• ntpd returns Leap indicator: clock unsynchronized (192) intermittently - need troubleshooting advice

    From Peter Volkov@peter.volkov@gmail.com to questions on Wed Jul 9 12:43:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.protocols.time.ntp

    Hello,
    Recently, our monitoring started alerting because the ntpd server intermittently returns the error Leap indicator: clock unsynchronized
    (192).
    Our monitor is a Python script (similar to this example https://www.mattcrampton.com/blog/query_an_ntp_server_from_python/)
    that queries the NTP server and checks the response time.
    I captured packets with tcpdump and see that most responses return
    correct time, but some return this unsynchronized leap indicator with
    zero timestamps:
    09:37:48.443219 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 62, id 6086, offset 0, flags [DF],
    proto UDP (17), length 76)
    10.254.253.100.34106 > 10.254.253.1.123: [udp sum ok] NTPv3,
    Client, length 48
    Leap indicator: (0), Stratum 0 (unspecified), poll 0 (1s), precision 0
    Root Delay: 0.000000, Root dispersion: 0.000000, Reference-ID: (unspec)
    Reference Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Receive Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Transmit Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator - Receive Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator - Transmit Timestamp: 0.000000000
    09:37:48.443280 IP (tos 0xb8, ttl 64, id 2192, offset 0, flags [DF],
    proto UDP (17), length 76)
    10.254.253.1.123 > 10.254.253.100.34106: [bad udp cksum 0x10ac ->
    0xe3de!] NTPv3, Server, length 48
    Leap indicator: clock unsynchronized (192), Stratum 0
    (unspecified), poll 3 (8s), precision 0
    Root Delay: 0.000000, Root dispersion: 0.000000, Reference-ID: (unspec)
    Reference Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Receive Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Transmit Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator - Receive Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator - Transmit Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Ntpd logs look normal, no obvious errors, and ntpq -p shows stable
    peers with normal offsets (~7 ms), stratum 2–3, and good reach (377):
    ntpq> pe
    remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== -185.116.194.200 80.241.0.72 2 u 15 64 377 40.310 +25.548 3.463 *boris.esilnet.k 194.190.168.1 2 u 6 64 377 32.532 +6.037 2.112 +nntp.hoster.kz 80.241.0.72 2 u 9 64 377 43.705 +16.318 1.870 +time.cloudflare 10.199.8.4 3 u 11 64 377 23.630 +7.168 3.344 ntpq> as
    ind assid status conf reach auth condition last_event cnt ===========================================================
    1 59040 933a yes yes none outlier sys_peer 3
    2 59041 966a yes yes none sys.peer sys_peer 6
    3 59042 944a yes yes none candidate sys_peer 4
    4 59043 941a yes yes none candidate sys_peer 1
    ntpq> rv
    associd=0 status=0615 leap_none, sync_ntp, 1 event, clock_sync,
    version="ntpd 4.2.8p17@1.4004-o Sun Apr 14 17:08:41 UTC 2024 (1)", processor="x86_64", system="Linux/6.12.31", leap=00, stratum=3,
    precision=-24, rootdelay=84.000, rootdisp=42.497, refid=176.108.64.46, reftime=ec18df02.e7f4a192 Wed, Jul 9 2025 12:28:50.906, clock=ec18e095.7cf33ecf Wed, Jul 9 2025 12:35:33.488, peer=59041, tc=6, mintc=3, offset=+7.088290, frequency=-18.999, sys_jitter=9.160873, clk_jitter=21.942, clk_wander=0.501
    ntpdate against a public pool confirms time difference is just a few milliseconds.
    The server time is correct and stable. Still, this leap unsynchronized
    response appears occasionally.
    What else should I check to understand why ntpd suddenly starts
    returning this error? Any ideas what conditions cause this partial unsynchronized state? How to debug it further?
    Thanks in advance.
    --
    Peter.
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  • From Martin Burnicki via questions Mailing List@questions@lists.ntp.org to questions on Wed Jul 9 13:08:00 2025
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  • From Peter Volkov@peter.volkov@gmail.com to Martin Burnicki on Wed Jul 9 19:53:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.protocols.time.ntp

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    Thank you, Martin. That's it! The 'restrict limited' setting was
    enabled, and that was the cause.

    Steven, I've attached the dump, though I believe we've found the root
    cause. Anyway, thank you too!

    --
    Peter.



