Megatest

     ((not (pair? (remote-hh-dat runremote)))  ;; not on homehost
      (thread-sleep! 0.1) ;; since we shouldn't get here, delay a little
      (remote-hh-dat-set! runremote (common:get-homehost))
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  2")
      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))
     ;; on homehost and this is a read
     ((and (not (remote-force-server runremote))      ;; honor forced use of server
     ((and (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote))   ;; on homehost
	   (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote))     ;; on homehost
           (member cmd api:read-only-queries)) ;; this is a read
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  3")
      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd 0 params))

     ;; on homehost and this is a write, we already have a server, but server has died
     ((and (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote))         ;; on homehost
           (not (member cmd api:read-only-queries))  ;; this is a write
           (remote-server-url runremote)           ;; have a server
           (not (server:check-if-running *toppath*)))  ;; server has died.
      (set! *runremote* (make-remote))
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  4.1")
      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))

     ;; on homehost and this is a write, we already have a server
     ((and (not (remote-force-server runremote))     ;; honor forced use of server
     ((and (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote))         ;; on homehost
	   (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote))           ;; on homehost
           (not (member cmd api:read-only-queries))  ;; this is a write
           (remote-server-url runremote))          ;; have a server
           (remote-server-url runremote))            ;; have a server
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  4")
      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd 0 params))

     ;;  on homehost, no server contact made and this is a write, passively start a server 
     ((and (not (remote-force-server runremote)) ;; honor forced use of server
     ((and (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote)) ; new
	   (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote))       ;; new
           (not (remote-server-url runremote))
	   (not (member cmd api:read-only-queries)))
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  5")
      (let ((server-url  (server:check-if-running *toppath*))) ;; (server:read-dotserver->url *toppath*))) ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*))) ;; Do NOT want to run server:check-if-running - very expensive to do for every write call
	(if server-url
	    (remote-server-url-set! runremote server-url) ;; the string can be consumed by the client setup if needed
	    (server:kind-run *toppath*)))
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  5.1")
      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd 0 params))

     ((and (not (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote)))        ;; not on a homehost 
           (not (remote-conndat runremote)))            ;; and no connection
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  6  hh-dat: " (remote-hh-dat runremote) " conndat: " (remote-conndat runremote))
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (server:start-and-wait *toppath*)
      (if (common:force-server?)(remote-force-server-set! runremote #t))
      (remote-conndat-set! runremote (rmt:get-connection-info *toppath*)) ;; calls client:setup which calls client:setup-http
      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum)) ;; TODO: add back-off timeout as
     ;; all set up if get this far, dispatch the query
     ((and (not (remote-force-server runremote))
     ((cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote)) ;; we are on homehost
	   (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote))) ;; we are on homehost
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  7")
      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd (if rid rid 0) params))

     ;; not on homehost, do server query
     (else
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)