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ClocksCase 03 of 10

Container / live migration

A container or VM moved between hosts inherits a different clock quality and synchronization history, so timestamp reliability changes mid-stream without any application signal.

Class
Case to account for
Affects
1 conversion
01

Detection

Host or clock-source identity changes across a stream.

02

Mitigation

01
Stamp the clock source/host with each batch; re-baseline uncertainty on migration.
03

Affected conversions

Timestamp + zonehour-of-week slot
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