided, the teamId and type will be used as the key.
+     * If a function is provided, it will be called with the teamId and type and should return a string key.
+     * If a string is provided it is combined with the teamId and type.
+     */
+    debounceKey?: string | ((teamId: number, type: string) => string)
 ) {
-    const limiter_key = `${teamId}:${type}:${debounce_key}`
-    if (IngestionWarningLimiter.consume(limiter_key, 1)) {
+    const limiterKey =
+        typeof debounceKey === 'function' ? debounceKey(teamId, type) : `${teamId}:${type}:${debounceKey}`
+
+    if (IngestionWarningLimiter.consume(limiterKey, 1)) {
         await kafkaProducer.queueMessage({
             topic: KAFKA_INGESTION_WARNINGS,
             messages: [