diff --git a/docs/ahriman.core.http.rst b/docs/ahriman.core.http.rst
index e2df58a4..15b35d3f 100644
--- a/docs/ahriman.core.http.rst
+++ b/docs/ahriman.core.http.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ ahriman.core.http package
 Submodules
 ----------
 
+ahriman.core.http.sync\_ahriman\_client module
+----------------------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: ahriman.core.http.sync_ahriman_client
+   :members:
+   :no-undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
+
 ahriman.core.http.sync\_http\_client module
 -------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/http/__init__.py b/src/ahriman/core/http/__init__.py
index 3e476dd1..02b72d30 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/http/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/http/__init__.py
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
+from ahriman.core.http.sync_ahriman_client import SyncAhrimanClient
 from ahriman.core.http.sync_http_client import MultipartType, SyncHttpClient
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/http/sync_ahriman_client.py b/src/ahriman/core/http/sync_ahriman_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..982d633e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/http/sync_ahriman_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 ahriman team.
+#
+# This file is part of ahriman
+# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+import contextlib
+import requests
+
+from functools import cached_property
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+from ahriman import __version__
+from ahriman.core.http.sync_http_client import SyncHttpClient
+
+
+class SyncAhrimanClient(SyncHttpClient):
+    """
+    wrapper for ahriman web service
+
+    Attributes:
+        address(str): address of the web service
+    """
+
+    address: str
+
+    @cached_property
+    def session(self) -> requests.Session:
+        """
+        get or create session
+
+        Returns:
+            request.Session: created session object
+        """
+        if urlparse(self.address).scheme == "http+unix":
+            import requests_unixsocket  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+            session: requests.Session = requests_unixsocket.Session()
+            session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{__version__}"
+            return session
+
+        session = requests.Session()
+        session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{__version__}"
+        self._login(session)
+
+        return session
+
+    def _login(self, session: requests.Session) -> None:
+        """
+        process login to the service
+
+        Args:
+            session(requests.Session): request session to login
+        """
+        if self.auth is None:
+            return  # no auth configured
+
+        username, password = self.auth
+        payload = {
+            "username": username,
+            "password": password,
+        }
+        with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+            self.make_request("POST", self._login_url(), json=payload, session=session)
+
+    def _login_url(self) -> str:
+        """
+        get url for the login api
+
+        Returns:
+            str: full url for web service to log in
+        """
+        return f"{self.address}/api/v1/login"
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
index a5683c06..0978fdc8 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
@@ -19,14 +19,11 @@
 #
 import contextlib
 import logging
-import requests
 
-from functools import cached_property
-from urllib.parse import quote_plus as urlencode, urlparse
+from urllib.parse import quote_plus as urlencode
 
-from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
-from ahriman.core.http import SyncHttpClient
+from ahriman.core.http import SyncAhrimanClient
 from ahriman.core.status.client import Client
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus, BuildStatusEnum
 from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
@@ -35,12 +32,11 @@ from ahriman.models.package import Package
 from ahriman.models.repository_id import RepositoryId
 
 
-class WebClient(Client, SyncHttpClient):
+class WebClient(Client, SyncAhrimanClient):
     """
     build status reporter web client
 
     Attributes:
-        address(str): address of the web service
         repository_id(RepositoryId): repository unique identifier
     """
 
@@ -56,30 +52,10 @@ class WebClient(Client, SyncHttpClient):
         suppress_errors = configuration.getboolean(  # read old-style first and then fallback to new style
             "settings", "suppress_http_log_errors",
             fallback=configuration.getboolean("status", "suppress_http_log_errors", fallback=False))
-        SyncHttpClient.__init__(self, configuration, section, suppress_errors=suppress_errors)
+        SyncAhrimanClient.__init__(self, configuration, section, suppress_errors=suppress_errors)
 
         self.repository_id = repository_id
 
-    @cached_property
-    def session(self) -> requests.Session:
-        """
-        get or create session
-
-        Returns:
-            request.Session: created session object
-        """
-        if urlparse(self.address).scheme == "http+unix":
-            import requests_unixsocket  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
-            session: requests.Session = requests_unixsocket.Session()
-            session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{__version__}"
-            return session
-
-        session = requests.Session()
-        session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{__version__}"
-        self._login(session)
-
-        return session
-
     @staticmethod
     def parse_address(configuration: Configuration) -> tuple[str, str]:
         """
@@ -107,33 +83,6 @@ class WebClient(Client, SyncHttpClient):
             address = f"http://{host}:{port}"
         return "web", address
 
