Megatest

    ;; run the run prehook if there are no tests yet run for this run:
    ;;
    (runs:run-pre-hook run-id)
    ;; mark all test launced flag as false in the meta table 
    (rmt:set-var (conc "lunch-complete-" run-id) "no")
    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Setting end-of-run to no")
    (let* ((config-reruns      (let ((x (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "reruns")))
			       (if x (string->number x) #f)))
	  (config-rerun-cnt (if config-reruns
			config-reruns
			1)))
    (if (eq? config-rerun-cnt run-count)
      (rmt:set-var (conc "end-of-run-" run-id) "no")))

    (rmt:set-run-state-status run-id "new" "n/a")
    ;; now add non-directly referenced dependencies (i.e. waiton)
    ;;======================================================================
    ;; refactoring this block into tests:get-full-data
    ;;
    ;; What happended, this code is now duplicated in tests!?
    ;;

	(debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Adding \"" (string-intersperse required-tests " ") "\" to the run queue"))
    ;; NOTE: these are all parent tests, items are not expanded yet.
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "test-records=" (hash-table->alist test-records))
    (let ((reglen (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "runqueue")))
      (if (> (length (hash-table-keys test-records)) 0)
	  (let* ((keep-going        #t)
		 (run-queue-retries 5)
		 #;(th1        (make-thread (lambda ()
					    (handle-exceptions
						exn
						(begin
						  (print-call-chain)
						  (print " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
					      (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvals flags test-patts required-tests
								    (any->number reglen) all-tests-registry)))
					  "runs:run-tests-queue"))
		 (th2        (make-thread (lambda ()			 ;; BBQ: why are we visiting ALL runs here?	    
					    ;; (rmt:find-and-mark-incomplete-all-runs))))) CAN'T INTERRUPT IT ...
					    (let ((run-ids (rmt:get-all-run-ids)))
					      (for-each (lambda (run-id)
							  (if keep-going
							      (handle-exceptions
								  exn
								  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "error in calling find-and-mark-incomplete for run-id " run-id ", exn=" exn)
								;; lets run this only if a run has been NOT seen for more than 900 seconds
								(if (> (- (current-seconds)(hash-table-ref/default *find-and-mark-incomplete-last-run* run-id 0)) 900)
								    (begin
								      (rmt:find-and-mark-incomplete run-id #f)
								      (hash-table-set! *find-and-mark-incomplete-last-run* run-id (current-seconds)))
								    )))) ;; ovr-deadtime))) ;; could be root of https://hsdes.intel.com/appstore/article/#/220546828/main -- Title: Megatest jobs show DEAD even though they are still running (1.64/27)
							run-ids)))
					  "runs: mark-incompletes")))
	    ;; (thread-start! th1)
	    (thread-start! th2)
	    ;; (thread-join! th1)
	    ;; just do the main stuff in the main thread
	    (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvals flags test-patts required-tests
								    (any->number reglen) all-tests-registry)
	    (set! keep-going #f)
	    (thread-join! th2)
	    ;; if run-count > 0 call, set -preclean and -rerun STUCK/DEAD
	    (if (> run-count 0) ;; handle reruns
		(begin
		  (if (not (hash-table-ref/default flags "-preclean" #f))
		      (hash-table-set! flags "-preclean" #t))
		  (if (not (hash-table-ref/default flags "-rerun" #f))
		      (hash-table-set! flags "-rerun" "STUCK/DEAD,n/a,ZERO_ITEMS"))
		  ;; recursive call to self
      (runs:run-tests target runname test-patts user flags run-count: (- run-count 1)))
                  (launch:end-of-run-check run-id)))
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "No tests to run")))
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "All done by here")
    ;; TODO: try putting post hook call here
      
    ;  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* " run-count " run-count)
    ;  (runs:run-post-hook run-id))
    ;  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Not calling post hook runcount = " run-count ))   

		   (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "run-wait") "yes"))
	       (> num-running 0))
	  (begin
	    ;; Here we mark any old defunct tests as incomplete. Do this every fifteen minutes
	    ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Got here eh! num-running=" num-running " (> num-running 0) " (> num-running 0))
	    (if (> (- (current-seconds)(hash-table-ref/default *find-and-mark-incomplete-last-run* run-id 0)) 900)
		;; (begin(if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-incomplete 900))
		(let ((actual-num-running (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id)))
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Marking stuck tests as INCOMPLETE while waiting for run " run-id
				    ". Running as pid " (current-process-id) " on " (get-host-name))
		  ;; (set! last-time-incomplete (current-seconds)) ;; FIXME, this might be causing slow down - use of set!
		  (rmt:find-and-mark-incomplete run-id #f)
		  (hash-table-set! *find-and-mark-incomplete-last-run* run-id (current-seconds))
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "run-wait specified, waiting on " actual-num-running
				    " tests in RUNNING, REMOTEHOSTSTART or LAUNCHED state at "