diff --git a/app/services/post_alerter.rb b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
index f05754357d..3f151f875c 100644
--- a/app/services/post_alerter.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ class PostAlerter
     return if user_ids.blank?
     user_ids.uniq!
 
+    warn_if_not_sidekiq
+
     # Don't notify the OP
     user_ids -= [post.user_id]
     users = User.where(id: user_ids)
@@ -485,6 +487,8 @@ class PostAlerter
     users = [users] unless users.is_a?(Array)
     users = users.reject { |u| u.staged? } if post.topic&.private_message?
 
+    warn_if_not_sidekiq
+
     DiscourseEvent.trigger(:before_create_notifications_for_users, users, post)
     users.each do |u|
       create_notification(u, Notification.types[type], post, opts)
@@ -496,6 +500,8 @@ class PostAlerter
   def notify_pm_users(post, reply_to_user, notified)
     return unless post.topic
 
+    warn_if_not_sidekiq
+
     # users that aren't part of any mentioned groups
     users = directly_targeted_users(post).reject { |u| notified.include?(u) }
     DiscourseEvent.trigger(:before_create_notifications_for_users, users, post)
@@ -523,6 +529,8 @@ class PostAlerter
   def notify_post_users(post, notified)
     return unless post.topic
 
+    warn_if_not_sidekiq
+
     condition = <<~SQL
       id IN (
         SELECT user_id
@@ -577,4 +585,8 @@ class PostAlerter
     end
   end
 
+  def warn_if_not_sidekiq
+    Rails.logger.warn("PostAlerter.#{caller_locations(1, 1)[0].label} was called outside of sidekiq") unless Sidekiq.server?
+  end
+
 end