diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 6074bc96bc..f620d76794 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Update\stestrunner.tcl\sso\sthat\sit\scan\srun\sthe\stest\ssuites\sdefined\sin\spermutation.test.
-D 2022-07-14T18:09:56.687
+C Ensure\sall\stestrunner.tcl\sprocesses\suse\sthe\ssame\spending-byte\svalue\swhen\naccessing\stestrunner.db.\sOtherwise\slocking\sdoesn't\swork\sand\sthe\sdb\sis\scorrupted.
+D 2022-07-14T21:17:22.174
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ F test/temptable2.test d2940417496e2b9548e01d09990763fbe88c316504033256d51493e1f
 F test/temptable3.test d11a0974e52b347e45ee54ef1923c91ed91e4637
 F test/temptrigger.test 38f0ca479b1822d3117069e014daabcaacefffcc
 F test/tester.tcl 76771269dcc20b2c2d1d6f1175dd50d1eebddc004aebac865483f1829a5cd398
-F test/testrunner.tcl 711ccfb6309e63877b20910f76e8b5c8c9e45176cce0efd6f8a40b4e4d44d0e9
+F test/testrunner.tcl 6aabdfcbfc489cc666720048606e5f9e62b8e17a3cfaf36a81fc587d9e7c39cb
 F test/thread001.test b61a29dd87cf669f5f6ac96124a7c97d71b0c80d9012746072055877055cf9ef
 F test/thread002.test e630504f8a06c00bf8bbe68528774dd96aeb2e58
 F test/thread003.test ee4c9efc3b86a6a2767516a37bd64251272560a7
@@ -1980,8 +1980,8 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P f22f95b838873f1d2a320afe3d0f4e4847948fcd343097b93a9f684a6f66d6ba
-R f0a96981c3415711d35db8d014ac10fa
+P 15ce937ef42491c503cb91f5bb3ce4dc5cdb3a927ff2f2b873fb6bf96808f3aa
+R 4d50bb0a2ba6c649edd8a048f838a623
 U dan
-Z 26ecdc9b9c72535e31216f99411f29ef
+Z 53d849ffc9222974909e46390d4cb28e
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 57333817f3..491f3570e1 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-15ce937ef42491c503cb91f5bb3ce4dc5cdb3a927ff2f2b873fb6bf96808f3aa
\ No newline at end of file
+b65225653e4e5c20cc43f4dfdde6c110f6d14b87bff02a65fd61beabe50ec8db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/testrunner.tcl b/test/testrunner.tcl
index 51cb9bfa25..c471473d90 100644
--- a/test/testrunner.tcl
+++ b/test/testrunner.tcl
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ proc testset_patternlist {patternlist} {
 
 proc r_write_db {tcl} {
   global R
+
+  sqlite3_test_control_pending_byte 0x010000
   sqlite3 db $R(dbname)
   db timeout $R(timeout)
   db eval { BEGIN EXCLUSIVE }
@@ -353,6 +355,8 @@ set R(iNextMsg) 1
 proc r_get_messages {{db ""}} {
   global R
 
+  sqlite3_test_control_pending_byte 0x010000
+
   if {$db==""} {
     sqlite3 rgmhandle $R(dbname)
     set dbhandle rgmhandle
@@ -524,7 +528,9 @@ proc puts_into_caller {args} {
 proc r_final_report {} {
   global R
 
+  sqlite3_test_control_pending_byte 0x010000
   sqlite3 db $R(dbname)
+
   db timeout $R(timeout)
 
   set errcode 0
@@ -613,7 +619,7 @@ if {$R(helper)==0 && $R(nJob)>1} {
 
 proc r_helper_readable {id chan} {
   set data [gets $chan]
-  if {$data!=""} { puts "helper $id:[gets $chan]" }
+  if {$data!=""} { puts "helper $id:$data" }
   if {[eof $chan]} {
     puts "helper $id is finished"
     incr ::R(nHelperRunning) -1