--- a/devtools/testlib.py	Tue Jun 25 10:59:01 2013 +0200
+++ b/devtools/testlib.py	Thu Jun 27 18:21:04 2013 +0200
@@ -838,7 +838,8 @@
     def assertAuthSuccess(self, req, origsession, nbsessions=1):
         sh = self.app.session_handler
         session = self.app.get_session(req)
-        req.set_session(session)
+        clt_cnx = repoapi.ClientConnection(session)
+        req.set_cnx(clt_cnx)
         self.assertEqual(len(self.open_sessions), nbsessions, self.open_sessions)
         self.assertEqual(session.login, origsession.login)
         self.assertEqual(session.anonymous_session, False)