diff --git a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableLink.ts b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableLink.ts
index 79027e8aecd..1ca596864d5 100644
--- a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableLink.ts
+++ b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableLink.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,31 @@ type SubscriptionCallbacks = {
   received?: (payload: any) => void;
 };
 
+type CreateChannelId = () => string
+
+function createChannelId() {
+  // `crypto.randomUUID()` (Web Crypto API) is used because a low-entropy
+  // identifier here can collide between simultaneously-created subscriptions,
+  // and ActionCable routes incoming payloads by identifier — colliding
+  // subscriptions would receive each other's payloads.
+  return crypto.randomUUID()
+}
+
 class ActionCableLink extends ApolloLink {
   cable: Consumer
   channelName: string
   actionName: string
   connectionParams: ConnectionParams
   callbacks: SubscriptionCallbacks
+  createChannelId: CreateChannelId
 
   constructor(options: {
-    cable: Consumer, channelName?: string, actionName?: string, connectionParams?: ConnectionParams, callbacks?: SubscriptionCallbacks
+    cable: Consumer,
+    createChannelId?: CreateChannelId,
+    channelName?: string,
+    actionName?: string,
+    connectionParams?: ConnectionParams,
+    callbacks?: SubscriptionCallbacks,
   }) {
     super()
     this.cable = options.cable
@@ -26,13 +42,14 @@ class ActionCableLink extends ApolloLink {
     this.actionName = options.actionName || "execute"
     this.connectionParams = options.connectionParams || {}
     this.callbacks = options.callbacks || {}
+    this.createChannelId = options.createChannelId || createChannelId
   }
 
   // Interestingly, this link does _not_ call through to `next` because
   // instead, it sends the request to ActionCable.
   request(operation: Operation, _next: NextLink): Observable<RequestResult> {
     return new Observable((observer) => {
-      var channelId = Math.round(Date.now() + Math.random() * 100000).toString(16)
+      var channelId = this.createChannelId()
       var actionName = this.actionName
       var connectionParams = (typeof this.connectionParams === "function") ?
         this.connectionParams(operation) : this.connectionParams
diff --git a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/__tests__/ActionCableLinkTest.ts b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/__tests__/ActionCableLinkTest.ts
index a4314fdc8d3..ccc6f8bfdde 100644
--- a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/__tests__/ActionCableLinkTest.ts
+++ b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/__tests__/ActionCableLinkTest.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,31 @@ describe("ActionCableLink", () => {
     expect(subscription.params["test"]).toEqual(1)
   })
 
+  it("generates a unique channelId for each subscription", () => {
+    var link = new ActionCableLink(options)
+    var channelIds = new Set<string>()
+    var subscriptions: any[] = []
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+      var observable = link.request(operation, null as any)
+      var subscription: any = (observable.subscribe(() => null) as any)._cleanup
+      channelIds.add(subscription.params.channelId)
+      subscriptions.push(subscription)
+    }
+
+    expect(channelIds.size).toBe(1000)
+
+    subscriptions.forEach(function(s) { s.unsubscribe() })
+  })
+
+  it("accepts an injected channel ID function", () => {
+    var link = new ActionCableLink({...options, createChannelId: () => "Channel-ID" })
+    var observable = link.request(operation, null as any)
+    var subscription: any = (observable.subscribe(() => null) as any)._cleanup
+    expect(subscription.params.channelId).toEqual("Channel-ID")
+    subscription.unsubscribe()
+  })
+
   it('allows passing custom callbacks', () => {
     var connected = jest.fn()
     var received = jest.fn()