Index: db.scm
==================================================================
--- db.scm
+++ db.scm
@@ -997,10 +997,14 @@
 			"\nstatus:   " (db:step-get-status step)
 			"\ntime:     " (db:step-get-event_time step))))
        ;; (else   (vector-set! record 1 (db:step-get-event_time step)))
        (sort steps (lambda (a b)(< (db:step-get-event_time a)(db:step-get-event_time b)))))
       res)))
+
+;;======================================================================
+;; M I S C   M A N A G E M E N T   I T E M S 
+;;======================================================================
 
 ;; the new prereqs calculation, looks also at itempath if specified
 ;; all prereqs must be met:
 ;;    if prereq test with itempath='' is COMPLETED and PASS, WARN, CHECK, or WAIVED then prereq is met
 ;;    if prereq test with itempath=ref-item-path and COMPLETED with PASS, WARN, CHECK, or WAIVED then prereq is met

Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -211,10 +211,17 @@
 	(let loop ((hed (car test-names))
 		   (tal (cdr test-names)))         ;; 'return-procs tells the config reader to prep running system but return a proc
 	  (let* ((config  (tests:get-testconfig hed 'return-procs))
 		 (waitons (string-split (let ((w (config-lookup config "requirements" "waiton")))
 					  (if w w "")))))
+	    ;; check for hed in waitons => this would be circular, remove it and issue an
+	    ;; error
+	    (if (member hed waitons)
+		(begin
+		  (debug:print 0 "ERROR: test " hed " has listed itself as a waiton, please correct this!")
+		  (set! waitons (filter (lambda (x)(not (equal? x hed))) waitons))))
+	    
 	    ;; (items   (items:get-items-from-config config)))
 	    (if (not (hash-table-ref/default test-records hed #f))
 		(hash-table-set! test-records
 				 hed (vector hed     ;; 0
 					     config  ;; 1
@@ -291,15 +298,24 @@
 							    '("PASS" "WARN" "CHECK" "WAIVED")))))
 					prereqs-not-met))))
 	    (debug:print 6
 			 "itemdat:     " itemdat
 			 "\n  items:     " items
-			 "\n  item-path: " item-path)
+			 "\n  item-path: " item-path
+			 "\n  waitons:   " waitons)
+
+	    ;; check for hed in waitons => this would be circular, remove it and issue an
+	    ;; error
+	    (if (member hed waitons)
+		(begin
+		  (debug:print 0 "ERROR: test " hed " has listed itself as a waiton, please correct this!")
+		  (set! waiton (filter (lambda (x)(not (equal? x hed))) waitons))))
+
 	    (cond
 	     ((not items) ;; when false the test is ok to be handed off to launch (but not before)
 	      (let* ((have-resources  (runs:can-run-more-tests db test-record)) ;; look at the test jobgroup and tot jobs running
-		     (prereqs-not-met (db:get-prereqs-not-met db run-id waitons item-path))
+		     (prereqs-not-met (db:get-prereqs-not-met db run-id waitons item-path mode: (config-lookup tconfig "requirements" "testmode")))
 		     (fails           (calc-fails prereqs-not-met)))
 		(debug:print 8 "INFO: have-resources: " have-resources " prereqs-not-met: " prereqs-not-met " fails: " fails)
 		;; Don't know at this time if the test have been launched at some time in the past
 		;; i.e. is this a re-launch?
 		(cond
@@ -365,11 +381,11 @@
 
 	     ;; if items is a proc then need to run items:get-items-from-config, get the list and loop 
 	     ;;    - but only do that if resources exist to kick off the job
 	     ((or (procedure? items)(eq? items 'have-procedure))
 	      (let* ((can-run-more    (runs:can-run-more-tests db test-record))
-		     (prereqs-not-met (db:get-prereqs-not-met db run-id waitons item-path))
+		     (prereqs-not-met (db:get-prereqs-not-met db run-id waitons item-path mode: (config-lookup tconfig "requirements" "testmode")))
 		     (fails           (calc-fails prereqs-not-met)))
 		(debug:print 8 "INFO: can-run-more: " can-run-more
 			     " prereqs-not-met:\n  " (intersperse prereqs-not-met "\n")
 			     " fails:\n "            (intersperse fails "\n"))
 		(cond 

ADDED   tests/fullrun/tests/all_toplevel/testconfig
Index: tests/fullrun/tests/all_toplevel/testconfig
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ tests/fullrun/tests/all_toplevel/testconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[ezsteps]
+calcresults megatest -list-runs $MT_RUNNAME -target $MT_TARGET
+
+[requirements]
+waiton all_toplevel exit_0 exit_1 ez_exit2_fail ez_fail ez_pass ezlog_fail ezlog_fail_then_pass ezlog_pass ezlog_warn lineitem_fail lineitem_pass logpro_required_fail manual_example neverrun priority_1 priority_10 priority_10_waiton_1 priority_2 priority_3 priority_4 priority_5 priority_6 priority_7 priority_8 priority_9 runfirst singletest singletest2 sqlitespeed test_mt_vars 
+# This is a "toplevel" test, it does not require waitons to be non-FAIL to run
+mode toplevel