diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 12ad6eb2c..bdf928fbe 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
--- Friendica 2021.12-dev (Siberian Iris)
+-- Friendica 2021.12-rc (Siberian Iris)
 -- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1445
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index ecaf34527..a1d65add5 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -2322,7 +2322,7 @@ class BBCode
 						break;
 					case '#':
 					default:
-						return $match[1] . '[url=' . 'https://' . DI::baseUrl() . '/search?tag=' . $match[2] . ']' . $match[2] . '[/url]';
+						return $match[1] . '[url=' . DI::baseUrl() . '/search?tag=' . $match[2] . ']' . $match[2] . '[/url]';
 				}
 			}, $body);
 	}
diff --git a/src/Module/BaseApi.php b/src/Module/BaseApi.php
index 5c94bc772..c67671954 100644
--- a/src/Module/BaseApi.php
+++ b/src/Module/BaseApi.php
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ class BaseApi extends BaseModule
 	public function __construct(App $app, L10n $l10n, App\BaseURL $baseUrl, App\Arguments $args, LoggerInterface $logger, Profiler $profiler, ApiResponse $response, array $server, array $parameters = [])
 	{
 		parent::__construct($l10n, $baseUrl, $args, $logger, $profiler, $response, $server, $parameters);
+
+		$this->app = $app;
 	}
 
