diff --git a/packages/backend-core/package.json b/packages/backend-core/package.json
index bf5215a724..b68cba5fd9 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-core/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "passport-oauth2-refresh": "^2.1.0",
     "pino": "8.11.0",
     "pino-http": "8.3.3",
-    "posthog-node": "1.3.0",
+    "posthog-node": "4.0.1",
     "pouchdb": "7.3.0",
     "pouchdb-find": "7.2.2",
     "redlock": "4.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
index 64e3187956..5091a4971a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs"
 import { ServiceType } from "@budibase/types"
+import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
 
 function isTest() {
   return isJest()
@@ -208,6 +209,32 @@ const environment = {
   OPENAI_API_KEY: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
 }
 
+export function setEnv(newEnvVars: Partial<typeof environment>): () => void {
+  const oldEnv = cloneDeep(environment)
+
+  let key: keyof typeof newEnvVars
+  for (key in newEnvVars) {
+    environment._set(key, newEnvVars[key])
+  }
+
+  return () => {
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(oldEnv)) {
+      environment._set(key, value)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function withEnv<T>(envVars: Partial<typeof environment>, f: () => T) {
+  const cleanup = setEnv(envVars)
+  const result = f()
+  if (result instanceof Promise) {
+    return result.finally(cleanup)
+  } else {
+    cleanup()
+    return result
+  }
+}
+
 type EnvironmentKey = keyof typeof environment
 export const SECRETS: EnvironmentKey[] = [
   "API_ENCRYPTION_KEY",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/events/processors/posthog/PosthogProcessor.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/events/processors/posthog/PosthogProcessor.ts
index d37b85a9b8..12d2bb7e2c 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/events/processors/posthog/PosthogProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/events/processors/posthog/PosthogProcessor.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import PostHog from "posthog-node"
+import { PostHog } from "posthog-node"
 import { Event, Identity, Group, BaseEvent } from "@budibase/types"
 import { EventProcessor } from "../types"
 import env from "../../../environment"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/events/processors/posthog/tests/PosthogProcessor.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/events/processors/posthog/tests/PosthogProcessor.spec.ts
index d9a5504073..1d9e341ffe 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/events/processors/posthog/tests/PosthogProcessor.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/events/processors/posthog/tests/PosthogProcessor.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { testEnv } from "../../../../../tests/extra"
 import PosthogProcessor from "../PosthogProcessor"
 import { Event, IdentityType, Hosting } from "@budibase/types"
-
-const tk = require("timekeeper")
-
+import tk from "timekeeper"
 import * as cache from "../../../../cache/generic"
 import { CacheKey } from "../../../../cache/generic"
 import * as context from "../../../../context"
@@ -32,27 +30,30 @@ describe("PosthogProcessor", () => {
   describe("processEvent", () => {
     it("processes event", async () => {
       const processor = new PosthogProcessor("test")
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(processor.posthog, "capture")
 
       const identity = newIdentity()
       const properties = {}
 
       await processor.processEvent(Event.APP_CREATED, identity, properties)
 
-      expect(processor.posthog.capture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     })
 
     it("honours exclusions", async () => {
       const processor = new PosthogProcessor("test")
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(processor.posthog, "capture")
 
       const identity = newIdentity()
       const properties = {}
 
       await processor.processEvent(Event.AUTH_SSO_UPDATED, identity, properties)
-      expect(processor.posthog.capture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
     })
 
     it("removes audited information", async () => {
       const processor = new PosthogProcessor("test")
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(processor.posthog, "capture")
 
       const identity = newIdentity()
       const properties = {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ describe("PosthogProcessor", () => {
       }
 
       await processor.processEvent(Event.USER_CREATED, identity, properties)
-      expect(processor.posthog.capture).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled()
       // @ts-ignore
       const call = processor.posthog.capture.mock.calls[0][0]
       expect(call.properties.audited).toBeUndefined()
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ describe("PosthogProcessor", () => {
     describe("rate limiting", () => {
       it("sends daily event once in same day", async () => {
         const processor = new PosthogProcessor("test")
+        const spy = jest.spyOn(processor.posthog, "capture")
+
         const identity = newIdentity()
         const properties = {}
 
