diff --git a/tests/mixins/test_browsing.py b/tests/mixins/test_browsing.py
index 9eb939b..cdd98b8 100644
--- a/tests/mixins/test_browsing.py
+++ b/tests/mixins/test_browsing.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 class TestBrowsing:
     def test_get_home(self, yt, yt_auth):
         result = yt.get_home()
-        assert len(result) == 2
+        assert len(result) >= 2
         result = yt_auth.get_home(limit=15)
         assert len(result) >= 15
 
diff --git a/tests/mixins/test_explore.py b/tests/mixins/test_explore.py
index 54f27fd..8d32ef4 100644
--- a/tests/mixins/test_explore.py
+++ b/tests/mixins/test_explore.py
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ def test_get_mood_playlists(self, yt):
 
     def test_get_charts(self, yt, yt_oauth):
         charts = yt_oauth.get_charts()
-        # songs section appears to be removed currently (US)
-        assert len(charts) >= 3
+        assert len(charts) == 4
         charts = yt.get_charts(country="US")
+        assert len(charts) == 4
+        charts = yt_oauth.get_charts(country="US")
         assert len(charts) == 5
         charts = yt.get_charts(country="BE")
-        assert len(charts) == 4
+        assert len(charts) == 3
diff --git a/tests/mixins/test_playlists.py b/tests/mixins/test_playlists.py
index 3ce433f..f4e333f 100644
--- a/tests/mixins/test_playlists.py
+++ b/tests/mixins/test_playlists.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_end2end(self, config, yt_brand, sample_video):
         )
         assert response["status"] == "STATUS_SUCCEEDED", "Adding playlist item failed"
         assert len(response["playlistEditResults"]) > 0, "Adding playlist item failed"
-        time.sleep(3)
+        time.sleep(5)
         yt_brand.edit_playlist(playlist_id, addToTop=False)
         playlist = yt_brand.get_playlist(playlist_id, related=True)
         assert len(playlist["tracks"]) == 46, "Getting playlist items failed"
diff --git a/tests/setup/setup_account.py b/tests/setup/setup_account.py
index a00fb54..c1cd2b8 100644
--- a/tests/setup/setup_account.py
+++ b/tests/setup/setup_account.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 def populate_account():
     """idempotent requests to populate an account"""
-    # library
+    # subscribe to some artists
     playlist_id = "RDCLAK5uy_l9ex2d91-Qb1i-W7d0MLCEl_ZjRXss0Dk"  # fixed playlist with many artists
     yt_playlist = yt_brand.get_playlist(playlist_id)
     artists = [track["artists"] for track in yt_playlist["tracks"]]
diff --git a/ytmusicapi/mixins/_protocol.py b/ytmusicapi/mixins/_protocol.py
index 40fe733..45915d7 100644
--- a/ytmusicapi/mixins/_protocol.py
+++ b/ytmusicapi/mixins/_protocol.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """protocol that defines the functions available to mixins"""
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Protocol
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Protocol, Union
 
 from requests import Response
 
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 class MixinProtocol(Protocol):
     """protocol that defines the functions available to mixins"""
 
+    auth: Optional[Union[str, Dict]]
+
     auth_type: AuthType
 
     parser: Parser
diff --git a/ytmusicapi/mixins/browsing.py b/ytmusicapi/mixins/browsing.py
index b7386a3..390802a 100644
--- a/ytmusicapi/mixins/browsing.py
+++ b/ytmusicapi/mixins/browsing.py
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@ def get_album_browse_id(self, audioPlaylistId: str) -> Optional[str]:
         params = {"list": audioPlaylistId}
         response = self._send_get_request(YTM_DOMAIN + "/playlist", params)
 
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            # merge this with statement with catch_warnings on Python>=3.11
+            warnings.simplefilter(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
             decoded = response.text.encode("utf8").decode("unicode_escape")
 
         matches = re.search(r"\"MPRE.+?\"", decoded)
diff --git a/ytmusicapi/mixins/explore.py b/ytmusicapi/mixins/explore.py
index 93b3bb0..62e40c1 100644
--- a/ytmusicapi/mixins/explore.py
+++ b/ytmusicapi/mixins/explore.py
@@ -220,18 +220,15 @@ def get_charts(self, country: str = "ZZ") -> Dict:
         charts_categories = ["videos", "artists"]
 
         has_genres = country == "US"
-        has_trending = country != "ZZ"
 
         # use result length to determine if songs category is present
         # could also be done via an is_premium attribute on YTMusic instance
-        has_songs = (len(results) - 1) > (len(charts_categories) + has_genres + has_trending)
+        has_songs = (len(results) - 1) > (len(charts_categories) + has_genres)
 
         if has_songs:
             charts_categories.insert(0, "songs")
         if has_genres:
             charts_categories.append("genres")
-        if has_trending:
-            charts_categories.append("trending")
 
         parse_chart = lambda i, parse_func, key: parse_content_list(
             nav(results[i + has_songs], CAROUSEL_CONTENTS), parse_func, key
@@ -250,7 +247,4 @@ def get_charts(self, country: str = "ZZ") -> Dict:
         if has_genres:
             charts["genres"] = parse_chart(3, parse_playlist, MTRIR)
 
-        if has_trending:
-            charts["trending"]["items"] = parse_chart(3 + has_genres, parse_chart_trending, MRLIR)
-
         return charts