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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import contextlib
+import os
+import random
+import subprocess as sp
+import textwrap
+
+import pytest
+
+STAGE_NAME = "org.osbuild.coreos.live-artifacts.mono"
+
+
+def test_get_os_features(tmp_path, stage_module):
+    cfg_path = tmp_path / "usr/share/coreos-installer/example-config.yaml"
+    cfg_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    cfg_path.write_text(textwrap.dedent("""\
+    # Fedora CoreOS stream
+    stream: name
+    # Manually specify the image URL
+    image-url: URL
+    """))
+    features = stage_module.get_os_features(tmp_path)
+    assert {
+        "installer-config": True,
+        "installer-config-directives": {
+            "stream": True,
+            "image-url": True,
+        },
+        "live-initrd-network": True,
+    } == features
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_case", [
+    {"orig_size": 0, "exp_size": 0},
+    {"orig_size": 1, "exp_size": 4},
+    {"orig_size": 2, "exp_size": 4},
+    {"orig_size": 3, "exp_size": 4},
+    {"orig_size": 4, "exp_size": 4},
+    {"orig_size": 10938, "exp_size": 10940},
+])
+def test_align_initrd(tmp_path, stage_module, test_case):
+    dest_file = tmp_path / "rootfs.img"
+    dest_file.touch()
+
+    os.truncate(dest_file, test_case["orig_size"])
+    stage_module.align_initrd_for_uncompressed_append(dest_file.open(mode="ab"))
+    assert dest_file.stat().st_size == test_case["exp_size"]
+
+    with dest_file.open(mode="rb") as fp:
+        fp.seek(test_case["orig_size"])
+        padding_size = test_case["exp_size"] - test_case["orig_size"]
+        padding = fp.read(padding_size)
+    assert padding == b'\0' * padding_size
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_case", [
+    {"treefiles": ["file_b", "file_c", "file_1"], "compress": False},
+    {"treefiles": ["file_b", "file_c", "root.squashfs", "file_1"], "compress": False},
+    {"treefiles": ["file_b", "file_c", "file_1"], "compress": True},
+    {"treefiles": ["file_b", "file_c", "root.squashfs", "file_1"], "compress": True},
+])
+def test_extend_initramfs(tmp_path, stage_module, test_case):
+    img_path = tmp_path / "img"
+    img_path.mkdir()
+    dst = img_path / "dst.img"
+    dst.touch()
+
+    tree = tmp_path / "tree"
+    tree.mkdir()
+    treefiles = test_case["treefiles"]
+    for fname in treefiles:
+        (tree / fname).touch()
+
+    stage_module.extend_initramfs(dst, tree, compress=test_case["compress"])
+
+    if test_case["compress"]:
+        # if we compressed, append .gz to the filename and let gunzip remove it when decompressing
+        gz_name = str(dst) + ".gz"
+        dst.rename(gz_name)
+        sp.run(["gunzip", gz_name], check=True)
+
+    output = sp.check_output(["cpio", "-i", "-t", "--file", dst])
+    files_in_archive = output.decode().strip().split("\n")
+
+    # check that all the elements match, regardless of order
+    assert sorted(treefiles) == sorted(files_in_archive)
+    if "root.squashfs" in treefiles:
+        # root.squashfs must be first
+        assert files_in_archive[0] == "root.squashfs"
+
+
+def test_make_stream_hash(tmp_path, stage_module):
+    src = tmp_path / "src"
+    dst = tmp_path / "dst"
+
+    with src.open(mode="wb") as src_file:
+        # repeat enough times to require multiple buffers (bufsize == 2097152)
+        src_file.write(b"TNdUoOTJgTAfeNYl9anmDpo8CxphoMaAoEESZWdwj45RZXNTHv7Fwsj5" * 100_000)
+
+    stage_module.make_stream_hash(src, dst)
+    with dst.open("r") as dst_file:
+        stream_hash = dst_file.read()
+
+    hashes = [
+        "6f50ae3331d2d010465b42292e82e53dcc24548ef317eee80e71f657f56995d3",
+        "d4170e95e324afa6b687a8cb45144e1edf75e3ac6b2c63e12dc31884b0bbfd01",
+        "2f3599a36686b38dea4937c8c2dccd00574d03e0cba07e03e791f07c8f06bff1",
+    ]
+    assert stream_hash.strip().split("\n") == [
+        "stream-hash sha256 2097152",
+        *hashes,
+    ]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.getuid() != 0, reason="needs root")
+def test_make_efi_bootfile(tmp_path, stage_module):
+
+    tar_files_path = tmp_path / "tar_files"
+    tar_files_path.mkdir()
+
+    tar_files = []
+
+    for fnum in range(99):
+        name = f"rand_file_{fnum:02d}.bin"
+        rand_file = tar_files_path / name
+        filesize = random.randrange(100, 500)
+        rand_file.write_bytes(random.getrandbits(filesize * 8).to_bytes(filesize, 'little'))
+        tar_files.append(rand_file.relative_to(tar_files_path))
+
+    input_tarball = tmp_path / "files.tar"
+    sp.check_call(["tar", "-C", tar_files_path, "-cf", input_tarball, "."])
+
+    output_efiboot_img = tmp_path / "efiboot.img"
+
+    class TestLoopClient:
+        """
+        Implements only the device() context manager method from the remoteloop.LoopClient class that is used in the
+        make_efi_bootfile() function.
+        """
+
+        @contextlib.contextmanager
+        def device(self, path):
+            output = sp.check_output(["losetup", "--find", "--show", path])
+            device = output.strip()
+            yield device
+            sp.check_call(["losetup", "--detach", device])
+
+    mountpoint = tmp_path / "mnt"
+    mountpoint.mkdir()
+    loop_client = TestLoopClient()
+    stage_module.make_efi_bootfile(loop_client, input_tarball, output_efiboot_img)
+
+    with loop_client.device(output_efiboot_img) as loopdev:
+        try:
+            sp.check_call(["mount", "-o", "utf8", loopdev, mountpoint])
+            files_in_image = []
+            for f in mountpoint.iterdir():
+                files_in_image.append(f.relative_to(mountpoint))
+        finally:
+            sp.check_call(["umount", loopdev])
+
+    assert sorted(files_in_image) == sorted(tar_files)