diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/canonical_email_blocks_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/canonical_email_blocks_spec.rb
index eaa011d51..25af0a26a 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/canonical_email_blocks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/canonical_email_blocks_spec.rb
@@ -20,19 +20,16 @@ RSpec.describe 'Canonical Email Blocks' do
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', 'Moderator'
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      subject
-
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-      expect(response.content_type)
-        .to start_with('application/json')
-    end
-
     context 'when there is no canonical email block' do
       it 'returns an empty list' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to be_empty
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to be_empty
       end
     end
 
@@ -43,7 +40,12 @@ RSpec.describe 'Canonical Email Blocks' do
       it 'returns the correct canonical email hashes' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body.pluck(:canonical_email_hash)).to match_array(expected_email_hashes)
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body.pluck(:canonical_email_hash))
+          .to match_array(expected_email_hashes)
       end
 
       context 'with limit param' do
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/domain_allows_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/domain_allows_spec.rb
index eb5128e42..fba1eb15d 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/domain_allows_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/domain_allows_spec.rb
@@ -20,18 +20,14 @@ RSpec.describe 'Domain Allows' do
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', 'Moderator'
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      subject
-
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-      expect(response.content_type)
-        .to start_with('application/json')
-    end
-
     context 'when there is no allowed domains' do
       it 'returns an empty body' do
         subject
 
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
         expect(response.parsed_body).to be_empty
       end
     end
@@ -51,7 +47,12 @@ RSpec.describe 'Domain Allows' do
       it 'returns the correct allowed domains' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to match_array(expected_response)
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to match_array(expected_response)
       end
 
       context 'with limit param' do
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/domain_blocks_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/domain_blocks_spec.rb
index 1a506bd9b..029de72fd 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/domain_blocks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/domain_blocks_spec.rb
@@ -20,19 +20,16 @@ RSpec.describe 'Domain Blocks' do
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', 'Moderator'
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      subject
-
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-      expect(response.content_type)
-        .to start_with('application/json')
-    end
-
     context 'when there are no domain blocks' do
       it 'returns an empty list' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to be_empty
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to be_empty
       end
     end
 
@@ -66,7 +63,12 @@ RSpec.describe 'Domain Blocks' do
       it 'returns the expected domain blocks' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to match_array(expected_responde)
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to match_array(expected_responde)
       end
 
       context 'with limit param' do
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/email_domain_blocks_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/email_domain_blocks_spec.rb
index 3f51a3ea2..2788a45a4 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/email_domain_blocks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/email_domain_blocks_spec.rb
@@ -21,19 +21,16 @@ RSpec.describe 'Email Domain Blocks' do
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', 'Moderator'
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      subject
-
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-      expect(response.content_type)
-        .to start_with('application/json')
-    end
-
     context 'when there is no email domain block' do
       it 'returns an empty list' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to be_empty
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to be_empty
       end
     end
 
@@ -44,7 +41,12 @@ RSpec.describe 'Email Domain Blocks' do
       it 'return the correct blocked email domains' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body.pluck(:domain)).to match_array(blocked_email_domains)
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body.pluck(:domain))
+          .to match_array(blocked_email_domains)
       end
 
       context 'with limit param' do
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/ip_blocks_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/ip_blocks_spec.rb
index c096aa332..aa3db3391 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/ip_blocks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/ip_blocks_spec.rb
@@ -20,19 +20,16 @@ RSpec.describe 'IP Blocks' do
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', 'Moderator'
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      subject
-
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-      expect(response.content_type)
-        .to start_with('application/json')
-    end
-
     context 'when there is no ip block' do
       it 'returns an empty body' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to be_empty
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to be_empty
       end
     end
 
@@ -60,7 +57,12 @@ RSpec.describe 'IP Blocks' do
       it 'returns the correct blocked ips' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to match_array(expected_response)
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to match_array(expected_response)
       end
 
       context 'with limit param' do
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/reports_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/reports_spec.rb
index a0e7b0a36..987f0eda7 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/reports_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/reports_spec.rb
@@ -19,19 +19,16 @@ RSpec.describe 'Reports' do
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'write:statuses'
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      subject
-
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-      expect(response.content_type)
-        .to start_with('application/json')
-    end
-
     context 'when there are no reports' do
       it 'returns an empty list' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to be_empty
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to be_empty
       end
     end
 
@@ -66,7 +63,12 @@ RSpec.describe 'Reports' do
       it 'returns all unresolved reports' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to match_array(expected_response)
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to match_array(expected_response)
       end
 
       context 'with resolved param' do
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/tags_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/tags_spec.rb
index 696a11da6..3a57432af 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/tags_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/tags_spec.rb
@@ -20,19 +20,16 @@ RSpec.describe 'Tags' do
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'write:statuses'
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      subject
-
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-      expect(response.content_type)
-        .to start_with('application/json')
-    end
-
     context 'when there are no tags' do
       it 'returns an empty list' do
         subject
 
-        expect(response.parsed_body).to be_empty
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
+        expect(response.parsed_body)
+          .to be_empty
       end
     end
 
@@ -48,6 +45,11 @@ RSpec.describe 'Tags' do
 
       it 'returns the expected tags' do
         subject
+
+        expect(response)
+          .to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response.content_type)
+          .to start_with('application/json')
         tags.each do |tag|
           expect(response.parsed_body.find { |item| item[:id] == tag.id.to_s && item[:name] == tag.name }).to_not be_nil
         end