diff --git a/packages/db-mongodb/src/connect.ts b/packages/db-mongodb/src/connect.ts
index ced7b6de7a..03734e6dd6 100644
--- a/packages/db-mongodb/src/connect.ts
+++ b/packages/db-mongodb/src/connect.ts
@@ -24,30 +24,6 @@ export const connect: Connect = async function connect(this: MongooseAdapter) {
     useFacet: undefined,
   }
 
-  if ([process.env.APP_ENV, process.env.NODE_ENV].includes('test')) {
-    if (process.env.PAYLOAD_TEST_MONGO_URL) {
-      urlToConnect = process.env.PAYLOAD_TEST_MONGO_URL
-    } else {
-      connectionOptions.dbName = 'payloadmemory'
-      const { MongoMemoryReplSet } = require('mongodb-memory-server')
-      const getPort = require('get-port')
-
-      const port = await getPort()
-      this.mongoMemoryServer = await MongoMemoryReplSet.create({
-        instance: {
-          dbName: 'payloadmemory',
-          port,
-        },
-        replSet: {
-          count: 3,
-        },
-      })
-
-      urlToConnect = this.mongoMemoryServer.getUri()
-      successfulConnectionMessage = 'Connected to in-memory MongoDB server successfully!'
-    }
-  }
-
   try {
     this.connection = (await mongoose.connect(urlToConnect, connectionOptions)).connection
 
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrate.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrate.ts
index 78a5796b2d..759b2e3c6a 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrate.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrate.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax, no-await-in-loop */
 import type { Payload } from 'payload'
 import type { Migration } from 'payload/database'
-import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload/dist/express/types'
+import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload/types'
 
-import { readMigrationFiles } from 'payload/database'
-import { commitTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/commitTransaction'
-import { initTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/initTransaction'
-import { killTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/killTransaction'
+import {
+  commitTransaction,
+  initTransaction,
+  killTransaction,
+  readMigrationFiles,
+} from 'payload/database'
 import prompts from 'prompts'
 
 import type { PostgresAdapter } from './types'
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateDown.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateDown.ts
index 24f13516ff..75d8d817cb 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateDown.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateDown.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax, no-await-in-loop */
 import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload/types'
 
-import { getMigrations, readMigrationFiles } from 'payload/database'
-import { commitTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/commitTransaction'
-import { initTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/initTransaction'
-import { killTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/killTransaction'
+import {
+  commitTransaction,
+  getMigrations,
+  initTransaction,
+  killTransaction,
+  readMigrationFiles,
+} from 'payload/database'
 
 import type { PostgresAdapter } from './types'
 
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateFresh.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateFresh.ts
index ba9cc9e0b5..77fc7a847e 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateFresh.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateFresh.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload/types'
 
 import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'
-import { readMigrationFiles } from 'payload/database'
-import { commitTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/commitTransaction'
-import { initTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/initTransaction'
-import { killTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/killTransaction'
+import {
+  commitTransaction,
+  initTransaction,
+  killTransaction,
+  readMigrationFiles,
+} from 'payload/database'
 import prompts from 'prompts'
 
 import type { PostgresAdapter } from './types'
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateRefresh.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateRefresh.ts
index d27655ec6b..2942fcbeb5 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateRefresh.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateRefresh.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax, no-await-in-loop */
 import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload/types'
 
-import { getMigrations, readMigrationFiles } from 'payload/database'
-import { commitTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/commitTransaction'
-import { initTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/initTransaction'
-import { killTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/killTransaction'
+import {
+  commitTransaction,
+  getMigrations,
+  initTransaction,
+  killTransaction,
+  readMigrationFiles,
+} from 'payload/database'
 
 import type { PostgresAdapter } from './types'
 
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateReset.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateReset.ts
index 67c9b73869..a5bbdff00c 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateReset.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/migrateReset.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax, no-await-in-loop */
 import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload/types'
 
