diff --git a/music_assistant/helpers/util.py b/music_assistant/helpers/util.py
index 7bf457e88d..080664f1b6 100644
--- a/music_assistant/helpers/util.py
+++ b/music_assistant/helpers/util.py
@@ -2204,17 +2204,17 @@ async def wrapper(self: SelfT, *args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs) -> R:
                 ),
             )
         )
+        # the coroutine is built here rather than passing func and its arguments on: a
+        # wrapped function is free to name a parameter after one of the task options below,
+        # which forwarded kwargs would collide with
         task: asyncio.Task[R] = mass.create_task(
-            func,
-            self,
-            *args,
+            func(self, *args, **kwargs),
             task_id=task_id,
             abort_existing=False,
             eager_start=True,
             # every caller awaits the flight below and so sees the failure itself; the
             # task's own exception log would report a handled error as an unhandled one
             log_exceptions=False,
-            **kwargs,
         )
         return await join_task(task)
 
diff --git a/music_assistant/mass.py b/music_assistant/mass.py
index 31d6b32227..be23c9a6f9 100644
--- a/music_assistant/mass.py
+++ b/music_assistant/mass.py
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ def create_task(
         target: Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, _R]] | Awaitable[_R],
         *args: Any,
         task_id: str | None = None,
+        name: str | None = None,
         abort_existing: bool = False,
         eager_start: bool = True,
         log_exceptions: bool = True,
@@ -752,6 +753,9 @@ def create_task(
         :param target: Coroutine function or awaitable to run as a task.
         :param args: Arguments to pass to the coroutine function.
         :param task_id: Optional ID to track and deduplicate tasks.
+        :param name: Optional name identifying the task in log messages. Task ids are not
+            used for this: they key on arguments such as image urls and search terms, which
+            do not belong in a log line. Keep a name free of those too.
         :param abort_existing: If True, cancel existing task with same task_id.
         :param eager_start: If True (default), start task immediately without waiting
                            for next event loop iteration. This ensures proper ordering
@@ -759,7 +763,11 @@ def create_task(
         :param log_exceptions: Set to False when the caller awaits the task and reports
                                its failures itself; the task then logs at debug level
                                instead of warning.
-        :param kwargs: Keyword arguments to pass to the coroutine function.
+        :param kwargs: Keyword arguments to pass to the coroutine function. The options
+            above take these names for themselves, so a coroutine function with a parameter
+            of its own called task_id, name, abort_existing, eager_start or log_exceptions
+            has to be called with that argument positionally, or awaited on a coroutine
+            built by the caller.
         """
         if task_id and (existing := self._tracked_tasks.get(task_id)) and not existing.done():
             # prevent duplicate tasks if task_id is given and already present
@@ -783,12 +791,17 @@ def create_task(
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("Target is missing")
 
-        # Use asyncio.Task directly with eager_start for immediate execution
-        task: asyncio.Task[_R] = asyncio.Task(coro, loop=self.loop, eager_start=eager_start)
-
         if task_id is None:
             task_id = uuid4().hex
 
+        # asyncio.Task is used directly for eager_start (immediate execution). An eagerly
+        # started task runs its first step inside the constructor, so the name has to be set
+        # here: it is what identifies the task in asyncio's own slow-callback warnings and in
+        # the exception log below. Without one asyncio numbers the task itself.
+        task: asyncio.Task[_R] = asyncio.Task(
+            coro, loop=self.loop, eager_start=eager_start, name=name
+        )
+
         def task_done_callback(_task: asyncio.Task[Any]) -> None:
             # done callbacks run one event loop iteration after the task finished, so a
             # caller may already have replaced the entry with a new task under the same
@@ -1479,7 +1492,7 @@ async def _on_provider_loaded() -> None:
             if provider.default_name != conf.default_name:
                 self.config.set_provider_default_name(provider.instance_id, provider.default_name)
 
-        self.create_task(_on_provider_loaded())
+        self.create_task(_on_provider_loaded(), name=f"provider_loaded_{provider.instance_id}")
 
         # clear any previous error in config and signal update
         self.config.set(f"{CONF_PROVIDERS}/{conf.instance_id}/last_error", None)
diff --git a/tests/core/test_server_base.py b/tests/core/test_server_base.py
index 9b404f47c1..4e23a2d900 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_server_base.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_server_base.py
@@ -96,6 +96,22 @@ async def _boom() -> None:
     )
 
 
+async def test_create_task_names_only_on_request(mass_minimal: MusicAssistant) -> None:
+    """Test that a task is named only by an explicit name, never by its task_id."""
+
+    async def _work() -> None:
+        return
+
+    named = mass_minimal.create_task(_work(), name="provider_loaded_some_provider")
+    assert named.get_name() == "provider_loaded_some_provider"
+
+    # task ids key on arguments such as image urls, so they must stay out of the name
+    keyed = mass_minimal.create_task(_work(), task_id="palette_fetch_p1_current_https://x/y?sig=1")
+    assert "https://x/y?sig=1" not in keyed.get_name()
+
+    await asyncio.gather(named, keyed)
+
+
 async def test_create_task_replacement_stays_tracked(mass_minimal: MusicAssistant) -> None:
     """Test that a finished task does not untrack a replacement with the same task_id."""
     task_id = "test_replacement"
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_util.py b/tests/helpers/test_util.py
index 195c2a3e04..d1548909af 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_util.py
@@ -722,6 +722,16 @@ async def test_failure_reaches_the_caller_without_being_logged(
             if record.levelno >= logging.WARNING and "Exception in task" in record.getMessage()
         ]
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_argument_named_after_a_task_option_reaches_the_wrapped_method(
+        self, mass_minimal: MusicAssistant
+    ) -> None:
+        """A parameter sharing its name with a create_task option is still passed through."""
+        caller = _GuardedCaller(mass_minimal)
+        caller.release.set()
+
+        assert await caller.fetch_named(name="abc", task_id="123") == "abc-123"
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_instances_get_their_own_request(self, mass_minimal: MusicAssistant) -> None:
         """Two objects of the same class each issue their own request."""
@@ -908,6 +918,13 @@ async def fetch(self, item_id: str) -> str:
             raise self.error
         return f"result-{item_id}"
 
+    @guard_single_request
+    async def fetch_named(self, name: str, task_id: str) -> str:
+        """Return the arguments, which are named after options of mass.create_task."""
+        self.calls += 1
+        await self.release.wait()
+        return f"{name}-{task_id}"
+
     @guard_single_request
     async def fetch_item(
         self,