@@ -82,11 +85,12 @@ describe("PosthogProcessor", () => {
         tk.freeze(new Date(2022, 0, 1, 15, 0))
         await processor.processEvent(Event.SERVED_BUILDER, identity, properties)
 
-        expect(processor.posthog.capture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
       })
 
       it("sends daily event once per unique day", async () => {
         const processor = new PosthogProcessor("test")
+        const spy = jest.spyOn(processor.posthog, "capture")
         const identity = newIdentity()
         const properties = {}
 
@@ -102,11 +106,13 @@ describe("PosthogProcessor", () => {
         tk.freeze(new Date(2022, 0, 3, 6, 0))
         await processor.processEvent(Event.SERVED_BUILDER, identity, properties)
 
-        expect(processor.posthog.capture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
       })
 
       it("sends event again after cache expires", async () => {
         const processor = new PosthogProcessor("test")
+        const spy = jest.spyOn(processor.posthog, "capture")
+
         const identity = newIdentity()
         const properties = {}
 
@@ -120,11 +126,12 @@ describe("PosthogProcessor", () => {
         tk.freeze(new Date(2022, 0, 1, 14, 0))
         await processor.processEvent(Event.SERVED_BUILDER, identity, properties)
 
-        expect(processor.posthog.capture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
       })
 
       it("sends per app events once per day per app", async () => {
         const processor = new PosthogProcessor("test")
+        const spy = jest.spyOn(processor.posthog, "capture")
         const identity = newIdentity()
         const properties = {}
 
@@ -160,10 +167,10 @@ describe("PosthogProcessor", () => {
         }
 
         await runAppEvents("app_1")
-        expect(processor.posthog.capture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4)
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4)
 
         await runAppEvents("app_2")
-        expect(processor.posthog.capture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(8)
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(8)
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
index d7f7c76436..7a77eb8b56 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,40 @@
 import env from "../environment"
 import * as context from "../context"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
+import { PostHog } from "posthog-node"
+import { IdentityType } from "@budibase/types"
 
-class Flag<T> {
-  static withDefault<T>(value: T) {
-    return new Flag(value)
+let posthog: PostHog | undefined
+export function init() {
+  if (env.POSTHOG_TOKEN) {
+    posthog = new PostHog(env.POSTHOG_TOKEN, {
+      host: "https://us.i.posthog.com",
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+abstract class Flag<T> {
+  static boolean(defaultValue: boolean): Flag<boolean> {
+    return new BooleanFlag(defaultValue)
   }
 
-  private constructor(public defaultValue: T) {}
+  protected constructor(public defaultValue: T) {}
+
+  abstract parse(value: any): T
+}
+
+class BooleanFlag extends Flag<boolean> {
+  parse(value: any) {
+    if (typeof value === "string") {
+      return ["true", "t", "1"].includes(value.toLowerCase())
+    }
+
+    if (typeof value === "boolean") {
+      return value
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(`could not parse value "${value}" as boolean`)
+  }
 }
 
 // This is the primary source of truth for feature flags. If you want to add a
@@ -15,10 +42,10 @@ class Flag<T> {
 // All of the machinery in this file is to make sure that flags have their
 // default values set correctly and their types flow through the system.
 const FLAGS = {
-  LICENSING: Flag.withDefault(false),
-  GOOGLE_SHEETS: Flag.withDefault(false),
-  USER_GROUPS: Flag.withDefault(false),
-  ONBOARDING_TOUR: Flag.withDefault(false),
+  LICENSING: Flag.boolean(false),
+  GOOGLE_SHEETS: Flag.boolean(false),
+  USER_GROUPS: Flag.boolean(false),
+  ONBOARDING_TOUR: Flag.boolean(false),
 }
 
 const DEFAULTS = Object.keys(FLAGS).reduce((acc, key) => {
@@ -53,9 +80,10 @@ function isFlagName(name: string): name is keyof Flags {
  * they will be accessed through this function as well.
  */
 export async function fetch(): Promise<Flags> {
-  const currentTenantId = context.getTenantId()
   const flags = defaultFlags()
 
