Index: http-transport.scm
==================================================================
--- http-transport.scm
+++ http-transport.scm
@@ -359,10 +359,11 @@
 	    (begin
 	      (print-call-chain *default-log-port*)
 	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " closing connection failed with error: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exn=" exn))
 	    (close-connection! api-dat)
             (close-idle-connections!)
+	    (remote-conndat-set! runremote #f)
 	    #t))
 	#f)))
 
 
 (define (make-http-transport:server-dat)(make-vector 6))
@@ -393,11 +394,11 @@
 
 ;;
 ;; connect
 ;;
 (define (http-transport:client-connect iface port server-id)
-  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Connecting to client at "iface":"port", with server-id "server-id)
+  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Connecting to server at "iface":"port", id "server-id)
   (let* ((api-url      (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api"))
 	 (api-uri      (uri-reference (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api")))
 	 (api-req      (make-request method: 'POST uri: api-uri))
 	 (server-dat   (vector iface port api-uri api-url api-req (current-seconds) server-id)))
     server-dat))

Index: rmt.scm
==================================================================
--- rmt.scm
+++ rmt.scm
@@ -175,12 +175,13 @@
            (remote-conndat runremote)
 	   (> (current-seconds) ;; if it has been more than server-timeout seconds since last contact, close this connection and start a new on
 	      (+ (http-transport:server-dat-get-last-access (remote-conndat runremote))
 		 (remote-server-timeout runremote))))
       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Connection to " (remote-server-url runremote) " expired due to no accesses, forcing new connection.")
-      (remote-conndat-set! runremote #f) ;; invalidate the connection, thus forcing a new connection.
       (http-transport:close-connections area-dat: runremote)
+      ;; moving this setting of runremote conndat to #f to inside the http-transport:close-connections
+      ;; (remote-conndat-set! runremote #f) ;; invalidate the connection, thus forcing a new connection.
       (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
       (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))
      
      ;;DOT CASE5 [label="local\nread"];
      ;;DOT MUTEXLOCK -> CASE5 [label="server not required,\non homehost,\nread-only query"]; {rank=same "case 5" CASE5};