 	protected function delete()
diff --git a/tests/Util/AppDouble.php b/tests/Util/AppDouble.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc9f635c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Util/AppDouble.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\Util;
+
+use Friendica\App;
+
+/**
+ * Making the App class overridable for specific situations
+ *
+ * @see App
+ */
+class AppDouble extends App
+{
+	/** @var bool Marks/Overwrites if the user is currently logged in */
+	protected $isLoggedIn = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * Manually overwrite the "isLoggedIn" behavior
+	 *
+	 * @param bool $isLoggedIn
+	 */
+	public function setIsLoggedIn(bool $isLoggedIn)
+	{
+		$this->isLoggedIn = $isLoggedIn;
+	}
+
+	public function isLoggedIn()
+	{
+		return $this->isLoggedIn;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/Util/AppMockTrait.php b/tests/Util/AppMockTrait.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ed3a42b26..000000000
--- a/tests/Util/AppMockTrait.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2021, the Friendica project
- *
- * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-namespace Friendica\Test\Util;
-
-use Dice\Dice;
-use Friendica\App;
-use Friendica\Core\Config;
-use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException;
-use Friendica\Render\FriendicaSmartyEngine;
-use Friendica\Util\Profiler;
-use Mockery\MockInterface;
-use org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStreamDirectory;
-
-/**
- * Trait to Mock the global App instance
- */
-trait AppMockTrait
-{
-	/**
-	 * @var MockInterface|App The mocked Friendica\App
-	 */
-	protected $app;
-
-	/**
-	 * @var MockInterface|Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues The mocked Config Cache
-	 */
-	protected $configMock;
-
-	/**
-	 * @var MockInterface|Profiler The mocked profiler
-	 */
-	protected $profilerMock;
-
-	/**
-	 * @var MockInterface|App\Mode The mocked App mode
-	 */
-	protected $mode;
-
-	/**
-	 * @var MockInterface|Dice The dependency injection library
-	 */
-	protected $dice;
-
-	/**
-	 * Mock the App
-	 *
-	 * @param vfsStreamDirectory $root The root directory
-	 * @param bool               $raw  If true, no config mocking will be done
-	 *
-	 * @throws InternalServerErrorException
-	 */
-	public function mockApp(vfsStreamDirectory $root, $raw = false)
-	{
-		$this->dice = \Mockery::mock(Dice::class)->makePartial();
-		$this->dice = $this->dice->addRules(include __DIR__ . '/../../static/dependencies.config.php');
-
-		$this->configMock = \Mockery::mock(Config\ValueObject\Cache::class);
-		$this->dice->shouldReceive('create')
-		           ->with(Config\ValueObject\Cache::class)
-		           ->andReturn($this->configMock);
-		$this->mode = \Mockery::mock(App\Mode::class);
-		$this->dice->shouldReceive('create')
-		           ->with(App\Mode::class)
-		           ->andReturn($this->mode);
-		$configModel= \Mockery::mock(Config\Repository\Config::class);
-		// Disable the adapter
-		$configModel->shouldReceive('isConnected')->andReturn(false);
-
-		$config = new Config\Type\JitConfig($this->configMock, $configModel);
-		$this->dice->shouldReceive('create')
-		           ->with(Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues::class)
-		           ->andReturn($config);
-
-		// Mocking App and most used functions
-		$this->app = \Mockery::mock(App::class);
-		$this->dice->shouldReceive('create')
-		           ->with(App::class)
-		           ->andReturn($this->app);
-		$this->app
-			->shouldReceive('getBasePath')
-			->andReturn($root->url());
-
-		$this->profilerMock = \Mockery::mock(Profiler::class);
-		$this->profilerMock->shouldReceive('startRecording');
-		$this->profilerMock->shouldReceive('stopRecording');
-		$this->profilerMock->shouldReceive('saveTimestamp');
-		$this->dice->shouldReceive('create')
-		           ->with(Profiler::class)
-		           ->andReturn($this->profilerMock);
-
-		$this->app
-			->shouldReceive('getConfigCache')
-			->andReturn($this->configMock);
-		$this->app
-			->shouldReceive('getTemplateEngine')
-			->andReturn(new FriendicaSmartyEngine('frio', []));
-		$this->app
-			->shouldReceive('getCurrentTheme')
-			->andReturn('Smarty3');
-		$this->app->shouldReceive('getThemeInfoValue')
-			->with('videowidth')
-			->andReturn(425);
-		$this->app->shouldReceive('getThemeInfoValue')
-			->with('videoheight')
-			->andReturn(350);
-	
-		DI::init($this->dice);
-
-		if ($raw) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		$this->configMock
-			->shouldReceive('has')
-			->andReturn(true);
-		$this->configMock
-			->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('database', 'hostname')
-			->andReturn(getenv('MYSQL_HOST'));
-		$this->configMock
-			->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('database', 'username')
-			->andReturn(getenv('MYSQL_USERNAME'));
-		$this->configMock
-			->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('database', 'password')
-			->andReturn(getenv('MYSQL_PASSWORD'));
-		$this->configMock
-			->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('database', 'database')
-			->andReturn(getenv('MYSQL_DATABASE'));
-		$this->configMock
-			->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('config', 'hostname')
-			->andReturn('localhost');
-		$this->configMock
-			->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('system', 'theme')
-			->andReturn('system_theme');
-	}
-}
diff --git a/tests/src/Content/SmiliesTest.php b/tests/src/Content/SmiliesTest.php
index 2e97b4d40..74d18912f 100644
--- a/tests/src/Content/SmiliesTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Content/SmiliesTest.php
@@ -9,27 +9,17 @@
 namespace Friendica\Test\src\Content;
 
 use Friendica\Content\Smilies;
+use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException;
-use Friendica\Test\MockedTest;
-use Friendica\Test\Util\AppMockTrait;
-use Friendica\Test\Util\VFSTrait;
+use Friendica\Test\FixtureTest;
 
-class SmiliesTest extends MockedTest
+class SmiliesTest extends FixtureTest
 {
-	use VFSTrait;
-	use AppMockTrait;
-
 	protected function setUp(): void
 	{
 		parent::setUp();
-		$this->setUpVfsDir();
-		$this->mockApp($this->root);
-		$this->configMock->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('system', 'no_smilies')
-			->andReturn(false);
-		$this->configMock->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with(false, 'system', 'no_smilies')
-			->andReturn(false);
+
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'no_smilies', false);
 	}
 
 	public function dataLinks()
diff --git a/tests/src/Content/Text/BBCodeTest.php b/tests/src/Content/Text/BBCodeTest.php
index cb17758c7..97ea18cb0 100644
--- a/tests/src/Content/Text/BBCodeTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Content/Text/BBCodeTest.php
@@ -21,61 +21,25 @@
 
 namespace Friendica\Test\src\Content\Text;
 
