diff --git a/packages/next/src/views/Edit/Default/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/views/Edit/Default/index.tsx
index 7ccab1e05..b9a995826 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/views/Edit/Default/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/views/Edit/Default/index.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export const DefaultEditView: React.FC = () => {
   const { reportUpdate } = useDocumentEvents()
 
   const {
+    admin: { user: userSlug },
     collections,
     globals,
     routes: { admin: adminRoute, api: apiRoute },
@@ -108,9 +109,9 @@ export const DefaultEditView: React.FC = () => {
         updatedAt: json?.result?.updatedAt || new Date().toISOString(),
       })
 
-      // If we're editing the doc of the logged in user,
+      // If we're editing the doc of the logged-in user,
       // Refresh the cookie to get new permissions
-      if (user && collectionSlug === user?.collection && id === user?.id) {
+      if (user && collectionSlug === userSlug && id === user.id) {
         void refreshCookieAsync()
       }
 
@@ -135,8 +136,7 @@ export const DefaultEditView: React.FC = () => {
       id,
       entitySlug,
       collectionSlug,
-      user?.collection,
-      user?.id,
+      user,
       getVersions,
       getDocPermissions,
       isEditing,
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/auth/operations/me.ts b/packages/payload/src/auth/operations/me.ts
index 2681927e1..727cf80cb 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/auth/operations/me.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/auth/operations/me.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 
 import type { Collection } from '../../collections/config/types.js'
 import type { PayloadRequest } from '../../types/index.js'
-import type { User } from '../types.js'
+import type { ClientUser, User } from '../types.js'
 
-export type Result = {
+export type MeOperationResult = {
   collection?: string
   exp?: number
   token?: string
-  user?: User
+  user?: ClientUser
 }
 
 export type Arguments = {
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ export const meOperation = async ({
   collection,
   currentToken,
   req,
-}: Arguments): Promise<Result> => {
-  let result: Result = {
+}: Arguments): Promise<MeOperationResult> => {
+  let result: MeOperationResult = {
     user: null,
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts
index 81b3a1f82..bb7f04c3e 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts
@@ -62,12 +62,18 @@ export type Permissions = {
 }
 
 export type User = {
-  [key: string]: unknown
+  [key: string]: any // This NEEDS to be an any, otherwise it breaks the Omit for ClientUser below
   collection: string
   email: string
   id: string
 }
 
+/**
+ * `collection` is not available one the client. It's only available on the server (req.user)
+ * On the client, you can access the collection via config.admin.user. Config can be accessed using the useConfig() hook
+ */
+export type ClientUser = Omit<User, 'collection'>
+
 type GenerateVerifyEmailHTML = (args: {
   req: PayloadRequest
   token: string
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/collections/config/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/collections/config/types.ts
index 7176b12eb..bfb5eeb4d 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/collections/config/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/collections/config/types.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type {
   CustomSaveButtonProps,
   CustomSaveDraftButtonProps,
 } from '../../admin/types.js'
-import type { Auth, IncomingAuthType, User } from '../../auth/types.js'
+import type { Auth, ClientUser, IncomingAuthType } from '../../auth/types.js'
 import type {
   Access,
   EditConfig,
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export type CollectionAdminOptions = {
   /**
    * Exclude the collection from the admin nav and routes
    */
-  hidden?: ((args: { user: User }) => boolean) | boolean
+  hidden?: ((args: { user: ClientUser }) => boolean) | boolean
   /**
    * Hide the API URL within the Edit view
    */
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/exports/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/exports/types.ts
index d30136eec..62acd9a75 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/exports/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/exports/types.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ export type * from '../admin/types.js'
 export type * from '../uploads/types.js'
 
 export type { DocumentPermissions, FieldPermissions } from '../auth/index.js'
+export type { MeOperationResult } from '../auth/operations/me.js'
 
 export type {
   CollapsedPreferences,
diff --git a/packages/richtext-lexical/src/field/features/relationship/utils/EnabledRelationshipsCondition.tsx b/packages/richtext-lexical/src/field/features/relationship/utils/EnabledRelationshipsCondition.tsx
index 36a992169..a1556efef 100644
--- a/packages/richtext-lexical/src/field/features/relationship/utils/EnabledRelationshipsCondition.tsx
+++ b/packages/richtext-lexical/src/field/features/relationship/utils/EnabledRelationshipsCondition.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { User } from 'payload/auth'
+import type { ClientUser } from 'payload/auth'
 import type { SanitizedCollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
 
 import { useAuth, useConfig } from '@payloadcms/ui'
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as React from 'react'
 
 type options = {
   uploads: boolean
-  user: User
+  user: ClientUser
 }
 
 type FilteredCollectionsT = (
diff --git a/packages/richtext-slate/src/field/elements/EnabledRelationshipsCondition.tsx b/packages/richtext-slate/src/field/elements/EnabledRelationshipsCondition.tsx
index 4f11446a9..d80acbcf8 100644
--- a/packages/richtext-slate/src/field/elements/EnabledRelationshipsCondition.tsx
+++ b/packages/richtext-slate/src/field/elements/EnabledRelationshipsCondition.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client'
 
