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+/** *******************************************************************
+ * copyright (c) 2020-2026 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made
+ * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+import { ViewSection } from 'monaco-page-objects';
+import { ProjectAndFileTests } from '../../tests-library/ProjectAndFileTests';
+import { CLASSES, TYPES } from '../../configs/inversify.types';
+import { e2eContainer } from '../../configs/inversify.config';
+import { WorkspaceHandlingTests } from '../../tests-library/WorkspaceHandlingTests';
+import { registerRunningWorkspace } from '../MochaHooks';
+import { LoginTests } from '../../tests-library/LoginTests';
+import { BrowserTabsUtil } from '../../utils/BrowserTabsUtil';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { KubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor } from '../../utils/KubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor';
+import { ShellString } from 'shelljs';
+import { BASE_TEST_CONSTANTS } from '../../constants/BASE_TEST_CONSTANTS';
+import { ITestWorkspaceUtil } from '../../utils/workspace/ITestWorkspaceUtil';
+import { Dashboard } from '../../pageobjects/dashboard/Dashboard';
+import { FACTORY_TEST_CONSTANTS } from '../../constants/FACTORY_TEST_CONSTANTS';
+import { ShellExecutor } from '../../utils/ShellExecutor';
+
+suite(`Test image build with persistUserHome enabled (kubedock and podman) ${BASE_TEST_CONSTANTS.TEST_ENVIRONMENT}`, function (): void {
+	const projectAndFileTests: ProjectAndFileTests = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.ProjectAndFileTests);
+	const workspaceHandlingTests: WorkspaceHandlingTests = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.WorkspaceHandlingTests);
+	const loginTests: LoginTests = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.LoginTests);
+	const browserTabsUtil: BrowserTabsUtil = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.BrowserTabsUtil);
+	const testWorkspaceUtil: ITestWorkspaceUtil = e2eContainer.get(TYPES.WorkspaceUtil);
+	const dashboard: Dashboard = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.Dashboard);
+	const shellExecutor: ShellExecutor = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.ShellExecutor);
+	const kubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor: KubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor = e2eContainer.get(
+		CLASSES.KubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor
+	);
+
+	let workspaceName: string = '';
+	let defaultPersistentHomeValue: boolean = false;
+	const cheClusterName: string = 'devspaces';
+
+	const testScript: string =
+		'# Enable Kubedock\n' +
+		'export KUBEDOCK_ENABLED=true\n' +
+		'echo KUBEDOCK_ENABLED\n' +
+		'/entrypoint.sh\n' +
+		'cd $PROJECT_SOURCE\n' +
+		'export ARCH=$(uname -m)\n' +
+		'export DATE=$(date +"%m%d%y")\n' +
+		'export USER=$(oc whoami)\n' +
+		'export TKN=$(oc whoami -t)\n' +
+		'export REG="image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000"\n' +
+		'export PROJECT=$(oc project -q)\n' +
+		'export IMG="${REG}/${PROJECT}/hello:${DATE}"\n' +
+		'podman login --tls-verify=false --username ${USER} --password ${TKN} ${REG}\n' +
+		'podman build -t ${IMG} -f Dockerfile.${ARCH}\n' +
+		'podman push --tls-verify=false ${IMG}\n';
+
+	const runTestScript: string =
+		'# Enable Kubedock\n' +
+		'export KUBEDOCK_ENABLED=true\n' +
+		'echo KUBEDOCK_ENABLED\n' +
+		'/entrypoint.sh\n' +
+		'export DATE=$(date +"%m%d%y")\n' +
+		'export USER=$(oc whoami)\n' +
+		'export TKN=$(oc whoami -t)\n' +
+		'export REG="image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000"\n' +
+		'export PROJECT=$(oc project -q)\n' +
+		'export IMG="${REG}/${PROJECT}/hello:${DATE}"\n' +
+		'podman login --tls-verify=false --username ${USER} --password ${TKN} ${REG}\n' +
