diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/ChildRecordListRenderer.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/ChildRecordListRenderer.java
index 6004475a..ce9f1e4a 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/ChildRecordListRenderer.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/dashboard/widgets/ChildRecordListRenderer.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public class ChildRecordListRenderer extends AbstractWidgetRenderer
    {
       return (new Builder(new QWidgetMetaData()
          .withName(join.getName())
+         .withIsCard(true)
          .withCodeReference(new QCodeReference(ChildRecordListRenderer.class, null))
          .withType(WidgetType.CHILD_RECORD_LIST.getType())
          .withDefaultValue("joinName", join.getName())));
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/SecretsManagerUtilsTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/SecretsManagerUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11e5c650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/SecretsManagerUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2023.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances;
+
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Unit test for SecretsManagerUtils
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class SecretsManagerUtilsTest
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testSecretsManagerWithoutVars()
+   {
+      Optional<String> secret = SecretsManagerUtils.getSecret("foo", "bar");
+      assertTrue(secret.isEmpty());
+   }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandler.java b/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandler.java
index 234a1b07..010af005 100644
--- a/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandler.java
+++ b/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandler.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.processes.RunProcessAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.reporting.GenerateReportAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.tables.InsertAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.values.QValueFormatter;
-import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
-import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QModuleDispatchException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QNotFoundException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QPermissionDeniedException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QUserFacingException;
@@ -119,6 +117,9 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
                get("/init", QJavalinProcessHandler::processInit);
                post("/init", QJavalinProcessHandler::processInit);
 
+               get("/run", QJavalinProcessHandler::processRun);
+               post("/run", QJavalinProcessHandler::processRun);
+
                path("/{processUUID}", () ->
                {
                   post("/step/{step}", QJavalinProcessHandler::processStep);
@@ -290,9 +291,23 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
     ** Init a process (named in path param :process)
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
-   public static void processInit(Context context) throws QException
+   public static void processInit(Context context)
    {
-      doProcessInitOrStep(context, null, null);
+      doProcessInitOrStep(context, null, null, RunProcessInput.FrontendStepBehavior.BREAK);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Run a process (named in path param :process) - that is - fully run, not
+    ** breaking on frontend steps.  Note, we may still go Async - use query or
+    ** form body param `_qStepTimeoutMillis` to set a higher timeout to get more
+    ** synchronous-like behavior.
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static void processRun(Context context)
+   {
+      doProcessInitOrStep(context, null, null, RunProcessInput.FrontendStepBehavior.SKIP);
    }
 
 
@@ -300,7 +315,7 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
-   private static void doProcessInitOrStep(Context context, String processUUID, String startAfterStep)
+   private static void doProcessInitOrStep(Context context, String processUUID, String startAfterStep, RunProcessInput.FrontendStepBehavior frontendStepBehavior)
    {
       Map<String, Object> resultForCaller    = new HashMap<>();
       Exception           returningException = null;
@@ -321,7 +336,7 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
          QJavalinImplementation.setupSession(context, runProcessInput);
 
          runProcessInput.setProcessName(processName);
-         runProcessInput.setFrontendStepBehavior(RunProcessInput.FrontendStepBehavior.BREAK);
+         runProcessInput.setFrontendStepBehavior(frontendStepBehavior);
          runProcessInput.setProcessUUID(processUUID);
          runProcessInput.setStartAfterStep(startAfterStep);
          populateRunProcessRequestWithValuesFromContext(context, runProcessInput);
@@ -518,7 +533,7 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
     *******************************************************************************/
    private static void archiveUploadedFile(RunProcessInput runProcessInput, QUploadedFile qUploadedFile)
    {
-      String fileName = new QValueFormatter().formatDate(LocalDate.now())
+      String fileName = QValueFormatter.formatDate(LocalDate.now())
          + File.separator + runProcessInput.getProcessName()
          + File.separator + qUploadedFile.getFilename();
 
@@ -588,11 +603,11 @@ public class QJavalinProcessHandler
     ** Run a step in a process (named in path param :processName)
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
-   public static void processStep(Context context) throws QModuleDispatchException
+   public static void processStep(Context context)
    {
       String processUUID = context.pathParam("processUUID");
       String lastStep    = context.pathParam("step");
-      doProcessInitOrStep(context, processUUID, lastStep);
+      doProcessInitOrStep(context, processUUID, lastStep, RunProcessInput.FrontendStepBehavior.BREAK);
    }
 
 
diff --git a/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandlerTest.java b/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandlerTest.java
index b53930fd..29db1529 100644
--- a/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandlerTest.java
+++ b/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinProcessHandlerTest.java
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ class QJavalinProcessHandlerTest extends QJavalinTestBase
       String     nextStep    = jsonObject.getString("nextStep");
       assertNotNull(processUUID, "Process UUID should not be null.");
       assertNotNull(nextStep, "There should be a next step");
+      assertFalse(jsonObject.getJSONObject("values").has("didSleep"), "There should not (yet) be a value from the backend step");
 
       ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // second, run the 'nextStep' (the backend step, that sleeps). run it with a long enough sleep so that it'll go async //
@@ -274,6 +275,31 @@ class QJavalinProcessHandlerTest extends QJavalinTestBase
       String nextStep2 = jsonObject.getString("nextStep");
       assertNotNull(nextStep2, "There be one more next step");
       assertNotEquals(nextStep, nextStep2, "The next step should be different this time.");
+      assertTrue(jsonObject.getJSONObject("values").has("didSleep"), "There should be a value from the backend step");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** test fully running a process that has frontend steps - and observing that we
+    ** don't stop on them.
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   public void test_processRunWithoutBreakingForFrontendSteps() throws InterruptedException
+   {
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // first init the process, to get its UUID //
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////
+      String processBasePath = BASE_URL + "/processes/" + TestUtils.PROCESS_NAME_SLEEP_INTERACTIVE;
+      HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post(processBasePath + "/run?" + TestUtils.SleeperStep.FIELD_SLEEP_MILLIS + "=" + LESS_THAN_TIMEOUT)
+         .header("Content-Type", "application/json").asString();
+
+      JSONObject jsonObject  = assertProcessStepCompleteResponse(response);
+      String     processUUID = jsonObject.getString("processUUID");
+      assertNotNull(processUUID, "Process UUID should not be null.");
+      assertFalse(jsonObject.has("nextStep"), "There should not be a next step");
+      assertTrue(jsonObject.getJSONObject("values").has("didSleep"), "There should be a value from the backend step");
    }
 
 
diff --git a/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/TestUtils.java b/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/TestUtils.java
index 5a3fcc06..e3daf4e2 100644
--- a/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/TestUtils.java
+++ b/qqq-middleware-javalin/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/TestUtils.java
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ public class TestUtils
          try
          {
             Thread.sleep(runBackendStepInput.getValueInteger(FIELD_SLEEP_MILLIS));
+            runBackendStepOutput.addValue("didSleep", true);
          }
          catch(InterruptedException e)
          {