+  const currentTenantId = context.getTenantId()
+
   const split = (env.TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS || "")
     .split(",")
     .map(x => x.split(":"))
@@ -79,11 +107,33 @@ export async function fetch(): Promise<Flags> {
         throw new Error(`Feature: ${feature} is not a boolean`)
       }
 
-      // @ts-ignore
       flags[feature] = value
     }
   }
 
+  const identity = context.getIdentity()
+  if (posthog && identity?.type === IdentityType.USER) {
+    const posthogFlags = await posthog.getAllFlagsAndPayloads(identity._id)
+    for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(posthogFlags)) {
+      const key = name as keyof typeof FLAGS
+      const flag = FLAGS[key]
+      if (!flag) {
+        // We don't want an unexpected PostHog flag to break the app, so we
+        // just log it and continue.
+        console.warn(`Unexpected posthog flag "${name}": ${value}`)
+        continue
+      }
+
+      try {
+        flags[key] = flag.parse(value)
+      } catch (err) {
+        // We don't want an invalid PostHog flag to break the app, so we just
+        // log it and continue.
+        console.warn(`Error parsing posthog flag "${name}": ${value}`, err)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   return flags
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/features.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/features.spec.ts
index 83a89940b8..9022d568ee 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/features.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/features.spec.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-import { defaultFlags, fetch, get, Flags } from "../"
+import { IdentityContext, IdentityType } from "@budibase/types"
+import { defaultFlags, fetch, get, Flags, init } from "../"
 import { context } from "../.."
-import env from "../../environment"
-
-async function withFlags<T>(flags: string, f: () => T): Promise<T> {
-  const oldFlags = env.TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS
-  env._set("TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS", flags)
-  try {
-    return await f()
-  } finally {
-    env._set("TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS", oldFlags)
-  }
-}
+import { setEnv, withEnv } from "../../environment"
+import nock from "nock"
 
 describe("feature flags", () => {
   interface TestCase {
@@ -48,8 +40,8 @@ describe("feature flags", () => {
   ])(
     'should find flags $expected for $tenant with string "$flags"',
     ({ tenant, flags, expected }) =>
-      context.doInTenant(tenant, () =>
-        withFlags(flags, async () => {
+      context.doInTenant(tenant, async () =>
+        withEnv({ TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS: flags }, async () => {
           const flags = await fetch()
           expect(flags).toMatchObject(expected)
 
@@ -75,12 +67,51 @@ describe("feature flags", () => {
     },
   ])(
     "should fail with message \"$expected\" for $tenant with string '$flags'",
-    async ({ tenant, flags, expected }) => {
+    ({ tenant, flags, expected }) =>
       context.doInTenant(tenant, () =>
-        withFlags(flags, async () => {
-          await expect(fetch()).rejects.toThrow(expected)
-        })
+        withEnv({ TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS: flags }, () =>
+          expect(fetch()).rejects.toThrow(expected)
+        )
       )
-    }
   )
+
+  // describe("posthog", () => {
+  //   const identity: IdentityContext = {
+  //     _id: "us_1234",
+  //     tenantId: "budibase",
+  //     type: IdentityType.USER,
+  //     email: "test@example.com",
+  //     firstName: "Test",
+  //     lastName: "User",
+  //   }
+
+  //   let cleanup: () => void
+
+  //   beforeAll(() => {
+  //     cleanup = setEnv({ POSTHOG_TOKEN: "test" })
+  //     init()
+  //   })
+
+  //   afterAll(() => {
+  //     cleanup()
+  //   })
+
+  //   beforeEach(() => {
+  //     nock.cleanAll()
+  //   })
+
+  //   it("should be able to read flags from posthog", () =>
+  //     context.doInIdentityContext(identity, async () => {
+  //       nock("https://app.posthog.com")
+  //         .get("/api/feature_flags/tenant/budibase")
+  //         .reply(200, {
+  //           flags: {
+  //             "budibase:onboardingTour": true,
+  //           },
+  //         })
+
+  //       const flags = await fetch()
+  //       expect(flags.ONBOARDING_TOUR).toBe(true)
+  //     }))
+  // })
 })
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/tests/oidc.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/tests/oidc.spec.ts
index a705739bd6..594e197204 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/tests/oidc.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/tests/oidc.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { generator, mocks, structures } from "../../../../../tests"
+import { generator, structures } from "../../../../../tests"
 import {
   JwtClaims,
   OIDCInnerConfig,
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import * as _sso from "../sso"
 import * as oidc from "../oidc"
+import nock from "nock"
 
