Megatest

		(payload (list status errmsg result meta)))
	   (set! *api-process-request-count* (- *api-process-request-count* 1))
	   ;; (serialize payload)
	   (api:unregister-thread (current-thread))
	   payload))
	(else
	 (assert #f "FATAL: failed to deserialize indat "indat))))))
       

(define *api-halt-writes* #f)

(define (api:dispatch-request dbstruct cmd run-id params)
  (if (not *no-sync-db*)
      (db:open-no-sync-db))
  (if (member cmd api:write-queries)
      (let loop ((start-time (current-milliseconds)))
	(if *api-halt-writes*
	    (begin
	      (thread-sleep! 0.2)
	      (if (< (- (current-milliseconds) start-time)
		     5000) ;; hope it don't take more than five seconds to sync
		  (loop start-time)
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: writes halted for more than 5 seconds, sync might be taking too long"))))))
  (case cmd
    ;;===============================================
    ;; READ/WRITE QUERIES
    ;;===============================================

    ((get-keys-write)                        (db:get-keys dbstruct)) ;; force a dummy "write" query to force server; for debug in -repl
    
    ;; SERVERS
    ((start-server)                    (apply server:kind-run params))
    ((start-server)                    (apply tt:server-process-run params))
    ((kill-server)                     (set! *server-run* #f))

    ;; TESTS

    ;;((test-set-state-status-by-id)     (apply mt:test-set-state-status-by-id dbstruct params))
    ;;BB - commented out above because it was calling below, eventually, incorrectly (dbstruct passed to mt:test-set-state-status-by-id, which previosly did more, but now only passes thru to db:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items.
    ((test-set-state-status-by-id)