Fix for #1270, Added fixture for authenticated requests

backend/core/tests/unit/conftest.py

@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 import pytest
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
-
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def api_client() -> APIClient:
     return APIClient()
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def authenticated_client(api_client) -> APIClient:
+    """
+    Provides an authenticated API client for testing.
+
+    Creates a test user and forces authentication for all requests made with this client.
+    This eliminates the need to manually handle authentication in most test cases.
+    """
+    User = get_user_model() 
+    user = User.objects.create_user(
+        username="testuser",
+        password="testpass123",
+        email="[email protected]"
+    )
+    api_client.force_authenticate(user=user)
+    return api_client
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def turn_off_throttling(settings, request: pytest.FixtureRequest):