id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
37153	Store the cache alias on the cache backend instance	Tim Schilling		"Store the alias used to fetch a cache backend instance on the instance itself. The Django Debug Toolbar is having to do some extra patching (django-commons/django-debug-toolbar#2219) to retain what alias is being used for which cache. While tolerable, it means the toolbar is having to reimplement more parts of Django, making it more brittle for future versions.

django/new-features: https://github.com/django/new-features/issues/95

Ideal code:

{{{
from django.core.cache import cache

print(cache.alias)
# ""default""
}}}

I believe we need to make the following changes:
- Update CacheHandler.create_connection to pass alias as backend_cls(location, params, alias=alias)
- Update django.core.cache.backends.base.BaseCache.__init__ to accept and store alias
"	New feature	closed	Core (Cache system)	dev	Normal	duplicate			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	1	0