diff --git a/assets/config.php b/assets/config.php
index ce74d3bf..f15a843a 100644
--- a/assets/config.php
+++ b/assets/config.php
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ return [
          * SECURITY NOTE: Keep in mind that autoincrement IDs come with potential enumeration issues (such as tenant storage URLs).
          *
          * @see \Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\UUIDGenerator
+         * @see \Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\ULIDGenerator
+         * @see \Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\UUIDv7Generator
          * @see \Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\RandomHexGenerator
          * @see \Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\RandomIntGenerator
          * @see \Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\RandomStringGenerator
@@ -311,7 +313,7 @@ return [
          *
          * Note: This will implicitly add your configured session store to the list of prefixed stores above.
          */
-        'scope_sessions' => true,
+        'scope_sessions' => in_array(env('SESSION_DRIVER'), ['redis', 'memcached', 'dynamodb', 'apc'], true),
 
         'tag_base' => 'tenant', // This tag_base, followed by the tenant_id, will form a tag that will be applied on each cache call.
     ],
diff --git a/src/Bootstrappers/CacheTenancyBootstrapper.php b/src/Bootstrappers/CacheTenancyBootstrapper.php
index 20e09816..97bd7d24 100644
--- a/src/Bootstrappers/CacheTenancyBootstrapper.php
+++ b/src/Bootstrappers/CacheTenancyBootstrapper.php
@@ -102,14 +102,7 @@ class CacheTenancyBootstrapper implements TenancyBootstrapper
         if ($this->config->get('tenancy.cache.scope_sessions', true)) {
             // These are the only cache driven session backends (see Laravel's config/session.php)
             if (! in_array($this->config->get('session.driver'), ['redis', 'memcached', 'dynamodb', 'apc'], true)) {
-                if (app()->environment('production')) {
-                    // We only throw this exception in prod to make configuration a little easier. Developers
-                    // may have scope_sessions set to true while using different session drivers e.g. in tests.
-                    // Previously we just silently ignored this, however since session scoping is of high importance
-                    // in production, we make sure to notify the developer, by throwing an exception, that session
-                    // scoping isn't happening as expected/configured due to an incompatible session driver.
-                    throw new Exception('Session driver [' . $this->config->get('session.driver') . '] cannot be scoped by tenancy.cache.scope_session');
-                }
+                throw new Exception('Session driver [' . $this->config->get('session.driver') . '] cannot be scoped by tenancy.cache.scope_sessions');
             } else {
                 // Scoping sessions using this bootstrapper implicitly adds the session store to $names
                 $names[] = $this->getSessionCacheStoreName();
diff --git a/src/Bootstrappers/DatabaseCacheBootstrapper.php b/src/Bootstrappers/DatabaseCacheBootstrapper.php
index ae547471..0e41849f 100644
--- a/src/Bootstrappers/DatabaseCacheBootstrapper.php
+++ b/src/Bootstrappers/DatabaseCacheBootstrapper.php
@@ -63,13 +63,17 @@ class DatabaseCacheBootstrapper implements TenancyBootstrapper
         $stores = $this->scopedStoreNames();
 
         foreach ($stores as $storeName) {
-            $this->originalConnections[$storeName] = $this->config->get("cache.stores.{$storeName}.connection");
-            $this->originalLockConnections[$storeName] = $this->config->get("cache.stores.{$storeName}.lock_connection");
+            $this->originalConnections[$storeName] = $this->config->get("cache.stores.{$storeName}.connection") ?? config('tenancy.database.central_connection');
+            $this->originalLockConnections[$storeName] = $this->config->get("cache.stores.{$storeName}.lock_connection") ?? config('tenancy.database.central_connection');
 
             $this->config->set("cache.stores.{$storeName}.connection", 'tenant');
             $this->config->set("cache.stores.{$storeName}.lock_connection", 'tenant');
 