-import { getMigrations, readMigrationFiles } from 'payload/database'
-import { commitTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/commitTransaction'
-import { initTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/initTransaction'
-import { killTransaction } from 'payload/dist/utilities/killTransaction'
+import {
+  commitTransaction,
+  getMigrations,
+  initTransaction,
+  killTransaction,
+  readMigrationFiles,
+} from 'payload/database'
 
 import type { PostgresAdapter } from './types'
 
diff --git a/packages/graphql/src/resolvers/auth/access.ts b/packages/graphql/src/resolvers/auth/access.ts
index 36033ddb25..491e8ad3a8 100644
--- a/packages/graphql/src/resolvers/auth/access.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql/src/resolvers/auth/access.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { accessOperation } from 'payload/operations'
 import type { SanitizedConfig } from 'payload/types'
 
-import formatName from '../../../graphql/utilities/formatName'
+import formatName from '../../utilities/formatName'
 import { Context } from '../types'
 import { isolateObjectProperty } from 'payload/utilities'
 const formatConfigNames = (results, configs) => {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/pages/Dashboard/Default/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/pages/Dashboard/Default/index.tsx
index 01cf15d043..20da8c2eb8 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/pages/Dashboard/Default/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/pages/Dashboard/Default/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import React, { useEffect } from 'react'
 import type { SanitizedConfig } from 'payload/types'
 
-import { Gutter, SetStepNav, useActions } from '@payloadcms/ui'
+import { Gutter, SetStepNav } from '@payloadcms/ui'
+import React from 'react'
+
 import { DefaultDashboardClient } from './index.client'
 import './index.scss'
 
@@ -26,12 +27,6 @@ export const DefaultDashboard: React.FC<DashboardProps> = (props) => {
     visibleGlobals,
   } = props
 
-  const { setViewActions } = useActions()
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setViewActions([])
-  }, [setViewActions])
-
   return (
     <div className={baseClass}>
       <SetStepNav nav={[]} />
diff --git a/packages/next/src/pages/Dashboard/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/pages/Dashboard/index.tsx
index 25a8be78f7..1ba6e4d3d1 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/pages/Dashboard/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/pages/Dashboard/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import type { SanitizedConfig } from 'payload/types'
 import type { Metadata } from 'next'
+import type { SanitizedConfig } from 'payload/types'
 
 import { HydrateClientUser, RenderCustomComponent } from '@payloadcms/ui'
 import Link from 'next/link'
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { DashboardProps } from './Default'
 
 import { getNextI18n } from '../../utilities/getNextI18n'
 import { initPage } from '../../utilities/initPage'
+import { meta } from '../../utilities/meta'
 import { DefaultDashboard } from './Default'
 
 export const generateMetadata = async ({
diff --git a/packages/next/src/pages/Edit/Default/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/pages/Edit/Default/index.tsx
index 49c7ee2b16..2ea1231f01 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/pages/Edit/Default/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/pages/Edit/Default/index.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ export const DefaultEditView: React.FC = () => {
     globalSlug: globalConfig?.slug,
   })
 
-  const isEditing = 'isEditing' in props ? props.isEditing : undefined
   const operation = id ? 'update' : 'create'
 
