diff --git a/docs/configuration/hosting-docs.rst b/docs/configuration/hosting-docs.rst
index c823ef048..698af510a 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/hosting-docs.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration/hosting-docs.rst
@@ -104,3 +104,8 @@ For example, if your dbt project directory is ``/usr/local/airflow/dags/my_dbt_p
 .. code-block:: shell
 
     AIRFLOW__COSMOS__DBT_DOCS_DIR="/usr/local/airflow/dags/my_dbt_project/target"
+
+Using docs out of local storage has the downside that some values in the dbt docs can become stale unless the docs are periodically refreshed and redeployed:
+
+- Counts of the numbers of rows.
+- The compiled SQL for incremental models before and after the first run.
diff --git a/tests/plugin/test_plugin.py b/tests/plugin/test_plugin.py
index ec4b35736..6c8f0e671 100644
--- a/tests/plugin/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/plugin/test_plugin.py
@@ -6,71 +6,61 @@
 from airflow.utils.db import initdb, resetdb
 from airflow.www.app import cached_app
 from airflow.www.extensions.init_appbuilder import AirflowAppBuilder
+from airflow.www.security import AirflowSecurityManager
 from flask.testing import FlaskClient
 
 from cosmos.plugin import dbt_docs_view
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-@patch("airflow.www.auth.managers.fab.fab_auth_manager.FabAuthManager.get_user")
-def app(mock_user) -> FlaskClient:
+def app(monkey) -> FlaskClient:
     initdb()
 
     app = cached_app(testing=True)
+    app.config["AUTH_ROLE_PUBLIC"] = "pytest_role"
     appbuilder: AirflowAppBuilder = app.extensions["appbuilder"]
 
+    appbuilder.sm.check_authorization = lambda *args, **kwargs: True
+
     if dbt_docs_view not in appbuilder.baseviews:
         appbuilder._check_and_init(dbt_docs_view)
         appbuilder.register_blueprint(dbt_docs_view)
 
-    if not appbuilder.sm.find_role("pytest_role"):
-        appbuilder.sm.add_role("pytest_role", permissions=[(permissions.ACTION_CAN_READ, )])
-
-    if not appbuilder.sm.find_user("pytest_user"):
-        mock_user.return_value = appbuilder.sm.add_user(
-            username="pytest_user",
-            first_name="J.",
-            last_name="Doe",
-            email="jdoe@example.org",
-            role="pytest_role",
-            password="pw",
-        )
-
     yield app.test_client()
 
     resetdb(skip_init=True)
 
 
-@patch("cosmos.plugin.conf")
+@patch("cosmos.plugin.conf.get")
 @patch("cosmos.plugin.open_file")
 def test_dbt_docs(mock_open_file, mock_conf, app):
-    mock_conf.get.return_value = "some_value"
+    mock_conf.return_value = "some_value"
     response = app.get("/cosmos/dbt_docs")
     assert mock_open_file.assert_called_once()
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
-@patch("cosmos.plugin.conf")
+@patch("cosmos.plugin.conf.get")
 def test_dbt_docs_not_set_up(mock_conf, app):
-    mock_conf.get.side_effect = AirflowConfigException
+    mock_conf.side_effect = AirflowConfigException
     response = app.get("/cosmos/dbt_docs")
     assert response.status_code == 500
 
 
-@patch("cosmos.plugin.conf")
+@patch("cosmos.plugin.conf.get")
 @patch("cosmos.plugin.open_file")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("artifact", ["dbt_docs_index.html", "manifest.json", "catalog.json"])
 def test_dbt_docs_artifact(mock_open_file, mock_conf, app, artifact):
-    mock_conf.get.return_value = "some_value"
+    mock_conf.return_value = "some_value"
     response = app.get(f"/cosmos/{artifact}")
     assert mock_open_file.assert_called_once()
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
-@patch("cosmos.plugin.conf")
+@patch("cosmos.plugin.conf.get")
 @patch("cosmos.plugin.open_file")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("artifact", ["dbt_docs_index.html", "manifest.json", "catalog.json"])
 def test_dbt_docs_artifact_missing(mock_open_file, mock_conf, app, artifact):
-    mock_conf.get.side_effect = AirflowConfigException
+    mock_conf.side_effect = AirflowConfigException
     response = app.get(f"/cosmos/{artifact}")
     assert response.status_code == 404