-            $this->cache->purge($storeName);
+            /** @var DatabaseStore $store */
+            $store = $this->cache->store($storeName)->getStore();
+
+            $store->setConnection(DB::connection('tenant'));
+            $store->setLockConnection(DB::connection('tenant'));
         }
 
         if (static::$adjustGlobalCacheManager) {
@@ -78,8 +82,8 @@ class DatabaseCacheBootstrapper implements TenancyBootstrapper
             // *from here* being executed repeatedly in a loop on reinitialization. For that reason we do not do that
             // (this is our only use of $adjustCacheManagerUsing anyway) but ideally at some point we'd have a better solution.
             $originalConnections = array_combine($stores, array_map(fn (string $storeName) => [
-                'connection' => $this->originalConnections[$storeName] ?? config('tenancy.database.central_connection'),
-                'lockConnection' => $this->originalLockConnections[$storeName] ?? config('tenancy.database.central_connection'),
+                'connection' => $this->originalConnections[$storeName],
+                'lockConnection' => $this->originalLockConnections[$storeName],
             ], $stores));
 
             TenancyServiceProvider::$adjustCacheManagerUsing = static function (CacheManager $manager) use ($originalConnections) {
@@ -100,7 +104,11 @@ class DatabaseCacheBootstrapper implements TenancyBootstrapper
             $this->config->set("cache.stores.{$storeName}.connection", $originalConnection);
             $this->config->set("cache.stores.{$storeName}.lock_connection", $this->originalLockConnections[$storeName]);
 
-            $this->cache->purge($storeName);
+            /** @var DatabaseStore $store */
+            $store = $this->cache->store($storeName)->getStore();
+
+            $store->setConnection(DB::connection($this->originalConnections[$storeName]));
+            $store->setLockConnection(DB::connection($this->originalLockConnections[$storeName]));
         }
 
         TenancyServiceProvider::$adjustCacheManagerUsing = null;
diff --git a/src/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper.php b/src/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper.php
index d5088c5c..2c2d9ec9 100644
--- a/src/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper.php
+++ b/src/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper.php
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ class FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper implements TenancyBootstrapper
             return;
         }
 
+        $path = $suffix
+            ? $this->tenantStoragePath($suffix) . '/framework/cache'
+            : $this->originalStoragePath . '/framework/cache';
+
+        if (! is_dir($path)) {
+            // Create tenant framework/cache directory if it does not exist
+            mkdir($path, 0750, true);
+        }
+
         if ($suffix === false) {
             $this->app->useStoragePath($this->originalStoragePath);
         } else {
@@ -211,7 +220,7 @@ class FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper implements TenancyBootstrapper
 
         if (! is_dir($path)) {
             // Create tenant framework/sessions directory if it does not exist
-            mkdir($path, 0755, true);
+            mkdir($path, 0750, true);
         }
 
         $this->app['config']['session.files'] = $path;
diff --git a/src/Listeners/CreateTenantStorage.php b/src/Listeners/CreateTenantStorage.php
index 73da89fc..3bebb731 100644
--- a/src/Listeners/CreateTenantStorage.php
+++ b/src/Listeners/CreateTenantStorage.php
@@ -4,18 +4,25 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners;
 
-use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\TenantCreated;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\Contracts\TenantEvent;
 
+/**
+ * Can be used to manually create framework directories in the tenant storage when storage_path() is scoped.
+ *
+ * Useful when using real-time facades which use the framework/cache directory.
+ *
+ * Generally not needed anymore as the directory is also created by the FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper.
+ */
 class CreateTenantStorage
 {
-    public function handle(TenantCreated $event): void
+    public function handle(TenantEvent $event): void
     {
         $storage_path = tenancy()->run($event->tenant, fn () => storage_path());
         $cache_path = "$storage_path/framework/cache";
 
         if (! is_dir($cache_path)) {
             // Create the tenant's storage directory and /framework/cache within (used for e.g. real-time facades)
-            mkdir($cache_path, 0777, true);
+            mkdir($cache_path, 0750, true);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Listeners/DeleteTenantStorage.php b/src/Listeners/DeleteTenantStorage.php
index 25adc4f4..ec360073 100644
--- a/src/Listeners/DeleteTenantStorage.php
+++ b/src/Listeners/DeleteTenantStorage.php
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
-use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\DeletingTenant;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\Contracts\TenantEvent;
 
 class DeleteTenantStorage
 {
-    public function handle(DeletingTenant $event): void
+    public function handle(TenantEvent $event): void
     {
         $path = tenancy()->run($event->tenant, fn () => storage_path());
 
diff --git a/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/ULIDGenerator.php b/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/ULIDGenerator.php
index 17b62898..d099c824 100644
--- a/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/ULIDGenerator.php
+++ b/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/ULIDGenerator.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Contracts\UniqueIdentifierGenerator;
 
