diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cff402c4..00ad86a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ MANIFEST
 .idea/*
 .*virtualenv/*
 .mypy_cache
+.vscode/*
 
 # Output of building package
 *.egg-info
@@ -26,3 +27,4 @@ datafile.json
 
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/build/
+
diff --git a/optimizely/config_manager.py b/optimizely/config_manager.py
index 755c6b9c..c959914e 100644
--- a/optimizely/config_manager.py
+++ b/optimizely/config_manager.py
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def start(self) -> None:
             self._polling_thread.start()
 
     def _initialize_thread(self) -> None:
-        self._polling_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._run, daemon=True)
+        self._polling_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._run, name="PollThread", daemon=True)
 
 
 class AuthDatafilePollingConfigManager(PollingConfigManager):
diff --git a/optimizely/event/event_processor.py b/optimizely/event/event_processor.py
index 9445ffc6..05f5e078 100644
--- a/optimizely/event/event_processor.py
+++ b/optimizely/event/event_processor.py
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ def start(self) -> None:
             return
 
         self.flushing_interval_deadline = self._get_time() + self._get_time(self.flush_interval.total_seconds())
-        self.executor = threading.Thread(target=self._run)
-        self.executor.daemon = True
+        self.executor = threading.Thread(target=self._run, name="EventThread", daemon=True)
         self.executor.start()
 
     def _run(self) -> None:
diff --git a/optimizely/odp/odp_event_manager.py b/optimizely/odp/odp_event_manager.py
index 18b08eb0..85512e90 100644
--- a/optimizely/odp/odp_event_manager.py
+++ b/optimizely/odp/odp_event_manager.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.retry_count = OdpEventManagerConfig.DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT
         self._current_batch: list[OdpEvent] = []
         """_current_batch should only be modified by the processing thread, as it is not thread safe"""
-        self.thread = Thread(target=self._run, daemon=True)
+        self.thread = Thread(target=self._run, name="OdpThread", daemon=True)
         self.thread_exception = False
         """thread_exception will be True if the processing thread did not exit cleanly"""
 
diff --git a/optimizely/optimizely_user_context.py b/optimizely/optimizely_user_context.py
index fb674f93..e88c0f52 100644
--- a/optimizely/optimizely_user_context.py
+++ b/optimizely/optimizely_user_context.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def _fetch_qualified_segments() -> bool:
             return success
 
         if callback:
-            fetch_thread = threading.Thread(target=_fetch_qualified_segments)
+            fetch_thread = threading.Thread(target=_fetch_qualified_segments, name="FetchQualifiedSegmentsThread")
             fetch_thread.start()
             return fetch_thread
         else: