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+import subprocess
+from contextlib import closing
+
+import psycopg2.extras
+import pytest
+from fixtures.log_helper import log
+from fixtures.neon_fixtures import NeonEnvBuilder, PgBin, PortDistributor
+from fixtures.neon_fixtures import pg_distrib_dir
+import os
+from fixtures.utils import mkdir_if_needed
+import shutil
+import getpass
+import pwd
+
+num_rows = 100
+
+
+# Ensure that regular postgres can start from fullbackup
+def test_fullbackup(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder,
+                    pg_bin: PgBin,
+                    port_distributor: PortDistributor):
+
+    neon_env_builder.num_safekeepers = 1
+    env = neon_env_builder.init_start()
+
+    env.neon_cli.create_branch('test_fullbackup')
+    pgmain = env.postgres.create_start('test_fullbackup')
+    log.info("postgres is running on 'test_fullbackup' branch")
+
+    uid = pwd.getpwnam("anastasia").pw_uid
+    log.info(f"{getpass.getuser()}")
+
+    main_pg_conn = pgmain.connect()
+    main_cur = main_pg_conn.cursor()
+
+    main_cur.execute("SHOW neon.timeline_id")
+    timeline = main_cur.fetchone()[0]
+
+    with closing(pgmain.connect()) as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as cur:
+
+            cur.execute('CREATE TABLE tbl(i integer);')
+            cur.execute(f"INSERT INTO tbl SELECT generate_series(1,{num_rows})")
+            cur.execute("CHECKPOINT")
+
+            cur.execute('SELECT pg_current_wal_insert_lsn()')
+            lsn = cur.fetchone()[0]
+            log.info(f"start_backup_lsn = {lsn}")
+
+            cur.execute('select rolname from pg_roles;')
+            log.info(f"{cur.fetchall()}")
+
+    psql_path = os.path.join(pg_bin.pg_bin_path, 'psql')
+    restored_dir_path = os.path.join(env.repo_dir, "restored_datadir")
+    restored_conf_path = os.path.join(restored_dir_path, "postgresql.conf")
+
+    vanilla_dir_path = os.path.join(env.repo_dir, "vanilla_datadir")
+
+    mkdir_if_needed(restored_dir_path)
+
+    cmd = rf"""
+        {psql_path}                                    \
+            --no-psqlrc                                \
+            postgres://localhost:{env.pageserver.service_port.pg}  \
+            -c 'fullbackup {env.initial_tenant.hex} {timeline} {lsn}'  \
+         | tar -x -C {restored_dir_path}
+    """
+
+    log.info(f"Running command: {cmd}")
+
+    # Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the env properly, otherwise we may use the wrong libpq.
+    # PgBin sets it automatically, but here we need to pipe psql output to the tar command.
+    psql_env = {'LD_LIBRARY_PATH': os.path.join(str(pg_distrib_dir), 'lib')}
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, env=psql_env, capture_output=True, text=True, shell=True)
+
+    # Print captured stdout/stderr if fullbackup cmd failed.
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        log.error('fullbackup shell command failed with:')
+        log.error(result.stdout)
+        log.error(result.stderr)
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+
+    port = port_distributor.get_port()
+    with open(restored_conf_path, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(f"port={port}")
+
+    os.chown(restored_dir_path, uid, -1)
+    os.chmod(restored_dir_path, 0o750)
+
+    pg_resetwal_path = os.path.join(pg_bin.pg_bin_path, 'pg_resetwal')
+    cmd = rf"""{pg_resetwal_path} -D {restored_dir_path}"""
+    log.info(f"Running command: {cmd}")
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, env=psql_env, capture_output=True, text=True, shell=True)
+
+    pg_ctl_path = os.path.join(pg_bin.pg_bin_path, 'pg_ctl')
+    restored_dir_logfile = os.path.join(env.repo_dir, "logfile_restored_datadir")
+    cmd = rf"""{pg_ctl_path} start -D {restored_dir_path} -o '-p {port}' -l {restored_dir_logfile}"""
+    log.info(f"Running command: {cmd}")
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, env=psql_env, capture_output=True, text=True, shell=True)
+
+    # Print captured stdout/stderr if fullbackup cmd failed.
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        log.error('pg_ctl shell command failed with:')
+        log.error(result.stdout)
+        log.error(result.stderr)
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+
+    with psycopg2.connect(dbname="postgres", user="cloud_admin", host='localhost',
+                          port=f"{port}") as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute('select count(*) from tbl;')
+            assert cur.fetchone()[0] == num_rows
+
+    cmd = rf"""{pg_ctl_path} stop -D {restored_dir_path} -o '-p {port}' -l {restored_dir_logfile}"""
+    log.info(f"Running command: {cmd}")
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, env=psql_env, capture_output=True, text=True, shell=True)