 jest.mock("@techpass/passport-openidconnect")
 const mockStrategy = require("@techpass/passport-openidconnect").Strategy
@@ -22,16 +23,9 @@ describe("oidc", () => {
   const oidcConfig: OIDCInnerConfig = structures.sso.oidcConfig()
   const wellKnownConfig = structures.sso.oidcWellKnownConfig()
 
-  function mockRetrieveWellKnownConfig() {
-    // mock the request to retrieve the oidc configuration
-    mocks.fetch.mockReturnValue({
-      ok: true,
-      json: () => wellKnownConfig,
-    })
-  }
-
   beforeEach(() => {
-    mockRetrieveWellKnownConfig()
+    nock.cleanAll()
+    nock(oidcConfig.configUrl).get("/").reply(200, wellKnownConfig)
   })
 
   describe("strategyFactory", () => {
@@ -42,8 +36,6 @@ describe("oidc", () => {
       )
       await oidc.strategyFactory(strategyConfiguration, mockSaveUser)
 
-      expect(mocks.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(oidcConfig.configUrl)
-
       const expectedOptions = {
         issuer: wellKnownConfig.issuer,
         authorizationURL: wellKnownConfig.authorization_endpoint,
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/tests/sso.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/tests/sso.spec.ts
index ea9584c284..9fa82b6594 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/tests/sso.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/tests/sso.spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { SSOAuthDetails, User } from "@budibase/types"
 import { HTTPError } from "../../../../errors"
 import * as sso from "../sso"
 import * as context from "../../../../context"
+import nock from "nock"
 
 const mockDone = jest.fn()
 const mockSaveUser = jest.fn()
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ describe("sso", () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       jest.clearAllMocks()
       testEnv.singleTenant()
+      nock.cleanAll()
     })
 
     describe("validation", () => {
@@ -51,15 +53,6 @@ describe("sso", () => {
       })
     })
 
-    function mockGetProfilePicture() {
-      mocks.fetch.mockReturnValueOnce(
-        Promise.resolve({
-          status: 200,
-          headers: { get: () => "image/" },
-        })
-      )
-    }
-
     describe("when the user doesn't exist", () => {
       let user: User
       let details: SSOAuthDetails
@@ -68,7 +61,10 @@ describe("sso", () => {
         users.getById.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
           throw new HTTPError("", 404)
         })
-        mockGetProfilePicture()
+
+        nock("http://example.com").get("/").reply(200, undefined, {
+          "Content-Type": "image/png",
+        })
 
         user = structures.users.user()
         delete user._rev
@@ -131,7 +127,9 @@ describe("sso", () => {
         existingUser = structures.users.user()
         existingUser._id = structures.uuid()
         details = structures.sso.authDetails(existingUser)
-        mockGetProfilePicture()
+        nock("http://example.com").get("/").reply(200, undefined, {
+          "Content-Type": "image/png",
+        })
       })
 
       describe("exists by email", () => {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/plugin/tests/validation.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/plugin/tests/validation.spec.ts
index 0fea009645..6f1a3e300b 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/plugin/tests/validation.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/plugin/tests/validation.spec.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,129 @@
 import { validate } from "../utils"
 import fetch from "node-fetch"
 import { PluginType } from "@budibase/types"
+import nock from "nock"
 
