diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5b99e93e76..668487a9bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "tracing-utils",
  "url",
+ "utils",
  "workspace_hack",
 ]
 
diff --git a/compute_tools/Cargo.toml b/compute_tools/Cargo.toml
index f315d2b7d9..21226249cf 100644
--- a/compute_tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compute_tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ tracing-utils.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 
 compute_api.workspace = true
+utils.workspace = true
 workspace_hack.workspace = true
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index 94ec2a785c..426e2845ee 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use postgres::{Client, NoTls};
 use tokio_postgres;
 use tracing::{info, instrument, warn};
+use utils::id::{TenantId, TimelineId};
+use utils::lsn::Lsn;
 
 use compute_api::responses::{ComputeMetrics, ComputeStatus};
 use compute_api::spec::ComputeSpec;
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ impl Default for ComputeState {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct ParsedSpec {
     pub spec: ComputeSpec,
-    pub tenant: String,
-    pub timeline: String,
+    pub tenant_id: TenantId,
+    pub timeline_id: TimelineId,
     pub pageserver_connstr: String,
     pub storage_auth_token: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -109,23 +111,27 @@ impl TryFrom<ComputeSpec> for ParsedSpec {
             .find("neon.pageserver_connstring")
             .ok_or("pageserver connstr should be provided")?;
         let storage_auth_token = spec.storage_auth_token.clone();
-        let tenant = spec
+        let tenant_id: TenantId = spec
             .cluster
             .settings
             .find("neon.tenant_id")
-            .ok_or("tenant id should be provided")?;
-        let timeline = spec
+            .ok_or("tenant id should be provided")
+            .map(|s| TenantId::from_str(&s))?
+            .or(Err("invalid tenant id"))?;
+        let timeline_id: TimelineId = spec
             .cluster
             .settings
             .find("neon.timeline_id")
-            .ok_or("tenant id should be provided")?;
+            .ok_or("timeline id should be provided")
+            .map(|s| TimelineId::from_str(&s))?
+            .or(Err("invalid timeline id"))?;
 
         Ok(ParsedSpec {
             spec,
             pageserver_connstr,
             storage_auth_token,
-            tenant,
-            timeline,
+            tenant_id,
+            timeline_id,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -155,7 +161,7 @@ impl ComputeNode {
     // Get basebackup from the libpq connection to pageserver using `connstr` and
     // unarchive it to `pgdata` directory overriding all its previous content.
     #[instrument(skip(self, compute_state))]
-    fn get_basebackup(&self, compute_state: &ComputeState, lsn: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    fn get_basebackup(&self, compute_state: &ComputeState, lsn: Lsn) -> Result<()> {
         let spec = compute_state.pspec.as_ref().expect("spec must be set");
         let start_time = Utc::now();
 
@@ -172,8 +178,8 @@ impl ComputeNode {
 
         let mut client = config.connect(NoTls)?;
         let basebackup_cmd = match lsn {
-            "0/0" => format!("basebackup {} {}", &spec.tenant, &spec.timeline), // First start of the compute
-            _ => format!("basebackup {} {} {}", &spec.tenant, &spec.timeline, lsn),
+            Lsn(0) => format!("basebackup {} {}", spec.tenant_id, spec.timeline_id), // First start of the compute
+            _ => format!("basebackup {} {} {}", spec.tenant_id, spec.timeline_id, lsn),
         };
         let copyreader = client.copy_out(basebackup_cmd.as_str())?;
 
@@ -197,7 +203,7 @@ impl ComputeNode {
     // Run `postgres` in a special mode with `--sync-safekeepers` argument
     // and return the reported LSN back to the caller.
     #[instrument(skip(self, storage_auth_token))]
-    fn sync_safekeepers(&self, storage_auth_token: Option<String>) -> Result<String> {
+    fn sync_safekeepers(&self, storage_auth_token: Option<String>) -> Result<Lsn> {
         let start_time = Utc::now();
 
         let sync_handle = Command::new(&self.pgbin)
@@ -234,7 +240,7 @@ impl ComputeNode {
             .unwrap()
             .as_millis() as u64;
 
-        let lsn = String::from(String::from_utf8(sync_output.stdout)?.trim());
+        let lsn = Lsn::from_str(String::from_utf8(sync_output.stdout)?.trim())?;
 
         Ok(lsn)
     }
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ impl ComputeNode {
             "getting basebackup@{} from pageserver {}",
             lsn, &pspec.pageserver_connstr
         );
-        self.get_basebackup(compute_state, &lsn).with_context(|| {
+        self.get_basebackup(compute_state, lsn).with_context(|| {
             format!(
                 "failed to get basebackup@{} from pageserver {}",
                 lsn, &pspec.pageserver_connstr
@@ -358,8 +364,8 @@ impl ComputeNode {
             "starting compute for project {}, operation {}, tenant {}, timeline {}",
             spec.spec.cluster.cluster_id,
             spec.spec.operation_uuid.as_ref().unwrap(),
-            spec.tenant,
-            spec.timeline,
+            spec.tenant_id,
+            spec.timeline_id,
         );
 
         self.prepare_pgdata(&compute_state)?;
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs b/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs
index 2ef2d898e1..81d4953345 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,14 @@ use tracing_utils::http::OtelName;
 
 fn status_response_from_state(state: &ComputeState) -> ComputeStatusResponse {
     ComputeStatusResponse {
-        tenant: state.pspec.as_ref().map(|pspec| pspec.tenant.clone()),
-        timeline: state.pspec.as_ref().map(|pspec| pspec.timeline.clone()),
+        tenant: state
+            .pspec
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|pspec| pspec.tenant_id.to_string()),
+        timeline: state
+            .pspec
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|pspec| pspec.timeline_id.to_string()),
         status: state.status,
         last_active: state.last_active,
         error: state.error.clone(),