diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/meta.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/meta.py
index 9e3e6a43e7..36ad5e8b0f 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/meta.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/meta.py
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ class TemplatePath(TraitBase):
     description: ClassVar[str] = "Template Path Trait Model"
     id: ClassVar[str] = "ayon.meta.TemplatePath.v1"
     template: str = Field(..., title="Template Path")
-    data: dict[str] = Field(..., title="Formatting Data")
+    data: dict = Field(..., title="Formatting Data")
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/trait.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/trait.py
index 7d8221e370..90be38225b 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/trait.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/trait.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import inspect
 import sys
+import uuid
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from functools import lru_cache
@@ -58,10 +59,16 @@ class Representation:
     It holds methods to add, remove, get, and check for the existence of a
     trait in the representation. It also provides a method to get all the
 
+    Arguments:
+        name (str): Representation name. Must be unique within instance.
+        representation_id (str): Representation ID.
+
     """
     _data: dict
     _module_blacklist: ClassVar[list[str]] = [
         "_", "builtins", "pydantic"]
+    name: str
+    representation_id: str
 
     @lru_cache(maxsize=64)  # noqa: B019
     def _get_trait_class(self, trait_id: str) -> Union[Type[TraitBase], None]:
@@ -343,8 +350,20 @@ class Representation:
         """Return the length of the data."""
         return len(self._data)
 
-    def __init__(self, traits: Optional[list[TraitBase]]=None):
-        """Initialize the data."""
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            name: str,
+            representation_id: Optional[str]=None,
+            traits: Optional[list[TraitBase]]=None):
+        """Initialize the data.
+
+        Args:
+            name (str): Representation name. Must be unique within instance.
+            representation_id (str, optional): Representation ID.
+            traits (list[TraitBase], optional): List of traits.
+        """
+        self.name = name
+        self.representation_id = representation_id or uuid.uuid4().hex
         self._data = {}
         if traits:
             for trait in traits:
diff --git a/tests/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/test_traits.py b/tests/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/test_traits.py
index 4c941f3e45..fc38e8fb56 100644
--- a/tests/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/test_traits.py
+++ b/tests/client/ayon_core/pipeline/traits/test_traits.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class InvalidTrait:
 @pytest.fixture()
 def representation() -> Representation:
     """Return a traits data instance."""
-    return Representation(traits=[
+    return Representation(name="test", traits=[
         FileLocation(**REPRESENTATION_DATA[FileLocation.id]),
         Image(),
         PixelBased(**REPRESENTATION_DATA[PixelBased.id]),
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def test_representation_traits(representation: Representation) -> None:
               repre_dict
 
     assert representation.has_traits() is True
-    empty_representation = Representation(traits=[])
+    empty_representation = Representation(name="test", traits=[])
     assert empty_representation.has_traits() is False
 
     assert representation.contains_trait(trait=FileLocation) is True
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def test_bundles() -> None:
         MimeType(mime_type="image/tiff"),
     ]
     bundle = Bundle(items=[diffuse_texture, bump_texture])
-    representation = Representation(traits=[bundle])
+    representation = Representation(name="test_bundle", traits=[bundle])
 
     if representation.contains_trait(trait=Bundle):
         assert representation.get_trait(trait=Bundle).items == [
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def test_bundles() -> None:
         ]
 
     for item in representation.get_trait(trait=Bundle).items:
-        sub_representation = Representation(traits=item)
+        sub_representation = Representation(name="test", traits=item)
         assert sub_representation.contains_trait(trait=Image)
         assert sub_representation.get_trait(trait=MimeType).mime_type in [
             "image/jpeg", "image/tiff"