Megatest

							   run-id 
							   (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server-dat)
							   (tasks:hostinfo-get-port      server-dat)
							   " client:setup (server-dat = #t)")
		      (if (> remaining-tries 8)
			  (thread-sleep! (+ 1 (random 5))) ;; spread out the starts a little
			  (thread-sleep! (+ 15 (random 20)))) ;; it isn't going well. give it plenty of time
		      (server:try-running run-id)
		      (server:try-running *toppath*)
		      (thread-sleep! 5)   ;; give server a little time to start up
		      (client:setup run-id remaining-tries: (- remaining-tries 1))
		      )))
	      (begin    ;; no server registered
		(let ((num-available (tasks:num-in-available-state (db:dbdat-get-db tdbdat) run-id)))
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "client:setup, no server registered, remaining-tries=" remaining-tries " num-available=" num-available)
		  (if (< num-available 2)
		      (server:try-running run-id))
		      (server:try-running *toppath*))
		  (thread-sleep! (+ 5 (random (- 20 remaining-tries))))  ;; give server a little time to start up, randomize a little to avoid start storms.
		  (client:setup run-id remaining-tries: (- remaining-tries 1)))))))))

;; keep this as a function to ease future 
(define (client:start run-id server-info)
  (http-transport:client-connect (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server-info)
				 (tasks:hostinfo-get-port server-info)))