-const repoUrl =
-  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Budibase/budibase-skeleton/master"
-const automationLink = `${repoUrl}/automation/schema.json.hbs`
-const componentLink = `${repoUrl}/component/schema.json.hbs`
-const datasourceLink = `${repoUrl}/datasource/schema.json.hbs`
+const automationLink = `http://example.com/automation/schema.json`
+const componentLink = `http://example.com/component/schema.json`
+const datasourceLink = `http://example.com/datasource/schema.json`
+
+function mockDatasourceSchema() {
+  nock("http://example.com")
+    .get("/datasource/schema.json")
+    .reply(200, {
+      type: "datasource",
+      metadata: {},
+      schema: {
+        docs: "https://docs.budibase.com",
+        friendlyName: "Basic HTTP",
+        type: "API",
+        description: "Performs a basic HTTP calls to a URL",
+        datasource: {
+          url: {
+            type: "string",
+            required: true,
+          },
+          cookie: {
+            type: "string",
+            required: false,
+          },
+        },
+        query: {
+          create: {
+            type: "json",
+          },
+          read: {
+            type: "fields",
+            fields: {
+              queryString: {
+                display: "Query string",
+                type: "string",
+                required: false,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+          update: {
+            type: "json",
+          },
+          delete: {
+            type: "fields",
+            fields: {
+              id: {
+                type: "string",
+                required: true,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    })
+}
+
+function mockAutomationSchema() {
+  nock("http://example.com")
+    .get("/automation/schema.json")
+    .reply(200, {
+      type: "automation",
+      metadata: {},
+      schema: {
+        name: "{{ name }}",
+        tagline: "{{ description }}",
+        icon: "Actions",
+        description: "{{ description }}",
+        type: "action",
+        stepId: "{{ name }}",
+        inputs: {
+          text: "",
+        },
+        schema: {
+          inputs: {
+            properties: {
+              text: {
+                type: "string",
+                title: "Log",
+              },
+            },
+            required: ["text"],
+          },
+          outputs: {
+            properties: {
+              success: {
+                type: "boolean",
+                description: "Whether the action was successful",
+              },
+              message: {
+                type: "string",
+                description: "What was output",
+              },
+            },
+            required: ["success", "message"],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    })
+}
+
+function mockComponentSchema() {
+  nock("http://example.com")
+    .get("/component/schema.json")
+    .reply(200, {
+      type: "component",
+      metadata: {},
+      schema: {
+        name: "{{ name }}",
+        friendlyName: "{{ name }}",
+        description: "{{ description }}",
+        icon: "Text",
+        settings: [
+          {
+            type: "text",
+            key: "text",
+            label: "Text",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    })
+}
 
 async function getSchema(link: string) {
   const response = await fetch(link)
@@ -31,53 +148,62 @@ async function runTest(opts: { link?: string; schema?: any }) {
   return error
 }
 
-describe("it should be able to validate an automation schema", () => {
-  it("should return automation skeleton schema is valid", async () => {
-    const error = await runTest({ link: automationLink })
-    expect(error).toBeUndefined()
+describe("plugin validation", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    nock.cleanAll()
+    mockAutomationSchema()
+    mockComponentSchema()
+    mockDatasourceSchema()
   })
 
