@@ -178,10 +178,11 @@
 				 ;; then, if runscript ran ok (or did not get called)
 				 ;; do all the ezsteps (if any)
 				 (if ezsteps
 				     (let* ((testconfig (read-config (conc work-area "/testconfig") #f #t environ-patt: "pre-launch-env-vars")) ;; FIXME??? is allow-system ok here?
 					    (ezstepslst (hash-table-ref/default testconfig "ezsteps" '())))
+				       (hash-table-set! *testconfigs* test-id testconfig) ;; cached for lazy reads later ...
 				       (if (not (file-exists? ".ezsteps"))(create-directory ".ezsteps"))
 				       ;; if ezsteps was defined then we are sure to have at least one step but check anyway
 				       (if (not (> (length ezstepslst) 0))
 					   (debug:print 0 "ERROR: ezsteps defined but ezstepslst is zero length")
 					   (let loop ((ezstep (car ezstepslst))