Megatest

	(currtime (current-seconds)))
    (if (> (- currtime lasttime) waitval)
	(begin
	  (hash-table-set! *runs:denoise* key currtime)
	  #t)
	#f)))

(define *last-test-launch* 0)
(define *too-soon-delays* (make-hash-table))

;; to-soon delay, when matching event happened in less than dseconds delay wseconds
;;
(define (runs:too-soon-delay key dseconds wseconds)
  (let* ((last-time (hash-table-ref/default *too-soon-delays* key #f)))
    (if (and last-time
	     (< (- (current-seconds) last-time) dseconds))
	(begin
	  (if (runs:lownoise (conc "too-soon-delay"key) 60)
	      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Polling throttle for "key))
	  (thread-sleep! wseconds)))
    (hash-table-set! *too-soon-delays* key (current-seconds))))

(define (runs:can-run-more-tests runsdat run-id jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs)

  ;; Take advantage of a good place to exit if running the one-pass methodology
  (if (and (> (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat) 20)
	   (args:get-arg "-one-pass"))
      (exit 0))

		    (not (member 'exclusive testmode)))))
      ;; (hash-table-delete! *max-tries-hash* (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path))
      ;; we are going to reset all the counters for test retries by setting a new hash table
      ;; this means they will increment only when nothing can be run
      (set! *max-tries-hash* (make-hash-table))
      
      (run:test run-id run-info keyvals runname test-record flags #f test-registry all-tests-registry runsdat testdat)
      (set! *last-test-launch* (current-seconds))
      (runs:incremental-print-results run-id)
      (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path) 'running)
      (runs:shrink-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat)  ;; DELAY TWEAKER (still needed?)
      ;; (thread-sleep! *global-delta*)
      (if (or (not (null? tal))(not (null? reg)))
	  (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns) ;; hed should be dropped at this time
	  #f))

	    (begin
	      (if (runs:lownoise "too-tight-loop" 5)
		  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Excessively fast loop, delaying 1/2 second"))
	      (thread-sleep! 0.5)))
	(set! *last-loop-time-ms* (current-milliseconds))
     
	(runs:dat-regfull-set! runsdat regfull)

	(if (> (- (current-seconds) *last-test-launch*) 5)        ;; be pretty aggressive for five seconds after
	    (runs:too-soon-delay (conc "loop delay " hed) 1 0.6)    ;; starting a test then apply more delay
	    (runs:too-soon-delay (conc "loop delay " hed) 1 0.1)) 
	
	(if (> num-running 0)
            (set! last-time-some-running (current-seconds)))

        (if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-some-running (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "give-up-waiting") 36000)))
            (hash-table-set! *max-tries-hash* tfullname (+ (hash-table-ref/default *max-tries-hash* tfullname 0) 1)))
	;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "max-tries-hash: " (hash-table->alist *max-tries-hash*))

	 ))) ;; end loop on sorted test names
    ;; this is the point where everything is launched and now you can mark the run in metadata table as all launched 
    (rmt:set-var (conc "lunch-complete-" run-id) "yes")  
        
    ;; now *if* -run-wait we wait for all tests to be done
    ;; Now wait for any RUNNING tests to complete (if in run-wait mode)
    ;; (if (runs:dat-load-mgmt-function runsdat)((runs:dat-load-mgmt-function runsdat)))
    (thread-sleep! 0.1) ;; I think there is a race condition here. Let states/statuses settle
    
    (let wait-loop ((num-running      (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id))
		    (prev-num-running 0))
      ;; (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "num-running=" num-running ", prev-num-running=" prev-num-running)
      (if (and (or (args:get-arg "-run-wait")
		   (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "run-wait") "yes"))
	       (> num-running 0))