-  it("should fail given invalid automation schema", async () => {
-    const error = await runTest({
-      schema: {
-        type: PluginType.AUTOMATION,
-        schema: {},
-      },
+  describe("it should be able to validate an automation schema", () => {
+    it("should return automation skeleton schema is valid", async () => {
+      const error = await runTest({ link: automationLink })
+      expect(error).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it("should fail given invalid automation schema", async () => {
+      const error = await runTest({
+        schema: {
+          type: PluginType.AUTOMATION,
+          schema: {},
+        },
+      })
+      expect(error).toBeDefined()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("it should be able to validate a component schema", () => {
+    it("should return component skeleton schema is valid", async () => {
+      const error = await runTest({ link: componentLink })
+      expect(error).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it("should fail given invalid component schema", async () => {
+      const error = await runTest({
+        schema: {
+          type: PluginType.COMPONENT,
+          schema: {},
+        },
+      })
+      expect(error).toBeDefined()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("it should be able to validate a datasource schema", () => {
+    it("should return datasource skeleton schema is valid", async () => {
+      const error = await runTest({ link: datasourceLink })
+      expect(error).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it("should fail given invalid datasource schema", async () => {
+      const error = await runTest({
+        schema: {
+          type: PluginType.DATASOURCE,
+          schema: {},
+        },
+      })
+      expect(error).toBeDefined()
     })
-    expect(error).toBeDefined()
-  })
-})
-
-describe("it should be able to validate a component schema", () => {
-  it("should return component skeleton schema is valid", async () => {
-    const error = await runTest({ link: componentLink })
-    expect(error).toBeUndefined()
-  })
-
-  it("should fail given invalid component schema", async () => {
-    const error = await runTest({
-      schema: {
-        type: PluginType.COMPONENT,
-        schema: {},
-      },
-    })
-    expect(error).toBeDefined()
-  })
-})
-
-describe("it should be able to validate a datasource schema", () => {
-  it("should return datasource skeleton schema is valid", async () => {
-    const error = await runTest({ link: datasourceLink })
-    expect(error).toBeUndefined()
-  })
-
-  it("should fail given invalid datasource schema", async () => {
-    const error = await runTest({
-      schema: {
-        type: PluginType.DATASOURCE,
-        schema: {},
-      },
-    })
-    expect(error).toBeDefined()
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/redis/redis.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/redis/redis.ts
index 79f75421d3..1271086fc5 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/redis/redis.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/redis/redis.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ function init(selectDb = DEFAULT_SELECT_DB) {
   CLIENTS[selectDb] = client
 }
 
+export function closeAll() {
+  Object.values(CLIENTS).forEach(client => client.disconnect())
+}
+
 function waitForConnection(selectDb: number = DEFAULT_SELECT_DB) {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     if (pickClient(selectDb) == null) {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/redis/tests/redis.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/redis/tests/redis.spec.ts
index 9160c6a6dd..376afbfab7 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/redis/tests/redis.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/redis/tests/redis.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { GenericContainer, StartedTestContainer } from "testcontainers"
 import { generator, structures } from "../../../tests"
-import RedisWrapper from "../redis"
+import RedisWrapper, { closeAll } from "../redis"
 import { env } from "../.."
 import { randomUUID } from "crypto"
 
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ describe("redis", () => {
     env._set("REDIS_PASSWORD", 0)
   })
 
-  afterAll(() => container?.stop())
+  afterAll(() => {
+    container?.stop()
+    closeAll()
+  })
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     redis = new RedisWrapper(structures.db.id())
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/fetch.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/fetch.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f7447d2c47..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/fetch.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-const mockFetch = jest.fn((url: any, opts: any) => {
-  const fetch = jest.requireActual("node-fetch")
-  const env = jest.requireActual("../../../../src/environment").default
-  if (url.includes(env.COUCH_DB_URL) || url.includes("raw.github")) {
-    return fetch(url, opts)
-  }
-  return undefined
-})
-
-const enable = () => {
-  jest.mock("node-fetch", () => mockFetch)
-}
-
-export default {
-  ...mockFetch,
-  enable,
-}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/index.ts
index 8705e563cb..ef7304d64e 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,5 @@ export const accounts = jest.mocked(_accounts)
 
 export * as date from "./date"
 export * as licenses from "./licenses"
-export { default as fetch } from "./fetch"
 export * from "./alerts"
 import "./events"
-import "./posthog"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/posthog.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/posthog.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e9cc653ccc..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/posthog.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-jest.mock("posthog-node", () => {
-  return jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
-    return {
-      capture: jest.fn(),
-    }
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/jestSetup.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/jestSetup.ts
index e5d144290b..e7f2a6cc98 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/jestSetup.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tests/jestSetup.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@ import "./core/logging"
 import env from "../src/environment"
 import { cleanup } from "../src/timers"
 import { mocks, testContainerUtils } from "./core/utilities"
-
-// must explicitly enable fetch mock
-mocks.fetch.enable()
+import nock from "nock"
 
 // mock all dates to 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
 // use tk.reset() to use real dates in individual tests
 import tk from "timekeeper"
 
