diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
index bb86e1c6e8a34a..aeaaafb697b3b3 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ cli
         configLoader: options.configLoader,
         logLevel: options.logLevel,
         clearScreen: options.clearScreen,
-        optimizeDeps: { force: options.force },
         server: cleanGlobalCLIOptions(options),
+        forceOptimizeDeps: options.force,
       })
 
       if (!server.httpServer) {
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index 1669e2b2920768..00444570cbfdea 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ export interface InlineConfig extends UserConfig {
   /** @experimental */
   configLoader?: 'bundle' | 'runner'
   envFile?: false
+  forceOptimizeDeps?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface ResolvedConfig
@@ -775,6 +776,7 @@ function resolveEnvironmentOptions(
   options: EnvironmentOptions,
   alias: Alias[],
   preserveSymlinks: boolean,
+  forceOptimizeDeps: boolean | undefined,
   logger: Logger,
   environmentName: string,
   // Backward compatibility
@@ -804,6 +806,7 @@ function resolveEnvironmentOptions(
     optimizeDeps: resolveDepOptimizationOptions(
       options.optimizeDeps,
       resolve.preserveSymlinks,
+      forceOptimizeDeps,
       consumer,
     ),
     dev: resolveDevEnvironmentOptions(
@@ -980,6 +983,7 @@ function resolveResolveOptions(
 function resolveDepOptimizationOptions(
   optimizeDeps: DepOptimizationOptions | undefined,
   preserveSymlinks: boolean,
+  forceOptimizeDeps: boolean | undefined,
   consumer: 'client' | 'server' | undefined,
 ): DepOptimizationOptions {
   return mergeWithDefaults(
@@ -990,6 +994,7 @@ function resolveDepOptimizationOptions(
       esbuildOptions: {
         preserveSymlinks,
       },
+      force: forceOptimizeDeps ?? configDefaults.optimizeDeps.force,
     },
     optimizeDeps ?? {},
   )
@@ -1202,6 +1207,7 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
       config.environments[environmentName],
       resolvedDefaultResolve.alias,
       resolvedDefaultResolve.preserveSymlinks,
+      inlineConfig.forceOptimizeDeps,
       logger,
       environmentName,
       config.experimental?.skipSsrTransform,
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
index fb5c71ac13a2c0..8dcf3da90675af 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
@@ -373,24 +373,36 @@ export async function loadCachedDepOptimizationMetadata(
       if (cachedMetadata.lockfileHash !== getLockfileHash(environment)) {
         environment.logger.info(
           'Re-optimizing dependencies because lockfile has changed',
+          {
+            timestamp: true,
+          },
         )
       } else if (cachedMetadata.configHash !== getConfigHash(environment)) {
         environment.logger.info(
           'Re-optimizing dependencies because vite config has changed',
+          {
+            timestamp: true,
+          },
         )
       } else {
-        log?.('Hash is consistent. Skipping. Use --force to override.')
+        log?.(
+          `(${environment.name}) Hash is consistent. Skipping. Use --force to override.`,
+        )
         // Nothing to commit or cancel as we are using the cache, we only
         // need to resolve the processing promise so requests can move on
         return cachedMetadata
       }
     }
   } else {
-    environment.logger.info('Forced re-optimization of dependencies')
+    environment.logger.info('Forced re-optimization of dependencies', {
+      timestamp: true,
+    })
   }
 
   // Start with a fresh cache
-  debug?.(colors.green(`removing old cache dir ${depsCacheDir}`))
+  debug?.(
+    `(${environment.name}) ${colors.green(`removing old cache dir ${depsCacheDir}`)}`,
+  )
   await fsp.rm(depsCacheDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
index 06eaae8ff43dcc..b3c10bccf92456 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
@@ -1164,9 +1164,7 @@ async function restartServer(server: ViteDevServer) {
   let inlineConfig = server.config.inlineConfig
   if (server._forceOptimizeOnRestart) {
     inlineConfig = mergeConfig(inlineConfig, {
-      optimizeDeps: {
-        force: true,
-      },
+      forceOptimizeDeps: true,
     })
   }