diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.spec.ts
index 8b3011e7d7..cd03b6ec71 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.spec.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('HALEndpointService', () => {
         .returnValue(hot('a-', { a: 'https://rest.api/test' }));
       const result = service.getEndpoint(linkPath);
 
-      const expected = cold('b-', { b: endpointMap.test });
+      const expected = cold('(b|)', { b: endpointMap.test });
       expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
     });
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('HALEndpointService', () => {
       spyOn(service as any, 'getEndpointAt').and
         .returnValue(hot('a-', { a: undefined }));
       const result = service.getEndpoint('unknown');
-      const expected = cold('b-', { b: undefined });
+      const expected = cold('(b|)', { b: undefined });
       expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts
index 2e1e27e6ad..f935ef2fd7 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export function getMockRequestService(requestEntry$: Observable<RequestEntry> =
     getByHref: requestEntry$,
     getByUUID: requestEntry$,
     uriEncodeBody: jasmine.createSpy('uriEncodeBody'),
+    isCachedOrPending: false,
     removeByHrefSubstring: jasmine.createSpy('removeByHrefSubstring'),
     hasByHrefObservable: observableOf(true)
   });