Index: launch.scm
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--- launch.scm
+++ launch.scm
@@ -446,11 +446,12 @@
 
 	  ;; On NFS it can be slow and unreliable to get needed startup information.
 	  ;;  i. Check if we are on the homehost, if so, proceed
 	  ;; ii. Check if host and port passed in via CMDINFO are valid and if
 	  ;;     possible use them.
-	  (let ((bestadrs (server:get-best-guess-address (get-host-name))))
+	  (let ((bestadrs (server:get-best-guess-address (get-host-name)))
+		(needcare #f))
 	    (if (equal? homehost bestadrs) ;; we are likely on the homehost
 		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "test " test-name " appears to be running on the homehost " homehost)
 		(let ((host-port (if serverurl (string-split serverurl ":") #f)))
 		  (if (not *runremote*)(set! *runremote* (make-remote))) ;; init *runremote*
 		  (if (string? homehost)
@@ -465,11 +466,27 @@
 				(let ((url  (http-transport:server-dat-make-url start-res)))
 				  (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* start-res)
 				  (remote-server-url-set! *runremote* url)
 				  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "connected to " url " using CMDINFO data."))
 				(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "received " host ":" port " for url but could not connect.")
-				)))))))
+				))
+			  (begin
+			    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* (if host-port
+								       (conc "received invalid host-port information " host-port)
+								       "no host-port information received"))
+			    ;; potential for bad situation if simultaneous starting of hundreds of jobs on servers, set needcare.
+			    (set! needcare #t)))
+		      (begin
+			(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "received no homehost information. Please report this to support as it should not happen.")
+			(set! needcare #t)))))
+	    (if needcare  ;; due to very slow NFS we will do a brute force mkdir to ensure that the directory inode it truly available on this host
+		(let ((logdir (conc top-path "/logs"))) ;; we'll try to create this directory
+		  (handle-exceptions
+		      exn
+		      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to create directory " logdir " expect problems, message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
+		    (create-directory logdir #t)))))
+		  
 	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
 	  (let loop ((count 0))
 	    (if (or (file-exists? top-path)
 		    (> count 10))
 		(change-directory top-path)