Sounds like it is the re-test thing that is broken. Do you have the [bbretest] section enabled in hobbitlaunch.cfg ?

Yep: [bbretest] ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD $BBHOME/ext/bbretest-net.sh LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-retest.log INTERVAL 1m