Megatest

		    (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))
      ;; well, first lets see if cpu load throttling is enabled. If so wait around until the
      ;; average cpu load is under the threshold before continuing
      (let ((hh       (common:get-homehost))
            (maxload  (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools" "maxload")))
        (if maxload ;; only gate if maxload is specified
            (let loadloop ((load-dat #f))
              (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay) ;; first wait for local load to decrease if it happens to be high
              (if (and hh
                       (not (common:on-homehost?)))
                  (let* ((hh-load-dat (common:get-normalized-cpu-load hh))
                         (hh-load     (if hh-load-dat
                                          (alist-ref 'adj-cpu-load hh-load-dat)
                                          #f)))
                    (cond
                     ((not hh-load)(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Could not determine load on homehost. Proceeding as if load is fine ..."))
                     ((> hh-load maxload)
                      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port "Load too high on homehost, delaying before launching tests.")
                     

      (run:test run-id run-info keyvals runname test-record flags #f test-registry all-tests-registry)
      (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)))
	  (list (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull)

;;
(define (server:writable-watchdog dbstruct)
  (thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; delay for startup
  (let ((legacy-sync  (common:run-sync?))
	(debug-mode   (debug:debug-mode 1))
	(last-time    (current-seconds))
	(no-sync-db   (db:open-no-sync-db))
        (sync-delay   (string->number (or (configf:get *configdat* "server" "sync-delay") "5")))
        (this-wd-num  (begin (mutex-lock! *wdnum*mutex) (let ((x *wdnum*)) (set! *wdnum* (add1 *wdnum*)) (mutex-unlock! *wdnum*mutex) x))))
    (set! *no-sync-db* no-sync-db) ;; make the no sync db available to api calls
    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Periodic sync thread started.")
    (debug:print-info 3 *default-log-port* "watchdog starting. legacy-sync is " legacy-sync" pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num)
    (if (and legacy-sync (not *time-to-exit*))
	(let* (;;(dbstruct (db:setup))
	       (mtdb     (dbr:dbstruct-mtdb dbstruct))
	       (mtpath   (db:dbdat-get-path mtdb)))
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server running, periodic sync started.")
	  (let loop ()
	    ;; sync for filesystem local db writes
	    ;;
	    (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
	    (let* ((load-too-high    (> (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f) 1))
                   (need-sync        (>= *db-last-access* *db-last-sync*)) ;; no sync since last write
		   (sync-in-progress *db-sync-in-progress*)
		   (should-sync      (and (not *time-to-exit*)
                                          (> (- (current-seconds) *db-last-sync*)
                                             (or (if load-too-high ;; if load is high increase delay to bigger of sync-delay or 15 sec
                                                     (max sync-delay 15)
                                                     #f)
                                                 sync-delay)))) ;; sync every five seconds minimum
		   (start-time       (current-seconds))
		   (mt-mod-time      (file-modification-time mtpath))
		   (recently-synced  (< (- start-time mt-mod-time) 4))
		   (will-sync        (and (if load-too-high
                                              should-sync
                                              (or need-sync should-sync))
					  (not sync-in-progress)
					  (not recently-synced))))
              (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "WD writable-watchdog top of loop.  need-sync="need-sync" sync-in-progress="sync-in-progress" should-sync="should-sync" start-time="start-time" mt-mod-time="mt-mod-time" recently-synced="recently-synced" will-sync="will-sync)
	      ;; (if recently-synced (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping sync due to recently-synced flag=" recently-synced))
	      ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "need-sync: " need-sync " sync-in-progress: " sync-in-progress " should-sync: " should-sync " will-sync: " will-sync)
	      (if will-sync (set! *db-sync-in-progress* #t))
	      (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)