+nock.disableNetConnect()
+nock.enableNetConnect(host => {
+  return (
+    host.includes("localhost") ||
+    host.includes("127.0.0.1") ||
+    host.includes("::1")
+  )
+})
+
 tk.freeze(mocks.date.MOCK_DATE)
 
 if (!process.env.DEBUG) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts b/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts
index 5bb1f9aa0f..53c4f884cc 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   users,
   cache,
   env as coreEnv,
+  features,
 } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { watch } from "../watch"
 import * as automations from "../automations"
@@ -96,6 +97,9 @@ export async function startup(
   console.log("Initialising events")
   eventInit()
 
+  console.log("Initialising feature flags")
+  features.init()
+
   if (app && server) {
     console.log("Initialising websockets")
     initialiseWebsockets(app, server)
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/index.ts b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
index 85e5d6ad2e..d59d8d96ef 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   timers,
   redis,
   cache,
+  features,
 } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 
 db.init()
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ export default server.listen(parseInt(env.PORT || "4002"), async () => {
   // configure events to use the pro audit log write
   // can't integrate directly into backend-core due to cyclic issues
   await events.processors.init(proSdk.auditLogs.write)
+  features.init()
 })
 
 process.on("uncaughtException", err => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0195f19a2a..123eec3dd9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2073,7 +2073,7 @@
     passport-oauth2-refresh "^2.1.0"
     pino "8.11.0"
     pino-http "8.3.3"
-    posthog-node "1.3.0"
+    posthog-node "4.0.1"
     pouchdb "7.3.0"
     pouchdb-find "7.2.2"
     redlock "4.2.0"
@@ -7343,7 +7343,7 @@ axios-retry@^3.1.9:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.15.4"
     is-retry-allowed "^2.2.0"
 
-axios@0.24.0, axios@1.1.3, axios@1.6.3, axios@^0.21.1, axios@^1.0.0, axios@^1.1.3, axios@^1.4.0, axios@^1.5.0:
+axios@0.24.0, axios@1.1.3, axios@1.6.3, axios@^0.21.1, axios@^1.0.0, axios@^1.1.3, axios@^1.4.0, axios@^1.5.0, axios@^1.6.2:
   version "1.6.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-1.6.3.tgz#7f50f23b3aa246eff43c54834272346c396613f4"
   integrity sha512-fWyNdeawGam70jXSVlKl+SUNVcL6j6W79CuSIPfi6HnDUmSCH6gyUys/HrqHeA/wU0Az41rRgean494d0Jb+ww==
@@ -18110,6 +18110,14 @@ posthog-node@1.3.0:
     remove-trailing-slash "^0.1.1"
     uuid "^8.3.2"
 
+posthog-node@4.0.1:
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/posthog-node/-/posthog-node-4.0.1.tgz#eb8b6cdf68c3fdd0dc2b75e8aab2e0ec3727fb2a"
+  integrity sha512-rtqm2h22QxLGBrW2bLYzbRhliIrqgZ0k+gF0LkQ1SNdeD06YE5eilV0MxZppFSxC8TfH0+B0cWCuebEnreIDgQ==
+  dependencies:
+    axios "^1.6.2"
+    rusha "^0.8.14"
+
 pouch-stream@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pouch-stream/-/pouch-stream-0.4.1.tgz#0c6d8475c9307677627991a2f079b301c3b89bdd"
@@ -19574,6 +19582,11 @@ run-parallel@^1.1.9:
   dependencies:
     queue-microtask "^1.2.2"
 
+rusha@^0.8.14:
+  version "0.8.14"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rusha/-/rusha-0.8.14.tgz#a977d0de9428406138b7bb90d3de5dcd024e2f68"
+  integrity sha512-cLgakCUf6PedEu15t8kbsjnwIFFR2D4RfL+W3iWFJ4iac7z4B0ZI8fxy4R3J956kAI68HclCFGL8MPoUVC3qVA==
+
 rxjs@^6.6.6:
   version "6.6.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rxjs/-/rxjs-6.6.7.tgz#90ac018acabf491bf65044235d5863c4dab804c9"