diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/custom-fields-query-dropdown/custom-fields-query-dropdown.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/custom-fields-query-dropdown/custom-fields-query-dropdown.component.spec.ts
index 69f89f74e..37f56aa54 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/custom-fields-query-dropdown/custom-fields-query-dropdown.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/custom-fields-query-dropdown/custom-fields-query-dropdown.component.spec.ts
@@ -210,13 +210,12 @@ describe('CustomFieldsQueryDropdownComponent', () => {
     expect(component.name).toBe('test_title')
   })
 
-  it('should add a default atom on open and focus the select field', fakeAsync(() => {
+  it('should add a default atom on open', fakeAsync(() => {
     expect(component.selectionModel.queries.length).toBe(0)
     component.onOpenChange(true)
     fixture.detectChanges()
     tick()
     expect(component.selectionModel.queries.length).toBe(1)
-    expect(window.document.activeElement.tagName).toBe('INPUT')
   }))
 
   describe('CustomFieldQueriesModel', () => {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.spec.ts
index e4e2bca74..38858b092 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.spec.ts
@@ -67,15 +67,14 @@ describe('DocumentCardLargeComponent', () => {
 
     fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DocumentCardLargeComponent)
     component = fixture.componentInstance
-    component.document = doc
+    component.document = { ...doc, tags: [...doc.tags], notes: [...doc.notes] }
     fixture.detectChanges()
     jest.useFakeTimers()
   })
 
   it('should show the card', () => {
-    expect(component.show).toBeFalsy()
+    expect(component.show).toBeTruthy()
     component.ngAfterViewInit()
-    jest.advanceTimersByTime(100)
     expect(component.show).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
@@ -91,10 +90,13 @@ describe('DocumentCardLargeComponent', () => {
 
   it('should display search hits with colored score', () => {
     // high
-    component.document.__search_hit__ = {
-      score: 0.9,
-      rank: 1,
-      highlights: 'cheesecake',
+    component.document = {
+      ...component.document,
+      __search_hit__: {
+        score: 0.9,
+        rank: 1,
+        highlights: 'cheesecake',
+      },
     }
     fixture.detectChanges()
     let search_hit = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.search-score'))
@@ -102,14 +104,20 @@ describe('DocumentCardLargeComponent', () => {
     expect(component.searchScoreClass).toEqual('success')
 
     // medium
-    component.document.__search_hit__.score = 0.6
+    component.document = {
+      ...component.document,
+      __search_hit__: { ...component.document.__search_hit__, score: 0.6 },
+    }
     fixture.detectChanges()
     search_hit = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.search-score'))
     expect(search_hit).not.toBeUndefined()
     expect(component.searchScoreClass).toEqual('warning')
 
     // low
-    component.document.__search_hit__.score = 0.1
+    component.document = {
+      ...component.document,
+      __search_hit__: { ...component.document.__search_hit__, score: 0.1 },
+    }
     fixture.detectChanges()
     search_hit = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.search-score'))
     expect(search_hit).not.toBeUndefined()
@@ -117,10 +125,13 @@ describe('DocumentCardLargeComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should display note highlights', () => {
-    component.document.__search_hit__ = {
-      score: 0.9,
-      rank: 1,
-      note_highlights: '<span>bananas</span>',
+    component.document = {
+      ...component.document,
+      __search_hit__: {
+        score: 0.9,
+        rank: 1,
+        note_highlights: '<span>bananas</span>',
+      },
     }
     fixture.detectChanges()
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('bananas')
@@ -128,11 +139,14 @@ describe('DocumentCardLargeComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should fall back to document content when a search hit has no highlights', () => {
-    component.document.__search_hit__ = {
-      score: 0.9,
-      rank: 1,
-      highlights: '',
-      note_highlights: null,
+    component.document = {
+      ...component.document,
+      __search_hit__: {
+        score: 0.9,
+        rank: 1,
+        highlights: '',
+        note_highlights: null,
+      },
     }
     fixture.detectChanges()
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.spec.ts
index 982b3980b..30ce1a2a1 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.spec.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ describe('DocumentCardSmallComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should show the card', () => {
-    expect(component.show).toBeFalsy()
+    expect(component.show).toBeTruthy()
     component.ngAfterViewInit()
-    jest.advanceTimersByTime(100)
     expect(component.show).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ describe('DocumentCardSmallComponent', () => {
     expect(
       fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.directive(TagComponent))
     ).toHaveLength(5)
-    component.document.tags = [1, 2]
+    component.document = { ...component.document, tags: [1, 2] }
     fixture.detectChanges()
     expect(
       fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.directive(TagComponent))
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ describe('DocumentCardSmallComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should increase limit tags to 6 if no notes', () => {
-    component.document.notes = []
+    component.document = { ...component.document, notes: [] }
     fixture.detectChanges()
     expect(
       fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.directive(TagComponent))
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ describe('DocumentCardSmallComponent', () => {
   it('should clear hidden tag counter when tag count falls below the limit', () => {
     expect(component.moreTags).toEqual(3)
 
-    component.document.tags = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+    component.document = { ...component.document, tags: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] }
     fixture.detectChanges()
 
     expect(component.moreTags).toBeNull()
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.spec.ts
index 9ea7f27de..0921ea38b 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ describe('DocumentListComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should hide columns if no perms or notes disabled', () => {
-    jest.spyOn(permissionService, 'currentUserCan').mockReturnValue(true)
+    permissionService.initialize([], { is_superuser: true } as any)
     jest.spyOn(documentListService, 'documents', 'get').mockReturnValue(docs)
     expect(documentListService.sortField).toEqual('created')
 
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ describe('DocumentListComponent', () => {
     ).toHaveLength(9)
 
     // insufficient perms
-    jest.spyOn(permissionService, 'currentUserCan').mockReturnValue(false)
+    permissionService.initialize([], { is_superuser: false } as any)
     fixture.detectChanges()
     expect(
       fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.directive(SortableDirective))