   const auth = collectionConfig ? collectionConfig.auth : undefined
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ export const DefaultEditView: React.FC = () => {
               collectionSlug={collectionConfig?.slug}
               globalSlug={globalConfig?.slug}
               id={id}
-              isEditing={isEditing || false}
+              isEditing={Boolean(id) || false}
               pluralLabel={collectionConfig?.labels?.plural}
               useAsTitle={collectionConfig?.admin?.useAsTitle}
             />
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ export const DefaultEditView: React.FC = () => {
               disableActions={disableActions}
               hasSavePermission={hasSavePermission}
               id={id}
-              isEditing={isEditing}
+              isEditing={Boolean(id)}
               permissions={docPermissions}
               slug={collectionConfig?.slug}
             />
diff --git a/packages/next/src/withPayload.js b/packages/next/src/withPayload.js
index 5d38bf6aec..fde756ba5e 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/withPayload.js
+++ b/packages/next/src/withPayload.js
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ const withPayload = (nextConfig = {}) => {
         '**/*': [
           ...(nextConfig.experimental?.outputFileTracingExcludes?.['**/*'] || []),
           'drizzle-kit',
-          'drizzle-kit/utils',
+          'drizzle-kit/payload',
         ],
       },
       serverComponentsExternalPackages: [
         ...(nextConfig?.experimental?.serverComponentsExternalPackages || []),
         'drizzle-kit',
-        'drizzle-kit/utils',
+        'drizzle-kit/payload',
         'pino',
         'pino-pretty',
       ],
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const withPayload = (nextConfig = {}) => {
         externals: [
           ...(incomingWebpackConfig?.externals || []),
           'drizzle-kit',
-          'drizzle-kit/utils',
+          'drizzle-kit/payload',
           'pino',
           'pino-pretty',
           'sharp',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/elements/EditMany/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/elements/EditMany/index.tsx
index 552b799f01..4c7346b012 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/elements/EditMany/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/elements/EditMany/index.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import FormSubmit from '../../forms/Submit'
 import { X } from '../../icons/X'
 import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Auth'
 import { useConfig } from '../../providers/Config'
-import { DocumentInfoProvider } from '../../providers/DocumentInfo'
 import { OperationContext } from '../../providers/OperationProvider'
 import { useSearchParams } from '../../providers/SearchParams'
 import { SelectAllStatus, useSelection } from '../../providers/SelectionProvider'
@@ -126,56 +125,54 @@ const EditMany: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
         {t('general:edit')}
       </DrawerToggler>
       <Drawer Header={null} slug={drawerSlug}>
-        <DocumentInfoProvider collection={collection}>
-          <OperationContext.Provider value="update">
-            <Form className={`${baseClass}__form`} onSuccess={onSuccess}>
-              <div className={`${baseClass}__main`}>
-                <div className={`${baseClass}__header`}>
-                  <h2 className={`${baseClass}__header__title`}>
-                    {t('general:editingLabel', { count, label: getTranslation(plural, i18n) })}
-                  </h2>
-                  <button
-                    aria-label={t('general:close')}
-                    className={`${baseClass}__header__close`}
-                    id={`close-drawer__${drawerSlug}`}
-                    onClick={() => closeModal(drawerSlug)}
-                    type="button"
-                  >
-                    <X />
-                  </button>
-                </div>
-                <FieldSelect fields={fields} setSelected={setSelected} />
-                [RenderFields]
+        <OperationContext.Provider value="update">
+          <Form className={`${baseClass}__form`} onSuccess={onSuccess}>
+            <div className={`${baseClass}__main`}>
+              <div className={`${baseClass}__header`}>
+                <h2 className={`${baseClass}__header__title`}>
+                  {t('general:editingLabel', { count, label: getTranslation(plural, i18n) })}
+                </h2>
+                <button
+                  aria-label={t('general:close')}
+                  className={`${baseClass}__header__close`}
+                  id={`close-drawer__${drawerSlug}`}
+                  onClick={() => closeModal(drawerSlug)}
+                  type="button"
+                >
+                  <X />
+                </button>
+              </div>
+              <FieldSelect fields={fields} setSelected={setSelected} />
+              [RenderFields]
               {/* <RenderFields fieldSchema={selected} fieldTypes={fieldTypes} /> */}
-                <div className={`${baseClass}__sidebar-wrap`}>
-                  <div className={`${baseClass}__sidebar`}>
-                    <div className={`${baseClass}__sidebar-sticky-wrap`}>
-                      <div className={`${baseClass}__document-actions`}>
-                        {collection.versions ? (
-                          <React.Fragment>
-                            <Publish
-                              action={`${serverURL}${api}/${slug}${getQueryParams()}`}
-                              disabled={selected.length === 0}
-                            />
-                            <SaveDraft
-                              action={`${serverURL}${api}/${slug}${getQueryParams()}`}
-                              disabled={selected.length === 0}
-                            />
-                          </React.Fragment>
-                        ) : (
-                          <Submit
+              <div className={`${baseClass}__sidebar-wrap`}>
+                <div className={`${baseClass}__sidebar`}>
+                  <div className={`${baseClass}__sidebar-sticky-wrap`}>
+                    <div className={`${baseClass}__document-actions`}>
+                      {collection.versions ? (
+                        <React.Fragment>
+                          <Publish
                             action={`${serverURL}${api}/${slug}${getQueryParams()}`}
                             disabled={selected.length === 0}
                           />
-                        )}
-                      </div>
+                          <SaveDraft
+                            action={`${serverURL}${api}/${slug}${getQueryParams()}`}
+                            disabled={selected.length === 0}
+                          />
+                        </React.Fragment>
+                      ) : (
+                        <Submit
+                          action={`${serverURL}${api}/${slug}${getQueryParams()}`}
+                          disabled={selected.length === 0}
+                        />
+                      )}
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 </div>
               </div>
-            </Form>
-          </OperationContext.Provider>
-        </DocumentInfoProvider>
+            </div>
+          </Form>
+        </OperationContext.Provider>
       </Drawer>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/forms/fields/Blocks/BlockRow.tsx b/packages/ui/src/forms/fields/Blocks/BlockRow.tsx
index 8d35ef09a9..15eaf76f9c 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/forms/fields/Blocks/BlockRow.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/forms/fields/Blocks/BlockRow.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export const BlockRow: React.FC<BlockFieldProps> = ({
   listeners,
   moveRow,
   path: parentPath,
-  schemaPath,
   permissions,
   readOnly,
   removeRow,
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/HydrateClientUser/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/HydrateClientUser/index.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d9936231d..0000000000
--- a/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/HydrateClientUser/index.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-'use client'
-
-import type { Permissions, User } from 'payload/auth'
-
-import { useEffect } from 'react'
-
-import { useAuth } from '..'
-
-export const HydrateClientUser: React.FC<{ permissions: Permissions; user: User }> = ({
-  permissions,
-  user,
-}) => {
-  const { setPermissions, setUser } = useAuth()
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setUser(user)
-    setPermissions(permissions)
-  }, [user, permissions, setUser, setPermissions])
-
-  return null
-}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/providers/DocumentInfo/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/providers/DocumentInfo/index.tsx
index 89699dc2ad..a673aee1e7 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/providers/DocumentInfo/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/providers/DocumentInfo/index.tsx
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ export const DocumentInfoProvider: React.FC<
   const [unpublishedVersions, setUnpublishedVersions] =
     useState<PaginatedDocs<TypeWithVersion<any>>>(null)
 
