Carte Status / Kettle Slave Server Status page shows status for random runs instead of the latest run

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I am trying to programmatically get the details of a specific execution of a transformation

What I have tried so far

I get the status of the Kettle Slave Server/Carte at

http://localhost:8282/kettle/status/

From this page, I can click on the desired transformation and I am taken to another page that shows the details and also has a link to the XML output to the current status of a specific execution of a transformation. The link is something like this:

http://localhost:8282/kettle/transStatus/?name=trans_name&id=Carte_Ob_ID&xml=y

The problem

I have a transformation that has been run multiple times recently. I don't have the Carte_Obj_ID for a specific run of the transformation. So, I can't provide it in the URI. If I try the following URI instead:

http://localhost:8282/kettle/transStatus/?name=trans_name&xml=y

then I get the status of a random execution. Not the latest one or any specific one.

The Goal

I am writing a .net GUI where I have this code.

HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.
                        Create(@"http://localhost:8282/kettle/transStatus/?
                                name=Trans_Name
                                &id=Carte_Obj_ID
                                &xml=y");
req.Method = "GET";
req.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("cluster", "cluster");                
resp = req.GetResponse();
xmlResultStream = resp.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(xmlResultStream, Encoding.UTF8);
String a = readStream.ReadToEnd();

I intend to get the status XML of a specific execution of a transformation and allow a non-Pentaho admin user to run transformations at a click of a button.

Thanks for any help in advance. I have taken inspiration from this article[^].

Update:

I saw this old JIRA entry[^] where this bug is said to be fixed. I have PDI 5.0 trail version, not sure if this fix is actually there.