    On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 4:05=E2=80=AFPM Martin Burnicki <questions@lists.ntp= .org> wrote:

    Hi Peter,

    stratum 0 in a network packet is possibly displayed as stratum 16, and
    it's an indicator for a Kiss-o'-Death (KoD) packet.

    A server can send KoD packets if rate limits have been configured at the server and a client polls the server too often.

    Such packets should also have something like "RATE" as a refid, but the
    refid in your packet trace is only displayed as "(unspec)", so we can't
    see the real contents of the refid field.

    Regards,

    Martin


    Peter Volkov wrote:
    Hello,

    Recently, our monitoring started alerting because the ntpd server intermittently returns the error Leap indicator: clock unsynchronized (192).

    Our monitor is a Python script (similar to this example https://www.mattcrampton.com/blog/query_an_ntp_server_from_python/)
    that queries the NTP server and checks the response time.

    I captured packets with tcpdump and see that most responses return
    correct time, but some return this unsynchronized leap indicator with
    zero timestamps:


    09:37:48.443219 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 62, id 6086, offset 0, flags [DF],
    proto UDP (17), length 76)
    10.254.253.100.34106 > 10.254.253.1.123: [udp sum ok] NTPv3,
    Client, length 48
    Leap indicator: (0), Stratum 0 (unspecified), poll 0 (1s), precis=
    ion 0
    Root Delay: 0.000000, Root dispersion: 0.000000, Reference-ID: (un=
    spec)
    Reference Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Receive Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Transmit Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator - Receive Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator - Transmit Timestamp: 0.000000000
    09:37:48.443280 IP (tos 0xb8, ttl 64, id 2192, offset 0, flags [DF],
    proto UDP (17), length 76)
    10.254.253.1.123 > 10.254.253.100.34106: [bad udp cksum 0x10ac -> 0xe3de!] NTPv3, Server, length 48
    Leap indicator: clock unsynchronized (192), Stratum 0
    (unspecified), poll 3 (8s), precision 0
    Root Delay: 0.000000, Root dispersion: 0.000000, Reference-ID: (un=
    spec)
    Reference Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Receive Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Transmit Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator - Receive Timestamp: 0.000000000
    Originator - Transmit Timestamp: 0.000000000


    Ntpd logs look normal, no obvious errors, and ntpq -p shows stable
    peers with normal offsets (~7 ms), stratum 2=E2=80=933, and good reach =
    (377):

    ntpq> pe
    remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset=
    jitter
    =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
    =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
    -185.116.194.200 80.241.0.72 2 u 15 64 377 40.310 +25.548 =
    3.463
    *boris.esilnet.k 194.190.168.1 2 u 6 64 377 32.532 +6.037 =
    2.112
    +nntp.hoster.kz 80.241.0.72 2 u 9 64 377 43.705 +16.318 =
    1.870
    +time.cloudflare 10.199.8.4 3 u 11 64 377 23.630 +7.168 =
    3.344
    ntpq> as
    ind assid status conf reach auth condition last_event cnt =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
    =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
    1 59040 933a yes yes none outlier sys_peer 3
    2 59041 966a yes yes none sys.peer sys_peer 6
    3 59042 944a yes yes none candidate sys_peer 4
    4 59043 941a yes yes none candidate sys_peer 1
    ntpq> rv
    associd=3D0 status=3D0615 leap_none, sync_ntp, 1 event, clock_sync, version=3D"ntpd 4.2.8p17@1.4004-o Sun Apr 14 17:08:41 UTC 2024 (1)", processor=3D"x86_64", system=3D"Linux/6.12.31", leap=3D00, stratum=3D3, precision=3D-24, rootdelay=3D84.000, rootdisp=3D42.497, refid=3D176.108=
    .64.46,
    reftime=3Dec18df02.e7f4a192 Wed, Jul 9 2025 12:28:50.906, clock=3Dec18e095.7cf33ecf Wed, Jul 9 2025 12:35:33.488, peer=3D59041,=
    tc=3D6,
    mintc=3D3, offset=3D+7.088290, frequency=3D-18.999, sys_jitter=3D9.1608=
    73,
    clk_jitter=3D21.942, clk_wander=3D0.501


    ntpdate against a public pool confirms time difference is just a few milliseconds.

    The server time is correct and stable. Still, this leap unsynchronized response appears occasionally.

    What else should I check to understand why ntpd suddenly starts
    returning this error? Any ideas what conditions cause this partial unsynchronized state? How to debug it further?

    Thanks in advance.

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    Peter.

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