Megatest

	 (deferred          '()) ;; delay running these since they have a waiton clause
	 (runconfigf         (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config"))
	 (required-tests    '())
	 (test-records       (make-hash-table))
	 (all-tests-registry (tests:get-all)) ;; (tests:get-valid-tests (make-hash-table) test-search-path)) ;; all valid tests to check waiton names
	 (all-test-names     (hash-table-keys all-tests-registry))
	 (test-names         (tests:filter-test-names all-test-names test-patts)))
    ;; Update the synchronous setting in the db based on the default or what is set by the user
    (cdb:remote-run db:set-sync #f)

    (set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
    (if (file-exists? runconfigf)
	(setup-env-defaults runconfigf run-id *already-seen-runconfig-info* keyvals "pre-launch-env-vars")
	(debug:print 0 "WARNING: You do not have a run config file: " runconfigf))
    
    ;; look up all tests matching the comma separated list of globs in
    ;; test-patts (using % as wildcard)

	  ;; get stuck due to becoming inaccessible from a failed test. I.e. if test B depends 
	  ;; on test A but test B reached the point on being registered as NOT_STARTED and test
	  ;; A failed for some reason then on re-run using -keepgoing the run can never complete.
	  (cdb:delete-tests-in-state *runremote* run-id "NOT_STARTED")
	  (cdb:remote-run db:set-tests-state-status #f run-id test-names #f "FAIL" "NOT_STARTED" "FAIL")))

    ;; Ensure all tests are registered in the test_meta table
    (cdb:remote-run runs:update-all-test_meta #f)

    ;; now add non-directly referenced dependencies (i.e. waiton)
    ;;======================================================================
    ;; refactoring this block into tests:get-full-data
    ;;
    ;; What happended, this code is now duplicated in tests!?
    ;;