Index: db.scm
==================================================================
--- db.scm
+++ db.scm
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@
 	(set! *db-write-access* write-access)) ;; only unset so other db's also can use this control
     (debug:print-info 11 "open-db, dbpath=" dbpath " argv=" (argv))
     (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db handler)
     (if (not dbexists)
 	(db:initialize db))
-    (db:set-sync db)
+    ;; Moving db:set-sync to a call in run.scm - it is a persistent value and only needs to be set once
+    ;; (db:set-sync db)
     db))
 
 ;; keeping it around for debugging purposes only
 (define (open-run-close-no-exception-handling  proc idb . params)
   (debug:print-info 11 "open-run-close-no-exception-handling START given a db=" (if idb "yes " "no ") ", params=" params)

Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -205,10 +205,13 @@
 	 (required-tests    '())
 	 (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)))
+    ;; Update the synchronous setting in the db based on the default or what is set by the user
+    (cdb:remote-run db:set-sync #f)
+
     (set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys) ;; 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))
     
@@ -228,11 +231,11 @@
 	  ;; A failed for some reason then on re-run using -keepgoing the run can never complete.
 	  (cdb:delete-tests-in-state *runremote* run-id "NOT_STARTED")
 	  (cdb:remote-run db:set-tests-state-status #f run-id test-names #f "FAIL" "NOT_STARTED" "FAIL")))
 
     ;; Ensure all tests are registered in the test_meta table
-    (open-run-close runs:update-all-test_meta #f)
+    (cdb:remote-run runs:update-all-test_meta #f)
 
     ;; now add non-directly referenced dependencies (i.e. waiton)
     ;;======================================================================
     ;; refactoring this block into tests:get-full-data
     ;;