diff --git a/api/layer/object_cache_test.go b/api/layer/object_cache_test.go
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+package layer
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"sort"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/object"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+const testingCacheLifetime = 5 * time.Second
+
+func randID(t *testing.T) *object.ID {
+	id := object.NewID()
+	id.SetSHA256(randSHA256Checksum(t))
+
+	return id
+}
+
+func randSHA256Checksum(t *testing.T) (cs [sha256.Size]byte) {
+	_, err := rand.Read(cs[:])
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return
+}
+
+func TestTrimAfterObjectName(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		objects []*ObjectInfo
+		names   = []string{"b", "c", "d"}
+	)
+	for _, name := range names {
+		objects = append(objects, &ObjectInfo{Name: name})
+	}
+
+	t.Run("startafter before all objects", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectName("a", objects)
+		require.Equal(t, objects, actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("startafter first object", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectName(names[0], objects)
+		require.Equal(t, objects[1:], actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("startafter second-to-last object", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectName(names[len(names)-2], objects)
+		require.Equal(t, objects[len(objects)-1:], actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("startafter last object", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectName(names[len(names)-1], objects)
+		require.Empty(t, actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("startafter after all objects", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectName("z", objects)
+		require.Nil(t, actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty objects", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectName(names[0], []*ObjectInfo{})
+		require.Nil(t, actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("nil objects", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectName(names[0], nil)
+		require.Nil(t, actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty startafter", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectName("", objects)
+		require.Equal(t, objects, actual)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTrimAfterObjectID(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		objects     []*ObjectInfo
+		ids         []*object.ID
+		numberOfIDS = 3
+	)
+
+	for i := 0; i < numberOfIDS; i++ {
+		id := randID(t)
+		objects = append(objects, &ObjectInfo{id: id})
+		ids = append(ids, id)
+	}
+
+	t.Run("existing id", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectID(ids[0].String(), objects)
+		require.Equal(t, objects[1:], actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("second to last id", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectID(ids[len(ids)-2].String(), objects)
+		require.Equal(t, objects[len(objects)-1:], actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non-existing id", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectID("z", objects)
+		require.Nil(t, actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("last id", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectID(ids[len(ids)-1].String(), objects)
+		require.Empty(t, actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty id", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := trimAfterObjectID("", objects)
+		require.Nil(t, actual)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestObjectsListCache(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		cacheSize = 10
+		objects   []*ObjectInfo
+		userKey   = "key"
+	)
+
+	for i := 0; i < cacheSize; i++ {
+		id := randID(t)
+		objects = append(objects, &ObjectInfo{id: id, Name: id.String()})
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(objects, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return objects[i].Name < objects[j].Name
+	})
+
+	t.Run("lifetime", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var (
+			cache    = newListObjectsCache(testingCacheLifetime)
+			cacheKey = cacheOptions{key: userKey}
+		)
+
+		cache.Put(cacheKey, objects)
+
+		condition := func() bool {
+			return cache.Get(cacheKey) == nil
+		}
+
+		require.Never(t, condition, cache.cacheLifetime, time.Second)
+		require.Eventually(t, condition, time.Second, 10*time.Millisecond)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("get cache with empty delimiter, empty prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var (
+			cache    = newListObjectsCache(testingCacheLifetime)
+			cacheKey = cacheOptions{key: userKey}
+		)
+		cache.Put(cacheKey, objects)
+		actual := cache.Get(cacheKey)
+
+		require.Equal(t, len(objects), len(actual))
+		for i := range objects {
+			require.Equal(t, objects[i], actual[i])
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("get cache with delimiter and prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cacheKey := cacheOptions{
+			key:       userKey,
+			delimiter: "/",
+			prefix:    "dir",
+		}
+
+		cache := newListObjectsCache(testingCacheLifetime)
+		cache.Put(cacheKey, objects)
+		actual := cache.Get(cacheKey)
+
+		require.Equal(t, len(objects), len(actual))
+		for i := range objects {
+			require.Equal(t, objects[i], actual[i])
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("get cache with other delimiter and prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var (
+			cacheKey = cacheOptions{
+				key:       userKey,
+				delimiter: "/",
+				prefix:    "dir",
+			}
+
+			newKey = cacheOptions{
+				key:       "key",
+				delimiter: "*",
+				prefix:    "obj",
+			}
+		)
+
+		cache := newListObjectsCache(testingCacheLifetime)
+		cache.Put(cacheKey, objects)
+
+		actual := cache.Get(newKey)
+		require.Nil(t, actual)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("get cache with non-existing key", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var (
+			cacheKey = cacheOptions{
+				key: userKey,
+			}
+			newKey = cacheOptions{
+				key: "asdf",
+			}
+		)
+
+		cache := newListObjectsCache(testingCacheLifetime)
+		cache.Put(cacheKey, objects)
+
+		actual := cache.Get(newKey)
+		require.Nil(t, actual)
+	})
+}