-use Friendica\App\BaseURL;
 use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
-use Friendica\Core\L10n;
+use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException;
-use Friendica\Test\MockedTest;
-use Friendica\Test\Util\AppMockTrait;
-use Friendica\Test\Util\VFSTrait;
-use Mockery;
+use Friendica\Test\FixtureTest;
 
-class BBCodeTest extends MockedTest
+class BBCodeTest extends FixtureTest
 {
-	use VFSTrait;
-	use AppMockTrait;
-
 	protected function setUp(): void
 	{
 		parent::setUp();
-		$this->setUpVfsDir();
-		$this->mockApp($this->root);
-		$this->configMock->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('system', 'remove_multiplicated_lines')
-			->andReturn(false);
-		$this->configMock->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('system', 'no_oembed')
-			->andReturn(false);
-		$this->configMock->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('system', 'allowed_link_protocols')
-			->andReturn(null);
-		$this->configMock->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('system', 'url')
-			->andReturn('friendica.local');
-		$this->configMock->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('system', 'no_smilies')
-			->andReturn(false);
-		$this->configMock->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('system', 'big_emojis')
-			->andReturn(false);
-		$this->configMock->shouldReceive('get')
-			->with('system', 'allowed_oembed')
-			->andReturn('');
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'remove_multiplicated_lines', false);
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'no_oembed', false);
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'allowed_link_protocols', []);
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'url', 'friendica.local');
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'no_smilies', false);
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'big_emojis', false);
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'allowed_oembed', '');
 
-		$l10nMock = Mockery::mock(L10n::class);
-		$l10nMock->shouldReceive('t')->withAnyArgs()->andReturnUsing(function ($args) { return $args; });
-		$this->dice->shouldReceive('create')
-		           ->with(L10n::class)
-		           ->andReturn($l10nMock);
-
-		$baseUrlMock = Mockery::mock(BaseURL::class);
-		$baseUrlMock->shouldReceive('get')->withAnyArgs()->andReturn('friendica.local');
-		$this->dice->shouldReceive('create')
-		           ->with(BaseURL::class)
-		           ->andReturn($baseUrlMock);
-		$baseUrlMock->shouldReceive('getHostname')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('friendica.local');
-		$baseUrlMock->shouldReceive('getUrlPath')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('');
-		$baseUrlMock->shouldReceive('__toString')->withNoArgs()->andReturn('friendica.local');
+		DI::baseUrl()->save('friendica.local', DI::baseUrl()::SSL_POLICY_FULL, '');
 
 		$config = \HTMLPurifier_HTML5Config::createDefault();
 		$config->set('HTML.Doctype', 'HTML5');
diff --git a/tests/src/Content/Text/HTMLTest.php b/tests/src/Content/Text/HTMLTest.php
index fb2b95740..8c2577954 100644
--- a/tests/src/Content/Text/HTMLTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Content/Text/HTMLTest.php
@@ -24,22 +24,10 @@ namespace Friendica\Test\src\Content\Text;
 use Exception;
 use Friendica\Content\Text\HTML;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException;
-use Friendica\Test\MockedTest;
-use Friendica\Test\Util\AppMockTrait;
-use Friendica\Test\Util\VFSTrait;
+use Friendica\Test\FixtureTest;
 
-class HTMLTest extends MockedTest
+class HTMLTest extends FixtureTest
 {
-	use VFSTrait;
-	use AppMockTrait;
-
-	protected function setUp(): void
-	{
-		parent::setUp();
-		$this->setUpVfsDir();
-		$this->mockApp($this->root);
-	}
-
 	public function dataHTML()
 	{
 		$inputFiles = glob(__DIR__ . '/../../../datasets/content/text/html/*.html');
diff --git a/tests/src/Content/Text/MarkdownTest.php b/tests/src/Content/Text/MarkdownTest.php
index 5fae494d6..f718aa47c 100644
--- a/tests/src/Content/Text/MarkdownTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Content/Text/MarkdownTest.php
@@ -23,22 +23,10 @@ namespace Friendica\Test\src\Content\Text;
 
 use Exception;
 use Friendica\Content\Text\Markdown;
-use Friendica\Test\MockedTest;
-use Friendica\Test\Util\AppMockTrait;
-use Friendica\Test\Util\VFSTrait;
+use Friendica\Test\FixtureTest;
 
