The maximum allowed time difference between the Timestamping Authority clock and the chrony client. When the difference exceeds the selected period, The Timestamping Authority solution:

  1. Considers that the clock is not valid (bad clock).
  2. Logs an error when trying to timestamp data.

See below for the main fields on the recorded error log.

Error log field

Value

​level

info​

msg

ProcessTimeStampRequest.Failed

tsa-log.tsa-pkistatus-string 

TimeNotAvailableTSError

cause.cause.cause.msg

BadClock

Mandatory: Yes.

JSON data type: A number followed by ns, us, ms, s, m or h. For example, "60s".