diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 3a38d04dc4..fd4d0cf59d 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\sa\spotential\sbuffer\soverread\sin\sfts5\sthat\scould\soccur\swhen\shandling\scorrupt\srecords.
-D 2026-05-19T20:27:54.708
+C Improvements\sto\stestrunner.tcl:\s\sMake\sC-program\stests\sresponsive\sto\sthe\npattern\slist.\s\sDo\snot\sremove\sbuild\ssteps\suntil\sthe\svery\send\swhen\swe\sare\ncertain\sthat\sthe\sbuild\sstep\sis\snot\srequired.\s\sThe\spattern\slist\smatches\nthe\sexact\stext\sof\sthe\sdisplayname\scolumn\sof\sthe\sjobs\stable.
+D 2026-05-20T00:16:20.863
 F .fossil-settings/binary-glob 61195414528fb3ea9693577e1980230d78a1f8b0a54c78cf1b9b24d0a409ed6a x
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ F test/temptrigfault.tes fc5918e64f3867156fefe7cfca9d8e1f495134a5229b2b511b0dc11
 F test/temptrigger.test a00f258ed8d21a0e8fd4f322f15e8cfb5cef2e43655670e07a753e3fb4769d61
 F test/tester.tcl 2d943f60200e0a36bcd3f1f0baf181a751cd3604ef6b6bd4c8dc39b4e8a53116
 F test/testloadext.c 862b848783eaed9985fbce46c65cd214664376b549fae252b364d5d1ef350a27
-F test/testrunner.tcl ca474a06ef014260fa2b26489dd7896e0920944a8f4f4beae1339c0a9c862df8 x
+F test/testrunner.tcl 8f9cd46fe10f670f7f1f3430323f6031a13690303bd7810042d4bb20c47c5d9b x
 F test/testrunner_data.tcl 4b3cf036d39c98b83f9289a5c047eb01089c932d4f59a81bf764f6800589b959
 F test/testrunner_estwork.tcl 81e2ae10238f50540f42fbf2d94913052a99bfb494b69e546506323f195dcff9
 F test/thread001.test a0985c117eab62c0c65526e9fa5d1360dd1cac5b03bde223902763274ce21899
@@ -2205,8 +2205,8 @@ F tool/warnings-clang.sh bbf6a1e685e534c92ec2bfba5b1745f34fb6f0bc2a362850723a9ee
 F tool/warnings.sh a554d13f6e5cf3760f041b87939e3d616ec6961859c3245e8ef701d1eafc2ca2
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
 F tool/winmain.c 00c8fb88e365c9017db14c73d3c78af62194d9644feaf60e220ab0f411f3604c
-P 0bdeedf56c9d7209d1ea8f950d0ef03c78cbf677528d9d30c5f4ec48c4e1a571
-R ff653f1bd0df57be89423e3ea714f832
-U dan
-Z 1d38bbb8dfe18d91c29fbafebf7a7b6a
+P 70021c3291b38192832c99fa4d8155249dd39f5b26334595c71f5cee66d13ebb
+R bde1cba3c0bba5c618255ba565122029
+U drh
+Z 0437c967c95da1d4038d7af40fe68045
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 703040a9e1..fc9ba36db8 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-70021c3291b38192832c99fa4d8155249dd39f5b26334595c71f5cee66d13ebb
+3f409c0e1be6b71eca92eccf0b9de3ef5923a6a57be49540ebe190fc6a6d06d4
diff --git a/test/testrunner.tcl b/test/testrunner.tcl
index 377a516753..7bf8b05cf0 100755
--- a/test/testrunner.tcl
+++ b/test/testrunner.tcl
@@ -1319,10 +1319,6 @@ proc add_tcl_jobs {build config patternlist {shelldepid ""}} {
   # The ::testspec array is populated by permutations.test
   foreach f [dict get $::testspec($config) -files] {
 
-    if {![job_matches_any_pattern $patternlist "$config [file tail $f]"]} {
-      continue
-    }
-
     if {[file pathtype $f]!="absolute"} { set f [file join $::testdir $f] }
     set f [file normalize $f]
 
@@ -1337,6 +1333,10 @@ proc add_tcl_jobs {build config patternlist {shelldepid ""}} {
       set displayname "[lindex $build 2] $displayname"
     }
 
+    if {![job_matches_any_pattern $patternlist $displayname]} {
+      continue
+    }
+
     set lProp [trd_test_script_properties $f]
     set priority 0
     if {[lsearch $lProp slow]>=0} { set priority 2 }
@@ -1352,10 +1352,7 @@ proc add_tcl_jobs {build config patternlist {shelldepid ""}} {
         -cmd $cmd                      \
         -depid $depid                  \
         -priority $priority
-  }
-  if {$ntcljob==0 && [llength $build]>0} {
-    set bldid [lindex $build 0]
-    trdb eval {DELETE FROM jobs WHERE rowid=$bldid}
+
   }
 }
 
@@ -1389,7 +1386,7 @@ proc add_build_job {buildname target {postcmd ""} {depid ""}} {
 # Add jobs to build and run all the *.c files in $testdir/c/ for build
 # configuration $buildname.
 # 
-proc add_c_jobs {buildname} {
+proc add_c_jobs {buildname patternlist} {
   global TRG
 
   set dir [file join $::testdir c]
@@ -1425,6 +1422,9 @@ proc add_c_jobs {buildname} {
       append cmd "AUXTEST=$prg $TRG(makecmd) $prg\n"
       append cmd "./$prg\n"
     }
+    if {![job_matches_any_pattern $patternlist "$prg ($buildname)"]} {
+      continue
+    }
     
     set id [add_job                                \
       -displaytype tcl                             \
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ proc add_fuzztest_jobs {buildname patternlist} {
         set tail [lrange $s 0 end-1]
         lappend tail [file tail $fname]
       }
-      if {![job_matches_any_pattern $patternlist "$interpreter $tail"]} {
+      if {![job_matches_any_pattern $patternlist "$buildname $interpreter $tail"]} {
         continue
       }
       if {!$bldDone} {
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ proc add_jobs_from_cmdline {patternlist} {
           }
         }
 
-        add_c_jobs $b
+        add_c_jobs $b $patternlist
       }
     }
 
@@ -2121,6 +2121,15 @@ if {[llength $TRG(patternlist)]==1 && $TRG(patternlist) eq "retest"} {
   handle_retest
 } else {  
   set tm [lindex [time { make_new_testset }] 0]
+  if {[llength $TRG(patternlist)]>0} {
+    r_write_db {
+      trdb eval {
+        DELETE FROM jobs
+         WHERE displaytype='bld'
+           AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM jobs chld WHERE chld.depid=jobs.jobid)
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 if {$TRG(explain)} {
   explain_tests