diff --git a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/LDClientImpl.test.ts b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/LDClientImpl.test.ts
index dc2319c2b9..6fd145f617 100644
--- a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/LDClientImpl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/LDClientImpl.test.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ import * as mockResponseJson from './evaluation/mockResponse.json';
 import LDClientImpl from './LDClientImpl';
 import { Flags } from './types';
 
-let mockPlatform: ReturnType<typeof createBasicPlatform>;
-let logger: ReturnType<typeof createLogger>;
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-  mockPlatform = createBasicPlatform();
-  logger = createLogger();
-});
-
 jest.mock('@launchdarkly/js-sdk-common', () => {
   const actual = jest.requireActual('@launchdarkly/js-sdk-common');
   const actualMock = jest.requireActual('@launchdarkly/private-js-mocks');
@@ -49,11 +41,15 @@ const autoEnv = {
     os: { name: 'An OS', version: '1.0.1', family: 'orange' },
   },
 };
-let ldc: LDClientImpl;
-let defaultPutResponse: Flags;
-
 describe('sdk-client object', () => {
+  let ldc: LDClientImpl;
+  let defaultPutResponse: Flags;
+  let mockPlatform: ReturnType<typeof createBasicPlatform>;
+  let logger: ReturnType<typeof createLogger>;
+
   beforeEach(() => {
+    mockPlatform = createBasicPlatform();
+    logger = createLogger();
     defaultPutResponse = clone<Flags>(mockResponseJson);
     setupMockStreamingProcessor(false, defaultPutResponse);
     mockPlatform.crypto.randomUUID.mockReturnValue('random1');
@@ -97,6 +93,8 @@ describe('sdk-client object', () => {
     defaultPutResponse['dev-test-flag'].value = false;
     const carContext: LDContext = { kind: 'car', key: 'test-car' };
 
+    mockPlatform.crypto.randomUUID.mockReturnValue('random1');
+
     await ldc.identify(carContext);
     const c = ldc.getContext();
     const all = ldc.allFlags();
@@ -161,6 +159,8 @@ describe('sdk-client object', () => {
     defaultPutResponse['dev-test-flag'].value = false;
     const carContext: LDContext = { kind: 'car', anonymous: true, key: '' };
 
+    mockPlatform.crypto.randomUUID.mockReturnValue('random1');
+
     await ldc.identify(carContext);
     const c = ldc.getContext();
     const all = ldc.allFlags();
@@ -207,4 +207,46 @@ describe('sdk-client object', () => {
     expect(emitter.listenerCount('change')).toEqual(1);
     expect(emitter.listenerCount('error')).toEqual(1);
   });
+
+  test('can complete identification using storage', async () => {
+    const data: Record<string, string> = {};
+    mockPlatform.storage.get.mockImplementation((key) => data[key]);
+    mockPlatform.storage.set.mockImplementation((key: string, value: string) => {
+      data[key] = value;
+    });
+    mockPlatform.storage.clear.mockImplementation((key: string) => {
+      delete data[key];
+    });
+
+    // First identify should populate storage.
+    await ldc.identify(context);
+
+    expect(logger.debug).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('Identify completing with cached flags');
+
+    // Second identify should use storage.
+    await ldc.identify(context);
+
+    expect(logger.debug).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Identify completing with cached flags');
+  });
+
+  test('does not complete identify using storage when instructed to wait for the network response', async () => {
+    const data: Record<string, string> = {};
+    mockPlatform.storage.get.mockImplementation((key) => data[key]);
+    mockPlatform.storage.set.mockImplementation((key: string, value: string) => {
+      data[key] = value;
+    });
+    mockPlatform.storage.clear.mockImplementation((key: string) => {
+      delete data[key];
+    });
+
+    // First identify should populate storage.
+    await ldc.identify(context);
+
+    expect(logger.debug).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('Identify completing with cached flags');
+
+    // Second identify would use storage, but we instruct it not to.
+    await ldc.identify(context, { waitForNetworkResults: true, timeout: 5 });
+
+    expect(logger.debug).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('Identify completing with cached flags');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/LDClientImpl.ts b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/LDClientImpl.ts
index 7c087379b5..78d8b3de86 100644
--- a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/LDClientImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/LDClientImpl.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ export default class LDClientImpl implements LDClient {
           },
           {},
         );
-
         await this.flagManager.init(context, descriptors).then(identifyResolve());
       },
     });
@@ -320,6 +319,9 @@ export default class LDClientImpl implements LDClient {
    * 3. A network error is encountered during initialization.
    */
   async identify(pristineContext: LDContext, identifyOptions?: LDIdentifyOptions): Promise<void> {
+    // In offline mode we do not support waiting for results.
+    const waitForNetworkResults = !!identifyOptions?.waitForNetworkResults && !this.isOffline();
+
     if (identifyOptions?.timeout) {
       this.identifyTimeout = identifyOptions.timeout;
     }
@@ -354,15 +356,23 @@ export default class LDClientImpl implements LDClient {
     this.logger.debug(`Identifying ${JSON.stringify(this.checkedContext)}`);
 
     const loadedFromCache = await this.flagManager.loadCached(this.checkedContext);
-    if (loadedFromCache) {
+    if (loadedFromCache && !waitForNetworkResults) {
+      this.logger.debug('Identify completing with cached flags');
       identifyResolve();
     }
+    if (loadedFromCache && waitForNetworkResults) {
+      this.logger.debug(
+        'Identify - Flags loaded from cache, but identify was requested with "waitForNetworkResults"',
+      );
+    }
 
     if (this.isOffline()) {
       if (loadedFromCache) {
-        this.logger.debug('Offline identify using storage flags.');
+        this.logger.debug('Offline identify - using cached flags.');
       } else {
-        this.logger.debug('Offline identify no storage. Defaults will be used.');
+        this.logger.debug(
+          'Offline identify - no cached flags, using defaults or already loaded flags.',
+        );
         identifyResolve();
       }
     } else {
diff --git a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/api/LDIdentifyOptions.ts b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/api/LDIdentifyOptions.ts
index 355c0e93ec..d9d33213e1 100644
--- a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/api/LDIdentifyOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/api/LDIdentifyOptions.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,16 @@ export interface LDIdentifyOptions {
    * Defaults to 5 seconds.
    */
   timeout: number;
+
+  /**
+   * When true indicates that the SDK will attempt to wait for values from
+   * LaunchDarkly instead of depending on cached values. The cached values will
+   * still be loaded, but the promise returned by the identify function will not
+   * resolve as a result of those cached values being loaded. Generally this
+   * option should NOT be used and instead flag changes should be listened to.
+   * If the client is set to offline mode, then this option is ignored.
+   *
+   * Defaults to false.
+   */
+  waitForNetworkResults?: boolean;
 }