-class MarkdownTest extends MockedTest
+class MarkdownTest extends FixtureTest
 {
-	use VFSTrait;
-	use AppMockTrait;
-
-	protected function setUp(): void
-	{
-		parent::setUp();
-		$this->setUpVfsDir();
-		$this->mockApp($this->root);
-	}
-
 	public function dataMarkdown()
 	{
 		$inputFiles = glob(__DIR__ . '/../../../datasets/content/text/markdown/*.md');
diff --git a/tests/src/Module/Api/ApiTest.php b/tests/src/Module/Api/ApiTest.php
index c530ace2e..98e9b2a03 100644
--- a/tests/src/Module/Api/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Module/Api/ApiTest.php
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@
 
 namespace Friendica\Test\src\Module\Api;
 
+use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Database\Database;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Security\Authentication;
 use Friendica\Test\FixtureTest;
+use Friendica\Test\Util\AppDouble;
 use Friendica\Test\Util\AuthenticationDouble;
 
 abstract class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
@@ -51,9 +53,13 @@ abstract class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		parent::setUp(); // TODO: Change the autogenerated stub
 
 		$this->dice = $this->dice
-			->addRule(Authentication::class, ['instanceOf' => AuthenticationDouble::class, 'shared' => true]);
+			->addRule(Authentication::class, ['instanceOf' => AuthenticationDouble::class, 'shared' => true])
+			->addRule(App::class, ['instanceOf' => AppDouble::class, 'shared' => true]);
 		DI::init($this->dice);
 
+		// Manual override to bypass API authentication
+		DI::app()->setIsLoggedIn(true);
+
 		$this->installAuthTest();
 	}
 
diff --git a/view/lang/C/messages.po b/view/lang/C/messages.po
index f16730192..8d1032c9c 100644
--- a/view/lang/C/messages.po
+++ b/view/lang/C/messages.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 2021.12-rc\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-11-28 13:40+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-11-28 13:43+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ msgstr ""
 #: mod/unfollow.php:50 mod/unfollow.php:82 mod/wall_attach.php:68
 #: mod/wall_attach.php:71 mod/wall_upload.php:90 mod/wall_upload.php:93
 #: mod/wallmessage.php:36 mod/wallmessage.php:55 mod/wallmessage.php:89
-#: mod/wallmessage.php:109 src/Module/Attach.php:55 src/Module/BaseApi.php:77
-#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:86 src/Module/BaseApi.php:95
-#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:104 src/Module/BaseNotifications.php:97
+#: mod/wallmessage.php:109 src/Module/Attach.php:55 src/Module/BaseApi.php:79
+#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:88 src/Module/BaseApi.php:97
+#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:106 src/Module/BaseNotifications.php:97
 #: src/Module/Contact/Advanced.php:60 src/Module/Delegation.php:118
 #: src/Module/FollowConfirm.php:18 src/Module/FriendSuggest.php:56
 #: src/Module/Group.php:42 src/Module/Group.php:85 src/Module/Invite.php:41
@@ -6932,26 +6932,26 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "User registrations waiting for confirmation"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:278 src/Module/BaseApi.php:294
-#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:310
+#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:280 src/Module/BaseApi.php:296
+#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:312
 msgid "Too Many Requests"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:279
+#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:281
 #, php-format
 msgid "Daily posting limit of %d post reached. The post was rejected."
 msgid_plural "Daily posting limit of %d posts reached. The post was rejected."
 msgstr[0] ""
 msgstr[1] ""
 
-#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:295
+#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:297
 #, php-format
 msgid "Weekly posting limit of %d post reached. The post was rejected."
 msgid_plural "Weekly posting limit of %d posts reached. The post was rejected."
 msgstr[0] ""
 msgstr[1] ""
 
-#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:311
+#: src/Module/BaseApi.php:313
 #, php-format
 msgid "Monthly posting limit of %d post reached. The post was rejected."
 msgstr ""