the `NewClient` method is called by the load test framework for each connection. This means that if multiple connections are instantiated, each connection will erroneously have its own UUID. This PR changes the UUID generation to happen at the _beginning_ of the script instead of on client creation so that each experimental run shares a UUID.

Caught while preparing the script for production readiness.

#### PR checklist

- [ ] Tests written/updated, or no tests needed
- [ ] `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` updated, or no changelog entry needed
- [ ] Updated relevant documentation (`docs/`) and code comments, or no
      documentation updates needed

(cherry picked from commit 59a711e)

the `NewClient` method is called by the load test framework for each connection. This means that if multiple connections are instantiated, each connection will erroneously have its own UUID. This PR changes the UUID generation to happen at the _beginning_ of the script instead of on client creation so that each experimental run shares a UUID.

Caught while preparing the script for production readiness.

#### PR checklist

- [ ] Tests written/updated, or no tests needed
- [ ] `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` updated, or no changelog entry needed
- [ ] Updated relevant documentation (`docs/`) and code comments, or no
      documentation updates needed

(cherry picked from commit 59a711e)

the `NewClient` method is called by the load test framework for each connection. This means that if multiple connections are instantiated, each connection will erroneously have its own UUID. This PR changes the UUID generation to happen at the _beginning_ of the script instead of on client creation so that each experimental run shares a UUID.

Caught while preparing the script for production readiness.

#### PR checklist

- [ ] Tests written/updated, or no tests needed
- [ ] `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` updated, or no changelog entry needed
- [ ] Updated relevant documentation (`docs/`) and code comments, or no
      documentation updates needed

(cherry picked from commit 59a711e)

Co-authored-by: William Banfield <4561443+williambanfield@users.noreply.github.com>

the `NewClient` method is called by the load test framework for each connection. This means that if multiple connections are instantiated, each connection will erroneously have its own UUID. This PR changes the UUID generation to happen at the _beginning_ of the script instead of on client creation so that each experimental run shares a UUID.

Caught while preparing the script for production readiness.

#### PR checklist

- [ ] Tests written/updated, or no tests needed
- [ ] `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` updated, or no changelog entry needed
- [ ] Updated relevant documentation (`docs/`) and code comments, or no
      documentation updates needed

(cherry picked from commit 59a711e)

Co-authored-by: William Banfield <4561443+williambanfield@users.noreply.github.com>

…x-rc1

* release/v0.37.0-rc1:
  QA Process report for v0.37.x (and baseline for v0.34.x) (tendermint#9499) (tendermint#9577)
  Fix TX payload for DO testnets (tendermint#9540) (tendermint#9542)
  blocksync: retry requests after timeout (backport tendermint#9518) (tendermint#9533)
  Extend the load report tool to include transactions' hashes (tendermint#9509) (tendermint#9513)
  build(deps): Bump styfle/cancel-workflow-action from 0.10.0 to 0.10.1 (tendermint#9502)
  build(deps): Bump actions/stale from 5 to 6 (tendermint#9494)
  loadtime: add block time to the data point (tendermint#9484) (tendermint#9489)
  config: Add missing storage section when generating config (tendermint#9483) (tendermint#9487)
  Sync Vote.Verify() in spec with implementation (tendermint#9466) (tendermint#9476)
  fix spec (tendermint#9467) (tendermint#9469)
  metrics: fix panic because of absent prometheus label (tendermint#9455) (tendermint#9474)
  Ensure Dockerfile stages use consistent Go version (backport tendermint#9462) (tendermint#9472)
  build(deps): Bump slackapi/slack-github-action from 1.21.0 to 1.22.0 (tendermint#9432)
  build(deps): Bump bufbuild/buf-setup-action from 1.7.0 to 1.8.0 (tendermint#9453)
  state: restore previous error message (tendermint#9435) (tendermint#9440)
  build(deps): Bump gonum.org/v1/gonum from 0.11.0 to 0.12.0 (tendermint#9411)
  docs: Update ADRs for v0.37 (tendermint#9399) (tendermint#9418)
  build(deps): Bump github.com/spf13/viper from 1.12.0 to 1.13.0 (tendermint#9410)
  build(deps): Bump github.com/lib/pq from 1.10.6 to 1.10.7 (tendermint#9409)
  feat: support HTTPS inside websocket (tendermint#9416) (tendermint#9422)
  Removed unused param (tendermint#9394)
  test: generate uuid on startup for load tool (tendermint#9383) (tendermint#9392)
  add redirect links (tendermint#9385) (tendermint#9389)
  refactor: migrate to cosmos/gogoproto (backport tendermint#9356) (tendermint#9381)
  cmd: print all versions of tendermint and its sub protocols  (tendermint#9329) (tendermint#9386)
  Add missing changes changelog files (backport tendermint#9376) (tendermint#9382)
  add separated runs by UUID (backport tendermint#9367) (tendermint#9379)
  spec: abci++ cleanup for v0.37 (backport tendermint#9288) (tendermint#9374)
  ci: Remove "(WARNING: BETA SOFTWARE)" tagline from all upcoming releases (tendermint#9371) (tendermint#9372)
  Update rpc client header (tendermint#9276) (tendermint#9349)
  ci: Pre-release workflows (backport tendermint#9366) (tendermint#9368)
  test: add the loadtime report tool (tendermint#9351) (tendermint#9364)
  Update Tendermint version to v0.37.0 (tendermint#9354)
  test: add the loadtime tool (tendermint#9342) (tendermint#9357)

# Conflicts:
#	version/version.go