-import type { User } from 'payload/auth'
+import type { ClientUser } from 'payload/auth'
 import type { SanitizedCollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
 
 import { useAuth, useConfig } from '@payloadcms/ui/providers'
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as React from 'react'
 
 type options = {
   uploads: boolean
-  user: User
+  user: ClientUser
 }
 
 type FilteredCollectionsT = (
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/forms/Label/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/forms/Label/index.tsx
index 35d8f5f8c..a6e7f4567 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/forms/Label/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/forms/Label/index.tsx
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ import { useForm } from '../Form/context.js'
 import './index.scss'
 
 const Label: React.FC<LabelProps> = (props) => {
-  const { htmlFor: htmlForFromProps, label, required = false } = props
+  const { htmlFor: htmlForFromProps, label: labelFromProps, required = false } = props
   const { uuid } = useForm()
   const { path } = useFieldProps()
   const htmlFor = htmlForFromProps || generateFieldID(path, uuid)
 
   const { i18n } = useTranslation()
 
-  if (label) {
+  if (labelFromProps) {
     return (
       <label className="field-label" htmlFor={htmlFor}>
-        {getTranslation(label, i18n)}
+        {getTranslation(labelFromProps, i18n)}
         {required && <span className="required">*</span>}
       </label>
     )
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/index.tsx
index eea3ebb01..8f425e6be 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use client'
-import type { Permissions, User } from 'payload/auth'
+import type { ClientUser, Permissions } from 'payload/auth'
+import type { MeOperationResult } from 'payload/types.js'
 
 import * as facelessUIImport from '@faceless-ui/modal'
 import { usePathname, useRouter } from 'next/navigation.js'
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export const AuthProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children
   const { useModal } = facelessUIImport
 
   const { searchParams } = useSearchParams()
-  const [user, setUser] = useState<User | null>()
+  const [user, setUser] = useState<ClientUser | null>()
   const [tokenInMemory, setTokenInMemory] = useState<string>()
   const [tokenExpiration, setTokenExpiration] = useState<number>()
   const pathname = usePathname()
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ export const AuthProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children
             if (request.status === 200) {
               const json = await request.json()
               setUser(json.user)
+
               setTokenAndExpiration(json)
             } else {
               setUser(null)
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ export const AuthProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children
   )
 
   const refreshCookieAsync = useCallback(
-    async (skipSetUser?: boolean): Promise<User> => {
+    async (skipSetUser?: boolean): Promise<ClientUser> => {
       try {
         const request = await requests.post(`${serverURL}${api}/${userSlug}/refresh-token`, {
           headers: {
@@ -187,10 +189,11 @@ export const AuthProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children
       })
 
       if (request.status === 200) {
-        const json = await request.json()
+        const json: MeOperationResult = await request.json()
 
         if (json?.user) {
           setUser(json.user)
+
           if (json?.token) {
             setTokenAndExpiration(json)
           }
@@ -317,4 +320,4 @@ export const AuthProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children
   )
 }
 
-export const useAuth = <T = User,>(): AuthContext<T> => useContext(Context) as AuthContext<T>
+export const useAuth = <T = ClientUser,>(): AuthContext<T> => useContext(Context) as AuthContext<T>
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/types.ts b/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/types.ts
index 071a0d1c5..8f1f04202 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/types.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/providers/Auth/types.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import type { Permissions, User } from 'payload/auth'
+import type { ClientUser, Permissions } from 'payload/auth'
 
-export type AuthContext<T = User> = {
+export type AuthContext<T = ClientUser> = {
   fetchFullUser: () => Promise<void>
   logOut: () => void
   permissions?: Permissions
   refreshCookie: (forceRefresh?: boolean) => void
-  refreshCookieAsync: () => Promise<User>
+  refreshCookieAsync: () => Promise<ClientUser>
   refreshPermissions: () => Promise<void>
   setPermissions: (permissions: Permissions) => void
   setUser: (user: T) => void
diff --git a/test/auth/config.ts b/test/auth/config.ts
index 44e14ac21..a48ce8761 100644
--- a/test/auth/config.ts
+++ b/test/auth/config.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
   },
   collections: [
     {
+      admin: {
+        useAsTitle: 'custom',
+      },
       slug,
       auth: {
         cookies: {
@@ -198,6 +201,16 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       },
       fields: [],
     },
+    {
+      slug: 'relationsCollection',
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'rel',
+          type: 'relationship',
+          relationTo: 'users',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
   onInit: async (payload) => {
     await payload.create({
diff --git a/test/auth/e2e.spec.ts b/test/auth/e2e.spec.ts
index 8b2b78a65..0ea953078 100644
--- a/test/auth/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/auth/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
 import path from 'path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
-import payload from '../../packages/payload/src/index.js'
+import type { Payload } from '../../packages/payload/src/index.js'
+
 import { initPageConsoleErrorCatch, login, saveDocAndAssert } from '../helpers.js'
 import { AdminUrlUtil } from '../helpers/adminUrlUtil.js'
 import { initPayloadE2E } from '../helpers/initPayloadE2E.js'
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import config from './config.js'
 import { apiKeysSlug, slug } from './shared.js'
 const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
 const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
+let payload: Payload
 
 /**
  * TODO: Auth
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ describe('auth', () => {
   let apiURL: string
 
   beforeAll(async ({ browser }) => {
-    ;({ serverURL } = await initPayloadE2E({ config, dirname }))
+    ;({ serverURL, payload } = await initPayloadE2E({ config, dirname }))
+    apiURL = `${serverURL}/api`
     url = new AdminUrlUtil(serverURL, slug)
 
     const context = await browser.newContext()