+		'podman run --rm ${IMG}';
+
+	const factoryUrl: string = BASE_TEST_CONSTANTS.IS_CLUSTER_DISCONNECTED()
+		? FACTORY_TEST_CONSTANTS.TS_SELENIUM_AIRGAP_FACTORY_GIT_REPO_URL ||
+			'https://gh.crw-qe.com/test-automation-only/dockerfile-hello-world'
+		: FACTORY_TEST_CONSTANTS.TS_SELENIUM_FACTORY_GIT_REPO_URL || 'https://github.com/crw-qe/dockerfile-hello-world';
+
+	suiteSetup(function (): void {
+		kubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor.loginToOcp();
+		shellExecutor.executeCommand('oc project openshift-devspaces');
+
+		// get current value of spec.devEnvironments.persistUserHome.enabled
+		const currentValue: string = shellExecutor
+			.executeCommand(`oc get checluster/${cheClusterName} -o "jsonpath={.spec.devEnvironments.persistUserHome.enabled}"`)
+			.stdout.trim();
+		defaultPersistentHomeValue = currentValue === 'true';
+
+		// set spec.devEnvironments.persistUserHome.enabled to true
+		shellExecutor.executeCommand(
+			`oc patch checluster ${cheClusterName} --type=merge ` +
+				'-p \'{"spec":{"devEnvironments":{"persistUserHome":{"enabled": true}}}}\''
+		);
+	});
+
+	suiteSetup('Login', async function (): Promise<void> {
+		await loginTests.loginIntoChe();
+	});
+
+	test(`Create and open new workspace from factory:${factoryUrl}`, async function (): Promise<void> {
+		await workspaceHandlingTests.createAndOpenWorkspaceFromGitRepository(factoryUrl);
+	});
+
+	test('Obtain workspace name from workspace loader page', async function (): Promise<void> {
+		await workspaceHandlingTests.obtainWorkspaceNameFromStartingPage();
+		workspaceName = WorkspaceHandlingTests.getWorkspaceName();
+		expect(workspaceName, 'Workspace name was not fetched from the loading page').not.undefined;
+	});
+
+	test('Register running workspace', function (): void {
+		registerRunningWorkspace(workspaceName);
+	});
+
+	test('Wait workspace readiness', async function (): Promise<void> {
+		await projectAndFileTests.waitWorkspaceReadinessForCheCodeEditor();
+	});
+
+	test('Check the project files were imported', async function (): Promise<void> {
+		const projectSection: ViewSection = await projectAndFileTests.getProjectViewSession();
+		expect(await projectAndFileTests.getProjectTreeItem(projectSection, 'Dockerfile.ppc64le'), 'Files not imported').not.undefined;
+	});
+
+	test('Create and check container runs using kubedock and podman with persistUserHome', function (): void {
+		kubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor.workspaceName = workspaceName;
+		kubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor.loginToOcp();
+		kubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor.getPodAndContainerNames();
+		const output: ShellString = kubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor.execInContainerCommand(testScript);
+		expect(output, 'Podman test script failed').contains('Successfully tagged');
+		const runOutput: ShellString = kubernetesCommandLineToolsExecutor.execInContainerCommand(runTestScript);
+		expect(runOutput, 'Podman test script failed').contains('Hello from Kubedock!');
+	});
+
+	suiteTeardown(function (): void {
+		// restore spec.devEnvironments.persistUserHome.enabled to original value
+		shellExecutor.executeCommand(
+			`oc patch checluster ${cheClusterName} --type=merge ` +
+				`-p '{"spec":{"devEnvironments":{"persistUserHome":{"enabled": ${defaultPersistentHomeValue}}}}}'`
+		);
+	});
+
+	suiteTeardown('Stop and delete the workspace by API', async function (): Promise<void> {
+		await dashboard.openDashboard();
+		await browserTabsUtil.closeAllTabsExceptCurrent();
+		await testWorkspaceUtil.stopAndDeleteWorkspaceByName(WorkspaceHandlingTests.getWorkspaceName());
+	});
+
+	suiteTeardown('Unregister running workspace', function (): void {
+		registerRunningWorkspace('');
+	});
+});