 /**
- * Generates a UUID for the tenant key.
+ * Generates a ULID for the tenant key.
  */
 class ULIDGenerator implements UniqueIdentifierGenerator
 {
diff --git a/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/UUIDGenerator.php b/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/UUIDGenerator.php
index f8bf4b9c..a537b666 100644
--- a/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/UUIDGenerator.php
+++ b/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/UUIDGenerator.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Contracts\UniqueIdentifierGenerator;
 
 /**
- * Generates a UUID for the tenant key.
+ * Generates a UUIDv4 for the tenant key.
  */
 class UUIDGenerator implements UniqueIdentifierGenerator
 {
diff --git a/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/UUIDv7Generator.php b/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/UUIDv7Generator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..274b17b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UniqueIdentifierGenerators/UUIDv7Generator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Contracts\UniqueIdentifierGenerator;
+
+/**
+ * Generates a UUIDv7 for the tenant key.
+ */
+class UUIDv7Generator implements UniqueIdentifierGenerator
+{
+    public static function generate(Model $model): string|int
+    {
+        return Str::uuid7()->toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php b/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php
index 857e0eac..706a7882 100644
--- a/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php
+++ b/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php
@@ -200,3 +200,24 @@ test('tenant storage can get deleted after the tenant when DeletingTenant listen
 
     expect(File::isDirectory($tenantStoragePath))->toBeFalse();
 });
+
+test('the framework/cache directory is created when storage_path is scoped', function (bool $suffixStoragePath) {
+    config([
+        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => [
+            FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper::class,
+        ],
+        'tenancy.filesystem.suffix_storage_path' => $suffixStoragePath
+    ]);
+
+    $centralStoragePath = storage_path();
+
+    tenancy()->initialize($tenant = Tenant::create());
+
+    if ($suffixStoragePath) {
+        expect(storage_path('framework/cache'))->toBe($centralStoragePath . "/tenant{$tenant->id}/framework/cache");
+        expect(is_dir($centralStoragePath . "/tenant{$tenant->id}/framework/cache"))->toBeTrue();
+    } else {
+        expect(storage_path('framework/cache'))->toBe($centralStoragePath . '/framework/cache');
+        expect(is_dir($centralStoragePath . "/tenant{$tenant->id}/framework/cache"))->toBeFalse();
+    }
+})->with([true, false]);
diff --git a/tests/SessionSeparationTest.php b/tests/SessionSeparationTest.php
index 02b018d1..d699bc61 100644
--- a/tests/SessionSeparationTest.php
+++ b/tests/SessionSeparationTest.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ test('file sessions are separated', function (bool $scopeSessions) {
 
     if ($scopeSessions) {
         expect($sessionPath())->toBe(storage_path('tenant' . $tenant->getTenantKey() . '/framework/sessions'));
+        expect(is_dir(storage_path('tenant' . $tenant->getTenantKey() . '/framework/sessions')))->toBeTrue();
     } else {
         expect($sessionPath())->toBe(storage_path('framework/sessions'));
     }
diff --git a/tests/TenantModelTest.php b/tests/TenantModelTest.php
index 4c6e77e1..8ee2ae78 100644
--- a/tests/TenantModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/TenantModelTest.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\RandomHexGenerator;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\RandomIntGenerator;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\RandomStringGenerator;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\ULIDGenerator;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIdentifierGenerators\UUIDv7Generator;
 
 use function Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\pest;
 
@@ -94,6 +95,20 @@ test('ulid ids are supported', function () {
     expect($tenant2->id > $tenant1->id)->toBeTrue();
 });
 
+test('uuidv7 ids are supported', function () {
+    app()->bind(UniqueIdentifierGenerator::class, UUIDv7Generator::class);
+
+    $tenant1 = Tenant::create();
+    expect($tenant1->id)->toBeString();
+    expect(strlen($tenant1->id))->toBe(36);
+
+    $tenant2 = Tenant::create();
+    expect($tenant2->id)->toBeString();
+    expect(strlen($tenant2->id))->toBe(36);
+
+    expect($tenant2->id > $tenant1->id)->toBeTrue();
+});
+
 test('hex ids are supported', function () {
     app()->bind(UniqueIdentifierGenerator::class, RandomHexGenerator::class);