Index: megatest-version.scm
==================================================================
--- megatest-version.scm
+++ megatest-version.scm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;; Always use two digit decimal
 ;; 1.01, 1.02...1.10,1.11 ... 1.99,2.00..
 
 (declare (unit megatest-version))
 
-(define megatest-version 1.5522)
+(define megatest-version 1.5523)
 

Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -210,23 +210,30 @@
 	 (keyvals            (keys:target->keyval keys target))
 	 (run-id             (cdb:remote-run db:register-run #f keyvals runname "new" "n/a" user))  ;;  test-name)))
 	 (deferred          '()) ;; delay running these since they have a waiton clause
 	 (runconfigf         (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config"))
 	 (test-records       (make-hash-table))
-	 (all-tests-registry (tests:get-all)) ;; (tests:get-valid-tests (make-hash-table) test-search-path)) ;; all valid tests to check waiton names
-	 (all-test-names     (hash-table-keys all-tests-registry))
-	 (test-names         (tests:filter-test-names all-test-names test-patts))
-	 (required-tests     (lset-intersection equal? (string-split test-patts ",") test-names))) ;; test-names)) ;; Added test-names as initial for required-tests but that failed to work
+	 ;; need to process runconfigs before generating these lists
+	 (all-tests-registry #f)  ;; (tests:get-all)) ;; (tests:get-valid-tests (make-hash-table) test-search-path)) ;; all valid tests to check waiton names
+	 (all-test-names     #f)  ;; (hash-table-keys all-tests-registry))
+	 (test-names         #f)  ;; (tests:filter-test-names all-test-names test-patts))
+	 (required-tests     #f)) ;;(lset-intersection equal? (string-split test-patts ",") test-names))) ;; test-names)) ;; Added test-names as initial for required-tests but that failed to work
 
     ;; Update the synchronous setting in the db based on the default or what is set by the user
     ;; This is done once here on a call to run tests rather than on every call to open-db
     (cdb:remote-run db:set-sync #f)
 
     (set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inrunname: runname) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
     (if (file-exists? runconfigf)
 	(setup-env-defaults runconfigf run-id *already-seen-runconfig-info* keyvals "pre-launch-env-vars")
 	(debug:print 0 "WARNING: You do not have a run config file: " runconfigf))
+
+    ;; Now generate all the tests lists
+    (set! all-tests-registry (tests:get-all))
+    (set! all-test-names     (hash-table-keys all-tests-registry))
+    (set! test-names         (tests:filter-test-names all-test-names test-patts))
+    (set! required-tests     (lset-intersection equal? (string-split test-patts ",") test-names))
     
     ;; look up all tests matching the comma separated list of globs in
     ;; test-patts (using % as wildcard)
 
     ;; (set! test-names (delete-duplicates (tests:get-valid-tests *toppath* test-patts)))