Megatest

    (if (> (- currtime lasttime) waitval)
	(begin
	  (hash-table-set! *runs:denoise* key currtime)
	  #t)
	#f)))

(define *too-soon-delays* (make-hash-table))
(define *last-test-launch* 0)

;; to-soon delay, when matching event happened in less than dseconds delay wseconds
;;
(define (runs:too-soon-delay key dseconds wseconds)
  (let* ((last-time (hash-table-ref/default *too-soon-delays* key #f)))
    (if (and (> (- (current-seconds) *last-test-launch*) 5) ;; be aggressive for five seconds after starting a test
    (if (and last-time
	     last-time
	     (< (- (current-seconds) last-time) dseconds))
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "Whoa, slow down there ... "key" has been too recently seen.")
	  (thread-sleep! wseconds)))
    (hash-table-set! *too-soon-delays* key (current-seconds))))

(define (runs:can-run-more-tests runsdat run-id jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs)

		    (not (member 'exclusive testmode)))))
      ;; (hash-table-delete! *max-tries-hash* (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path))
      ;; we are going to reset all the counters for test retries by setting a new hash table
      ;; this means they will increment only when nothing can be run
      (set! *max-tries-hash* (make-hash-table))
      
      (run:test run-id run-info keyvals runname test-record flags #f test-registry all-tests-registry runsdat testdat)
      (set! *last-test-launch* (current-seconds))
      (runs:incremental-print-results run-id)
      (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path) 'running)
      (runs:shrink-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat)  ;; DELAY TWEAKER (still needed?)
      ;; (thread-sleep! *global-delta*)
      (if (or (not (null? tal))(not (null? reg)))
	  (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns) ;; hed should be dropped at this time
	  #f))