-
-
-  const [title, setTitle] = useState<string>('')
-
   const [title, setTitle] = useState<string>('')
 
   const baseURL = `${serverURL}${api}`
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ export const DocumentInfoProvider: React.FC<
     }
   }
 
-  const [docPermissions, setDocPermissions] = useState<DocumentPermissions>(permissions[pluralType][slug])
+  const [docPermissions, setDocPermissions] = useState<DocumentPermissions>(null)
 
   const getVersions = useCallback(async () => {
     let versionFetchURL
@@ -225,14 +221,14 @@ export const DocumentInfoProvider: React.FC<
           'Accept-Language': i18n.language,
         },
       })
-      try {
-        const json = await res.json()
-        setDocPermissions(json)
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.error('Unable to fetch document permissions', e)
-      }
+      const json = await res.json()
+      setDocPermissions(json)
+    } else {
+      // fallback to permissions from the entity type
+      // (i.e. create has no id)
+      setDocPermissions(permissions?.[pluralType]?.[slug])
     }
-  }, [serverURL, api, pluralType, slug, id, i18n.language, code])
+  }, [serverURL, api, pluralType, slug, id, permissions, i18n.language, code])
 
   const getDocPreferences = useCallback(async () => {
     return getPreference<DocumentPreferences>(preferencesKey)
@@ -279,13 +275,13 @@ export const DocumentInfoProvider: React.FC<
 
   const value: DocumentInfoContext = {
     ...documentInfo,
+    docConfig,
     docPermissions,
     getDocPermissions,
     getDocPreferences,
     getVersions,
     publishedDoc,
     setDocFieldPreferences,
-    docConfig,
     setDocumentInfo,
     setDocumentTitle,
     title,