Megatest

     ;;DOT CASE4 -> "rmt:send-receive";
     ;; reset the connection if it has been unused too long
     ((and runremote
           (remote-conndat runremote)
	   (let ((expire-time (+ (- start-time (remote-server-timeout runremote))(random 10)))) ;; Subtract or add the random value? Seems like it should be substract but Neither fixes the "WARNING: failure in with-input-from-request to #<request>.\n message: Server closed connection before sending response"
	     (< (http-transport:server-dat-get-last-access (remote-conndat runremote)) expire-time)))
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Connection to " (remote-server-url runremote) " expired due to no accesses, forcing new connection.")
      (let ((old-conn (remote-conndat runremote)))
	(handle-exceptions
	    exn
	    (begin
	      (print-call-chain *default-log-port*)
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " closing connection failed with error: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
	  (http-transport:close-connections area-dat: runremote)))
      (http-transport:close-connections area-dat: runremote)
      (remote-conndat-set! runremote #f) ;; invalidate the connection, thus forcing a new connection.
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))

     ;;DOT CASE5 [label="local\nread"];
     ;;DOT MUTEXLOCK -> CASE5 [label="server not required,\non homehost,\nread-only query"]; {rank=same "case 5" CASE5};
     ;;DOT CASE5 -> "rmt:open-qry-close-locally";

	(if success ;; success only tells us that the transport was successful, have to examine the data to see if there was a detected issue at the other end
	    (if (and (vector? res)
		     (eq? (vector-length res) 2)
		     (eq? (vector-ref res 1) 'overloaded)) ;; since we are looking at the data to carry the error we'll use a fairly obtuse combo to minimise the chances of some sort of collision.
		(let ((wait-delay (+ attemptnum (* attemptnum 10))))
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: server is overloaded. Delaying " wait-delay " seconds and trying call again.")
		  (mutex-lock! *rmt-mutex*)
		  (http-transport:close-connections area-dat: runremote)
		  (set! *runremote* #f) ;; force starting over
		  (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
		  (thread-sleep! wait-delay)
		  (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: (+ attemptnum 1)))
		res) ;; All good, return res
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: communication failed. Trying again, try num: " attemptnum)
	      (remote-conndat-set!    runremote #f)
	      (http-transport:close-connections area-dat: runremote)
	      (remote-server-url-set! runremote #f)
	      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  9.1")
	      (if (not (server:check-if-running *toppath*))
		  (server:start-and-wait *toppath*))
	      ;; (if (not (server:check-if-running *toppath*))
	      ;; 	  (server:start-and-wait *toppath*))
	      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: (+ attemptnum 1)))))))))

    ;;DOT }
    
;; (define (rmt:update-db-stats run-id rawcmd params duration)
;;   (mutex-lock! *db-stats-mutex*)
;;   (handle-exceptions