-    def _login(self, session: requests.Session) -> None:
-        """
-        process login to the service
-
-        Args:
-            session(requests.Session): request session to login
-        """
-        if self.auth is None:
-            return  # no auth configured
-
-        username, password = self.auth
-        payload = {
-            "username": username,
-            "password": password,
-        }
-        with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
-            self.make_request("POST", self._login_url(), json=payload, session=session)
-
-    def _login_url(self) -> str:
-        """
-        get url for the login api
-
-        Returns:
-            str: full url for web service to log in
-        """
-        return f"{self.address}/api/v1/login"
-
     def _logs_url(self, package_base: str) -> str:
         """
         get url for the logs api
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/http/conftest.py b/tests/ahriman/core/http/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16ef43df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/http/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import pytest
+
+from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
+from ahriman.core.http import SyncAhrimanClient
+from ahriman.core.status.web_client import WebClient
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def ahriman_client(configuration: Configuration) -> SyncAhrimanClient:
+    """
+    ahriman web client fixture
+
+    Args:
+        configuration(Configuration): configuration fixture
+
+    Returns:
+        SyncAhrimanClient: ahriman web client test instance
+    """
+    configuration.set("web", "port", "8080")
+    _, repository_id = configuration.check_loaded()
+    return WebClient(repository_id, configuration)
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/http/test_sync_ahriman_client.py b/tests/ahriman/core/http/test_sync_ahriman_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a83bcac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/http/test_sync_ahriman_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import pytest
+import requests
+import requests_unixsocket
+
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
+from ahriman.core.http import SyncAhrimanClient
+from ahriman.models.user import User
+
+
+def test_session(ahriman_client: SyncAhrimanClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must create normal requests session
+    """
+    login_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.http.SyncAhrimanClient._login")
+
+    assert isinstance(ahriman_client.session, requests.Session)
+    assert not isinstance(ahriman_client.session, requests_unixsocket.Session)
+    login_mock.assert_called_once_with(pytest.helpers.anyvar(int))
+
+
+def test_session_unix_socket(ahriman_client: SyncAhrimanClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must create unix socket session
+    """
+    login_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.http.SyncAhrimanClient._login")
+    ahriman_client.address = "http+unix://path"
+
+    assert isinstance(ahriman_client.session, requests_unixsocket.Session)
+    login_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_login(ahriman_client: SyncAhrimanClient, user: User, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must login user
+    """
+    ahriman_client.auth = (user.username, user.password)
+    requests_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.http.SyncAhrimanClient.make_request")
+    payload = {
+        "username": user.username,
+        "password": user.password
+    }
+    session = requests.Session()
+
+    ahriman_client._login(session)
+    requests_mock.assert_called_once_with("POST", pytest.helpers.anyvar(str, True), json=payload, session=session)
+
+
+def test_login_failed(ahriman_client: SyncAhrimanClient, user: User, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must suppress any exception happened during login
+    """
+    ahriman_client.user = user
+    mocker.patch("requests.Session.request", side_effect=Exception())
+    ahriman_client._login(requests.Session())
+
+
+def test_login_failed_http_error(ahriman_client: SyncAhrimanClient, user: User, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must suppress HTTP exception happened during login
+    """
+    ahriman_client.user = user
+    mocker.patch("requests.Session.request", side_effect=requests.HTTPError())
+    ahriman_client._login(requests.Session())
+
+
+def test_login_skip(ahriman_client: SyncAhrimanClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must skip login if no user set
+    """
+    requests_mock = mocker.patch("requests.Session.request")
+    ahriman_client._login(requests.Session())
+    requests_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_login_url(ahriman_client: SyncAhrimanClient) -> None:
+    """
+    must generate login url correctly
+    """
+    assert ahriman_client._login_url().startswith(ahriman_client.address)
+    assert ahriman_client._login_url().endswith("/api/v1/login")
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py b/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py
index 0c5fcdff..08cb0f4f 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import json
 import logging
 import pytest
 import requests
-import requests_unixsocket
 
