Megatest

			   (round 
			    (- 
			     (current-seconds) 
			     start-seconds)))))
	 (kill-tries 0))
    ;; (tests:set-full-meta-info #f test-id run-id (calc-minutes) work-area)
    ;; (tests:set-full-meta-info test-id run-id (calc-minutes) work-area)
    (tests:set-full-meta-info #f test-id run-id (calc-minutes) work-area 10)

    (let loop ((minutes   (calc-minutes))
	       (cpu-load  (alist-ref 'adj-core-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)))
	       (disk-free (get-df (current-directory)))
               (last-sync (current-seconds)))
      (common:telemetry-log "zombie" (conc "launch:monitor-job - top of loop encountered at "(current-seconds)" with last-sync="last-sync))


      (let* ((over-time     (> (current-seconds) (+ last-sync update-period)))
             (new-cpu-load  (let* ((load  (alist-ref 'adj-core-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)))
                                   (delta (abs (- load cpu-load))))
                              (if (> delta 0.1) ;; don't bother updating with small changes
                                  load
                                  #f)))
             (new-disk-free (let* ((df    (if over-time ;; only get df every 30 seconds

             (do-sync       (or new-cpu-load new-disk-free over-time))

             (test-info   (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
             (state       (db:test-get-state test-info))
             (status      (db:test-get-status test-info))
             (kill-reason  "no kill reason specified")
             (kill-job?    #f))
        (common:telemetry-log "zombie" (conc "launch:monitor-job - decision time encountered at "(current-seconds)" with last-sync="last-sync" do-sync="do-sync" over-time="over-time" update-period="update-period))
        (cond
         ((test-get-kill-request run-id test-id)
          (set! kill-reason "KILLING TEST since received kill request (KILLREQ)")
          (set! kill-job? #t))
         ((and runtlim (> (- (current-seconds) start-seconds) runtlim))
          (set! kill-reason (conc "KILLING TEST DUE TO TIME LIMIT EXCEEDED! Runtime=" (- (current-seconds) start-seconds) " seconds, limit=" runtlim))
          (set! kill-job? #t))
         ((equal? status "DEAD")
          (tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id new-cpu-load new-disk-free (calc-minutes) #f #f)
          (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-id 'foo "RUNNING" "n/a" "was marked dead; really still running.")
          ;;(set! kill-reason "KILLING TEST because it was marked as DEAD by launch:handle-zombie-tests (might indicate really overloaded server or else overzealous setup.deadtime)") ;; MARK RUNNING
          (set! kill-job? #f)))

        (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "cpu: " new-cpu-load " disk: " new-disk-free " last-sync: " last-sync " do-sync: " do-sync)
        (launch:handle-zombie-tests run-id)
        (when do-sync
          ;;(with-output-to-file (conc (getenv "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR") "/last-loadinfo.log" #:append)
          ;;  (lambda () (pp (list (current-seconds) new-cpu-load new-disk-free (calc-minutes)))))
          (common:telemetry-log "zombie" (conc  "launch:monitor-job - dosync started at "(current-seconds)))
          (tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id new-cpu-load new-disk-free (calc-minutes) #f #f)
          (common:telemetry-log "zombie" (conc "launch:monitor-job - dosync finished at "(current-seconds))))
        
	(if kill-job? 
	    (begin
              (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "proceeding to kill test: "kill-reason)
	      (mutex-lock! m)
	      ;; NOTE: The pid can change as different steps are run. Do we need handshaking between this
	      ;;       section and the runit section? Or add a loop that tries three times with a 1/4 second
	      ;;       between tries?

	    (begin
	      (thread-sleep! 3) ;; (+ 3 (random 6))) ;; add some jitter to the call home time to spread out the db accesses
	      (if (hash-table-ref/default misc-flags 'keep-going #f)  ;; keep originals for cpu-load and disk-free unless they change more than the allowed delta
		  (loop (calc-minutes)
                        (or new-cpu-load cpu-load)
                        (or new-disk-free disk-free)
                        (if do-sync (current-seconds) last-sync)))))))
    (tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id (get-cpu-load) (get-df (current-directory))(calc-minutes) #f #f))) ;; NOTE: Checking twice for keep-going is intentional


(define (launch:execute encoded-cmd)
  (let* ((cmdinfo    (common:read-encoded-string encoded-cmd))
	 (tconfigreg #f))
    (setenv "MT_CMDINFO" encoded-cmd)
    ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute incoming")

	(begin ;; (let ((lnktarget (conc lnkpath "/" item-path)))
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Setting up sub test run area")
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* " - creating run area in " test-path)
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Failed to create directory " test-path ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)
				", exiting, exn=" exn)
	     (exit 1))

	   (create-directory test-path #t))
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* 
		       " - creating link from: " test-path "\n"
		       "                   to: " lnktarget)

	  ;; If there is already a symlink delete it and recreate it.
	  (handle-exceptions