@@ -1279,15 +1279,23 @@
       (list hed tal reg reruns))
      
      ;; If no resources are available just kill time and loop again
      ;;
      ((not have-resources) ;; simply try again after waiting a second
-      (if (runs:lownoise "no resources" 60)
+      (if (runs:lownoise "no resources" 600)
 	  (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "no resources to run new tests, waiting ..."))
+
       ;; Have gone back and forth on this but db starvation is an issue.
       ;; wait one second before looking again to run jobs.
-      (thread-sleep! 0.25)
+      ;; (thread-sleep! 0.25)
+      
+      ;; new logic.
+      ;; If it has been more than 10 seconds since we were last here don't wait at all
+      ;; otherwise sleep 2 seconds to give db a rest and let dashboard read data
+      (if (runs:lownoise "frequent-no-resources" 10)
+	  (thread-sleep! 0.25) ;; no significant delay
+	  (thread-sleep! 2))
       ;; could have done hed tal here but doing car/cdr of newtal to rotate tests
       (list (car newtal)(cdr newtal) reg reruns))
      
      ;; This is the final stage, everything is in place so launch the test
      ;;