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
@@ -12,29 +11,6 @@ from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus, BuildStatusEnum
 from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
 from ahriman.models.log_record_id import LogRecordId
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
-from ahriman.models.user import User
-
-
-def test_session(web_client: WebClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    """
-    must create normal requests session
-    """
-    login_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.status.web_client.WebClient._login")
-
-    assert isinstance(web_client.session, requests.Session)
-    assert not isinstance(web_client.session, requests_unixsocket.Session)
-    login_mock.assert_called_once_with(pytest.helpers.anyvar(int))
-
-
-def test_session_unix_socket(web_client: WebClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    """
-    must create unix socket session
-    """
-    login_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.status.web_client.WebClient._login")
-    web_client.address = "http+unix://path"
-
-    assert isinstance(web_client.session, requests_unixsocket.Session)
-    login_mock.assert_not_called()
 
 
 def test_parse_address(configuration: Configuration) -> None:
@@ -55,57 +31,6 @@ def test_parse_address(configuration: Configuration) -> None:
     assert WebClient.parse_address(configuration) == ("status", "http://localhost:8082")
 
 
-def test_login(web_client: WebClient, user: User, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    """
-    must login user
-    """
-    web_client.auth = (user.username, user.password)
-    requests_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.status.web_client.WebClient.make_request")
-    payload = {
-        "username": user.username,
-        "password": user.password
-    }
-    session = requests.Session()
-
-    web_client._login(session)
-    requests_mock.assert_called_once_with("POST", pytest.helpers.anyvar(str, True), json=payload, session=session)
-
-
-def test_login_failed(web_client: WebClient, user: User, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    """
-    must suppress any exception happened during login
-    """
-    web_client.user = user
-    mocker.patch("requests.Session.request", side_effect=Exception())
-    web_client._login(requests.Session())
-
-
-def test_login_failed_http_error(web_client: WebClient, user: User, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    """
-    must suppress HTTP exception happened during login
-    """
-    web_client.user = user
-    mocker.patch("requests.Session.request", side_effect=requests.HTTPError())
-    web_client._login(requests.Session())
-
-
-def test_login_skip(web_client: WebClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    """
-    must skip login if no user set
-    """
-    requests_mock = mocker.patch("requests.Session.request")
-    web_client._login(requests.Session())
-    requests_mock.assert_not_called()
-
-
-def test_login_url(web_client: WebClient) -> None:
-    """
-    must generate login url correctly
-    """
-    assert web_client._login_url().startswith(web_client.address)
-    assert web_client._login_url().endswith("/api/v1/login")
-
-
 def test_status_url(web_client: WebClient) -> None:
     """
     must generate package status url correctly
@@ -377,11 +302,13 @@ def test_status_update(web_client: WebClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     requests_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.status.web_client.WebClient.make_request")
 
     web_client.status_update(BuildStatusEnum.Unknown)
-    requests_mock.assert_called_once_with("POST", pytest.helpers.anyvar(str, True),
-                                          params=web_client.repository_id.query(),
-                                          json={
-                                              "status": BuildStatusEnum.Unknown.value,
-    })
+    requests_mock.assert_called_once_with(
+        "POST", pytest.helpers.anyvar(str, True),
+        params=web_client.repository_id.query(),
+        json={
+            "status": BuildStatusEnum.Unknown.value,
+        }
+    )
 
 
 def test_status_update_self_failed(web_client: WebClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None: