Index: db.scm
==================================================================
--- db.scm
+++ db.scm
@@ -2082,11 +2082,11 @@
 		   "SELECT run_id,testname,item_path,state,status FROM tests WHERE id=?;" 
 		   test-id)))
     res))
 
 ;; get a useful subset of the tests data (used in dashboard
-;; use db:mintests-get-{id ,run_id,testname ...}
+;; use db:mintest-get-{id ,run_id,testname ...}
 ;; 
 (define (db:get-tests-for-runs-mindata dbstruct run-ids testpatt states statuses not-in)
   (debug:print 0 "ERROR: BROKN!")
   ;; (db:get-tests-for-runs dbstruct run-ids testpatt states statuses not-in: not-in qryvals: "id,run_id,testname,state,status,event_time,item_path"))
 )

Index: rmt.scm
==================================================================
--- rmt.scm
+++ rmt.scm
@@ -416,11 +416,11 @@
 					   (mutex-unlock! multi-run-mutex))
 					 (debug:print 0 "ERROR: get-tests-for-run-mindata failed for run-id " hed ", testpatt " testpatt ", states " states ", status " status ", not-in " not-in))))
 				 (conc "multi-run-thread for run-id " hed)))
 		     (newthreads (cons newthread threads)))
 		(thread-start! newthread)
-		(thread-sleep! 0.5) ;; give that thread some time to start
+		(thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; give that thread some time to start
 		(if (null? tal)
 		    newthreads
 		    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) newthreads))))))
     result))
 

Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -1338,11 +1338,24 @@
 		     (if (not (null? running-tests)) ;; have to skip 
 			 (set! skip-test "Skipping due to previous tests running"))))
 		  ((and skip-check
 			(configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "fileexists"))
 		   (if (file-exists? (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "fileexists"))
-		       (set! skip-test (conc "Skipping due to existance of file " (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "fileexists"))))))
+		       (set! skip-test (conc "Skipping due to existance of file " (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "fileexists")))))
+
+		  ((and skip-check
+			(configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "rundelay"))
+		   ;; run-ids = #f means *all* runs
+		   (let* ((numseconds      (common:hms-string->seconds (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "rundelay")))
+			  (running-tests   (rmt:get-tests-for-runs-mindata #f full-test-name '("RUNNING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "LAUNCHED") '() #f))
+			  (completed-tests (rmt:get-tests-for-runs-mindata #f full-test-name '("COMPLETED") '("PASS" "FAIL" "ABORT") #f))
+			  (last-run-times  (map db:mintest-get-event_time completed-tests))
+			  (time-since-last (- (current-seconds) (apply max last-run-times))))
+		     (if (or (not (null? running-tests)) ;; have to skip if test is running
+			     (> numseconds time-since-last))
+			 (set! skip-test (conc "Skipping due to previous test run less than " (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "rundelay") " ago"))))))
+		 
 		 (if skip-test
 		     (begin
 		       (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "SKIP" skip-test)
 		       (debug:print-info 1 "SKIPPING Test " full-test-name " due to " skip-test))
 		     (if (not (launch-test test-id run-id run-info keyvals runname test-conf test-name test-path itemdat flags))

Index: tests/fullrun/tests/priority_7/testconfig
==================================================================
--- tests/fullrun/tests/priority_7/testconfig
+++ tests/fullrun/tests/priority_7/testconfig
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 runscript main.sh
 
 [requirements]
 priority 7
 
+[skip]
+# Run only if this much time since last run of this test
+rundelay 10m 5s
+
 [test_meta]
 author matt
 owner  bob
 description This test checks that a multi-lineitem test with mix of pass and non-fail rolls up a PASS