Megatest

				;; bypass starting the server. 
				;;
				;; NB// can cache the answer for server running for 10 seconds ...
				;;
				(if (and (not (rmt:write-frequency-over-limit? cmd run-id))
					 (not (open-run-close tasks:server-running-or-starting? tasks:open-db run-id)))
				    #f
				    (let loop ((numtries 2))
				      (let ((res (client:setup run-id)))
					(if res 
					    (hash-table-ref/default *runremote* run-id #f) ;; client:setup filled this in (hopefully)
				    (let ((res (client:setup run-id)))
				      (if res 
					  (hash-table-ref/default *runremote* run-id #f) ;; client:setup filled this in (hopefully)
					    (if (> numtries 0)
						(begin
						  ;; junk records can cause stuckness here. use this time to
						  ;; clean out
						  (open-run-close tasks:server-clean-out-old-records-for-run-id tasks:open-db run-id "auto-start-clean-up")
						  (thread-sleep! 1)
						  (loop (- numtries 1)))
						#f) ;; try couple times to start server - give up and do local queries
					    )))))))
					  #f))))))
	 (jparams         (db:obj->string params)))
    (if connection-info
	(let ((res             (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id connection-info cmd jparams)))
	  (if res
	      (db:string->obj res)
	      (let ((new-connection-info (client:setup run-id)))
		(debug:print 0 "WARNING: Communication failed, trying call to http-transport:client-api-send-receive again.")