Megatest

	 (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
    ;; This is done once here on a call to run tests rather than on every call to open-db
    (cdb:remote-run db:set-sync #f)

    (set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inrunname: runname) ;; 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)

    ;; What happended, this code is now duplicated in tests!?
    ;;
    ;;======================================================================
    (if (not (null? test-names))
	(let loop ((hed (car test-names))
		   (tal (cdr test-names)))         ;; 'return-procs tells the config reader to prep running system but return a proc
	  (change-directory *toppath*) ;; PLEASE OPTIMIZE ME!!! I think this should be a no-op but there are several places where change-directories could be happening.
	  (setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" hed) ;; 
	  (let* ((config  (tests:get-testconfig hed all-tests-registry 'return-procs))
		 (waitons (let ((instr (if config 
					   (config-lookup config "requirements" "waiton")
					   (begin ;; No config means this is a non-existant test
					     (debug:print 0 "ERROR: non-existent required test \"" hed "\"")
					     (exit 1)))))
			    (debug:print-info 8 "waitons string is " instr)

	(num-retries           0)
	(max-retries           (config-lookup *configdat* "setup" "maxretries"))
	(max-concurrent-jobs   (let ((mcj (config-lookup *configdat* "setup"     "max_concurrent_jobs")))
				 (if (and mcj (string->number mcj))
				     (string->number mcj)
				     1))) ;; length of the register queue ahead
	(reglen                (if (number? reglen-in) reglen-in 1))
	(last-time-incomplete  (current-seconds))
	(last-time-some-running (current-seconds)))

    ;; Initialize the test-registery hash with tests that already have a record
    ;; convert state to symbol and use that as the hash value
    (for-each (lambda (trec)
		(let ((id (db:test-get-id        trec))
		      (tn (db:test-get-testname  trec))
		      (ip (db:test-get-item-path trec))

	     (waitons     (tests:testqueue-get-waitons    test-record))
	     (priority    (tests:testqueue-get-priority   test-record))
	     (itemdat     (tests:testqueue-get-itemdat    test-record)) ;; itemdat can be a string, list or #f
	     (items       (tests:testqueue-get-items      test-record))
	     (item-path   (item-list->path itemdat))
	     (tfullname   (runs:make-full-test-name test-name item-path))
	     (newtal      (append tal (list hed)))
	     (regfull     (>= (length reg) reglen))
	     (num-running (cdb:remote-run db:get-count-tests-running-for-run-id #f run-id)))

      (if (> num-running 0)
	  (set! last-time-some-running (current-seconds)))

      (if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-some-running 60))
	  (hash-table-set! *max-tries-hash* tfullname (+ (hash-table-ref/default *max-tries-hash* tfullname 0) 1)))
	;; (debug:print 0 "max-tries-hash: " (hash-table->alist *max-tries-hash*))

	;; Ensure all top level tests get registered. This way they show up as "NOT_STARTED" on the dashboard
	;; and it is clear they *should* have run but did not.
	(if (not (hash-table-ref/default test-registry (runs:make-full-test-name test-name "") #f))
	    (begin
	      (cdb:tests-register-test *runremote* run-id test-name "")