diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/gr-app-global-var-init.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/gr-app-global-var-init.ts
index da9c0c9..d66fec0 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/gr-app-global-var-init.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/gr-app-global-var-init.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,27 @@
 import {GrAnnotation} from '../embed/diff/gr-diff-highlight/gr-annotation';
 import {GrPluginActionContext} from './shared/gr-js-api-interface/gr-plugin-action-context';
 import {AppContext, injectAppContext} from '../services/app-context';
-import {Finalizable} from '../services/registry';
 import {PluginLoader} from './shared/gr-js-api-interface/gr-plugin-loader';
+import {
+  initVisibilityReporter,
+  initPerformanceReporter,
+  initErrorReporter,
+  initWebVitals,
+} from '../services/gr-reporting/gr-reporting_impl';
+import {Finalizable} from '../services/registry';
 
-export function initGlobalVariables(appContext: AppContext & Finalizable) {
+export function initGlobalVariables(
+  appContext: AppContext & Finalizable,
+  initializeReporting: boolean
+) {
   injectAppContext(appContext);
+  if (initializeReporting) {
+    const reportingService = appContext.reportingService;
+    initVisibilityReporter(reportingService);
+    initPerformanceReporter(reportingService);
+    initWebVitals(reportingService);
+    initErrorReporter(reportingService);
+  }
   window.GrAnnotation = GrAnnotation;
   window.GrPluginActionContext = GrPluginActionContext;
 }
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/gr-app.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/gr-app.ts
index 645f94a..ded0626 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/gr-app.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/gr-app.ts
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@
   createAppDependencies,
   Creator,
 } from '../services/app-context-init';
-import {
-  initVisibilityReporter,
-  initPerformanceReporter,
-  initErrorReporter,
-  initWebVitals,
-} from '../services/gr-reporting/gr-reporting_impl';
 import {html, LitElement} from 'lit';
 import {customElement} from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import {
@@ -50,14 +44,9 @@
   serviceWorkerInstallerToken,
 } from '../services/service-worker-installer';
 import {pluginLoaderToken} from './shared/gr-js-api-interface/gr-plugin-loader';
+import {getAppContext} from '../services/app-context';
 
-const appContext = createAppContext();
-initGlobalVariables(appContext);
-const reportingService = appContext.reportingService;
-initVisibilityReporter(reportingService);
-initPerformanceReporter(reportingService);
-initWebVitals(reportingService);
-initErrorReporter(reportingService);
+initGlobalVariables(createAppContext(), true);
 
 installPolymerResin(safeTypesBridge);
 
@@ -97,7 +86,7 @@
     };
 
     for (const [token, creator] of createAppDependencies(
-      appContext,
+      getAppContext(),
       resolver
     )) {
       injectDependency(token, creator);
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/test/common-test-setup.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/test/common-test-setup.ts
index aed58d8..365bb16 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/test/common-test-setup.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/test/common-test-setup.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // TODO(dmfilippov): remove bundled-polymer.js imports when the following issue
 // https://github.com/Polymer/polymer-resin/issues/9 is resolved.
 import '../scripts/bundled-polymer';
-import {AppContext} from '../services/app-context';
+import {getAppContext} from '../services/app-context';
 import {Finalizable} from '../services/registry';
 import {
   createTestAppContext,
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 });
 
 let testSetupTimestampMs = 0;
-let appContext: AppContext & Finalizable;
 
 const injectedDependencies: Map<
   DependencyToken<unknown>,
@@ -101,11 +100,10 @@
   // If the following asserts fails - then window.stub is
   // overwritten by some other code.
   assert.equal(getCleanupsCount(), 0);
-  appContext = createTestAppContext();
-  initGlobalVariables(appContext);
+  initGlobalVariables(createTestAppContext(), false);
 
-  finalizers.push(appContext);
-  const dependencies = createTestDependencies(appContext, testResolver);
+  finalizers.push(getAppContext());
+  const dependencies = createTestDependencies(getAppContext(), testResolver);
   for (const [token, provider] of dependencies) {
     injectDependency(token, provider);
   }
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@
   // `awaitPluginsLoaded` will rely on that to kick off,
   // in testing, we want to kick start this earlier.
   testResolver(pluginLoaderToken).loadPlugins([]);
-  testOnlyResetGrRestApiSharedObjects(appContext.authService);
+  testOnlyResetGrRestApiSharedObjects(getAppContext().authService);
 });
 
 export function removeRequestDependencyListener() {