Index: runs.scm
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--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -967,11 +967,11 @@
 	    (tasks:start-and-wait-for-server tdbdat run-id 10)) ;; NOTE: delay and wait is done under the hood
 	
 	(if (> num-running 0)
 	  (set! last-time-some-running (current-seconds)))
 
-      (if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-some-running 240))
+      (if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-some-running (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "give-up-waiting") 36000)))
 	  (hash-table-set! *max-tries-hash* tfullname (+ (hash-table-ref/default *max-tries-hash* tfullname 0) 1)))
 	;; (debug:print 0 "max-tries-hash: " (hash-table->alist *max-tries-hash*))
 
 	;; Ensure all top level tests get registered. This way they show up as "NOT_STARTED" on the dashboard
 	;; and it is clear they *should* have run but did not.