diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/getDevToolsFrontendUrl-test.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/getDevToolsFrontendUrl-test.js
index a6fe45b710bf8a..10fa7191d934de 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/getDevToolsFrontendUrl-test.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/getDevToolsFrontendUrl-test.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('getDevToolsFrontendUrl', () => {
     enableOpenDebuggerRedirect: false,
   };
 
-  describe('relative: false (default)', () => {
+  describe('relative: false, launchId: undefined (default)', () => {
     test('should return a valid url for all experiments off', async () => {
       const actual = getDevToolsFrontendUrl(
         experiments,
@@ -128,4 +128,61 @@ describe('getDevToolsFrontendUrl', () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe('launchId: non-null', () => {
+    const launchId = 'dG8gdGhlIG1vb24h%21';
+
+    test('should return a valid url for all experiments off', async () => {
+      const actual = getDevToolsFrontendUrl(
+        experiments,
+        webSocketDebuggerUrl,
+        devServerUrl,
+        {
+          launchId,
+        },
+      );
+      const url = new URL(actual);
+      expect(url.pathname).toBe('/debugger-frontend/rn_inspector.html');
+      expect(url.searchParams.get('ws')).toBe(
+        '/inspector/debug?device=1a9372c&page=-1',
+      );
+      expect(url.searchParams.get('launchId')).toBe(launchId);
+    });
+
+    test('should return a valid url for enableNetworkInspector experiment on', async () => {
+      const actual = getDevToolsFrontendUrl(
+        {...experiments, enableNetworkInspector: true, enableNewDebugger: true},
+        webSocketDebuggerUrl,
+        devServerUrl,
+        {
+          launchId,
+        },
+      );
+      const url = new URL(actual);
+      expect(url.pathname).toBe('/debugger-frontend/rn_inspector.html');
+      expect(url.searchParams.get('unstable_enableNetworkPanel')).toBe('true');
+      expect(url.searchParams.get('ws')).toBe(
+        '/inspector/debug?device=1a9372c&page=-1',
+      );
+      expect(url.searchParams.get('launchId')).toBe(launchId);
+    });
+
+    test('should return a full WS URL if on a different host than the dev server', () => {
+      const otherWebSocketDebuggerUrl =
+        'ws://localhost:8082/inspector/debug?device=1a9372c&page=-1';
+      const actual = getDevToolsFrontendUrl(
+        experiments,
+        otherWebSocketDebuggerUrl,
+        devServerUrl,
+        {
+          launchId,
+        },
+      );
+      const url = new URL(actual);
+      expect(url.searchParams.get('ws')).toBe(
+        'localhost:8082/inspector/debug?device=1a9372c&page=-1',
+      );
+      expect(url.searchParams.get('launchId')).toBe(launchId);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/middleware/openDebuggerMiddleware.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/middleware/openDebuggerMiddleware.js
index 6b571f7aa026cd..d9ad3b3816689a 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/middleware/openDebuggerMiddleware.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/middleware/openDebuggerMiddleware.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type {NextHandleFunction} from 'connect';
 import type {IncomingMessage, ServerResponse} from 'http';
 
 import getDevToolsFrontendUrl from '../utils/getDevToolsFrontendUrl';
+import crypto from 'crypto';
 import url from 'url';
 
 const debuggerInstances = new Map<string, ?LaunchedBrowser>();
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ export default function openDebuggerMiddleware({
         return;
       }
 
+      const launchId = crypto.randomUUID();
+
       try {
         switch (launchType) {
           case 'launch':
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ export default function openDebuggerMiddleware({
                   experiments,
                   target.webSocketDebuggerUrl,
                   serverBaseUrl,
+                  {launchId},
                 ),
               ),
             );
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ export default function openDebuggerMiddleware({
                 experiments,
                 target.webSocketDebuggerUrl,
                 serverBaseUrl,
-                {relative: true},
+                {relative: true, launchId},
               ),
             });
             res.end();
diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/utils/getDevToolsFrontendUrl.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/utils/getDevToolsFrontendUrl.js
index 7dd33dfd9d08a3..c75731eae0729e 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/utils/getDevToolsFrontendUrl.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/utils/getDevToolsFrontendUrl.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default function getDevToolsFrontendUrl(
   devServerUrl: string,
   options?: $ReadOnly<{
     relative?: boolean,
+    launchId?: string,
   }>,
 ): string {
   const wsParam = getWsParam({
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ export default function getDevToolsFrontendUrl(
   if (experiments.enableNetworkInspector) {
     searchParams.append('unstable_enableNetworkPanel', 'true');
   }
+  if (options?.launchId != null && options.launchId !== '') {
+    searchParams.append('launchId', options.launchId);
+  }
 
   return appUrl + '?' + searchParams.toString();
 }