Test client redirects logged users to login page

[danilociaffi]

Expected Behavior

When I log in through the test client, the following requests should be authenticated.

Actual Behavior

Whenever I try to use the client login in Django tests, it gets ignored and I get a redirect to the login page.
After a few test I noticed that it logs me in correctly, but kicks me out when I use it (see below).

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

Here is a stripped down version of my code that still reproduces this.

from django.auth import get_user
from django.test import TestCase
from django.urls import reverse

class MapListViewTest(TestCase):
    @classmethod
    def setUpTestData(cls):
        # Create a user
        cls.user = get_user_model().objects.create(username="testuser")
        cls.user.set_password("password")
        cls.user.save()

    def setUp(self):
        self.client.login(
            username=self.user.get_username(), password=self.user.password
        )

    def test_map_list_view_renders(self):
        """Test that the MapListView renders successfully and includes a list of maps."""
        logger.info(get_user(self.client)) # <-- <django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser object at 0x7377d5589540>
        
        self.client.login(
            username=self.user.get_username(), password=self.user.password
        )
        logger.info(get_user(self.client)) # <-- <Profile: testuser>

        response = self.client.get(reverse("map_list"), follow=True)
        logger.info(get_user(self.client)) # <-- <django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser object at 0x7377d5589540>

        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200) # <-- OK
        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, "my_maps/map_list.html") # <-- lands on 'account/login.html'

I don't know if this is of any relevance, but the redirection changes the address from http://localhost/... to http://testserver/....
Also, this works correctly on vanilla django with the built-in user model.

Specifications

• GeoNode version: 4.3.x
• Installation type (vanilla, geonode-project): geonode-project
• Installation method (manual, docker): docker
• Platform: Ubuntu
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