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ClocksCase 07 of 10

Offline capture, delayed replay

IoT and mobile devices capture events offline and upload them later, so yesterday's events arrive today. Arrival order is not occurrence order, and late data reopens already-reported slots.

Class
Case to account for
Affects
2 conversions
01

Detection

Received time lags captured time by hours or days.

02

Mitigation

01
Slot by captured/observed time, not receive time; treat reporting slots as revisable (watermarks / late-arrival windows).
03

Affected conversions

Timestamp + zonehour-of-week slot
OPEN
Slot + ISO weekUTC interval
OPEN