diff --git a/hivemind/tavern/bridge_api_patterns/list_communities.pat.json b/hivemind/tavern/bridge_api_patterns/list_communities.pat.json
index f19abffc189282e81538194c99d540e237f74450..0637a088a01e8ddab3bf3fa98dbe804cbde1a0dc 100644
--- a/hivemind/tavern/bridge_api_patterns/list_communities.pat.json
+++ b/hivemind/tavern/bridge_api_patterns/list_communities.pat.json
@@ -1,22 +1 @@
-[
-  {
-    "about": "To highlight true Gems of Hive community with User Retention as primary objective.",
-    "admins": [
-      "bluemist"
-    ],
-    "avatar_url": "",
-    "context": {},
-    "created_at": "2020-02-26 11:33:33",
-    "id": 1369030,
-    "is_nsfw": false,
-    "lang": "en",
-    "name": "hive-148441",
-    "num_authors": 1706,
-    "num_pending": 11787,
-    "subskrajbers": 5513,
-    "sum_pending": 13549,
-    "title": "GEMS",
-    "type_id": 1,
-    "seriously": "it does not detect differences"
-  }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+[]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hivemind/tavern/test_bridge_api_patterns.tavern.yaml b/hivemind/tavern/test_bridge_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
index a041ffff094bcab41f098b1a6193774829ed51bc..b6fae7158a169ca669dc03e5b912988310622099 100644
--- a/hivemind/tavern/test_bridge_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
+++ b/hivemind/tavern/test_bridge_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
+    - failing
+    - xfail # no results (underlying functionality is not working)
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -244,6 +246,8 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
+    - failing
+    - xfail # no results (underlying functionality is not working)
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -363,9 +367,7 @@
   test_name: Hivemind bridge_api.list_communities patterns test
 
   marks:
-    - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
+    - patterntest # no nonempty result possible for 5mln set
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
diff --git a/hivemind/tavern/test_condenser_api_patterns.tavern.yaml b/hivemind/tavern/test_condenser_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
index 3d9d14bb8a38e1403a53b7b09dd6211f92887bfc..41d5184a53c6c83f3d80b381ebd0c4c54051e3e9 100644
--- a/hivemind/tavern/test_condenser_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
+++ b/hivemind/tavern/test_condenser_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -121,8 +119,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -152,8 +148,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -276,8 +270,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -307,8 +299,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -338,8 +328,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail # null result (super slow query response)
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -398,8 +386,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -429,8 +415,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -460,8 +444,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -491,8 +473,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -522,8 +502,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -553,8 +531,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -672,7 +648,7 @@
   marks:
     - patterntest
     - failing
-    - xfail
+    - xfail # wrong pattern, wrong test params (empty result)
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
diff --git a/hivemind/tavern/test_follow_api_patterns.tavern.yaml b/hivemind/tavern/test_follow_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
index fc42a27fbaa72ceb325d8628c07fad14ef279494..82eb20959f6daf9cbe882d83140c06f6545f5fe1 100644
--- a/hivemind/tavern/test_follow_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
+++ b/hivemind/tavern/test_follow_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
diff --git a/hivemind/tavern/test_tags_api_patterns.tavern.yaml b/hivemind/tavern/test_tags_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
index 3c025a7c83358d981edf06dbda4d44db9576a3b8..2f3b73a08ca85a69e31e2b6402182bc3ae3459a3 100644
--- a/hivemind/tavern/test_tags_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
+++ b/hivemind/tavern/test_tags_api_patterns.tavern.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -127,8 +123,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -158,8 +152,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -189,8 +181,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail # null result (super long query response)
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -220,8 +210,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -251,8 +239,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -282,8 +268,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml
@@ -313,8 +297,6 @@
 
   marks:
     - patterntest
-    - failing
-    - xfail
 
   includes:
     - !include common.yaml