time-sync-diagnosis

To troubleshoot Linux clock drift, this Skill automates a four-phase audit of system services, network connectivity, kernel clocksources, and chronyd configuration to pinpoint the exact root cause.

Linux time synchronization fails during service transitions due to control plane conflicts or management channel restrictions. This Skill audits protocol consistency and service status to identify the specific conflict.

Yes, you can diagnose virtualized environments. The Skill audits kernel clocksource stability and checks for virtualization steal time to detect protocol failures and kernel-level jitter.

The best way to verify UDP 123 connectivity is through automated network path analysis. This Skill uses standard tools like ss and mtr to validate management channels and network reachability.

You do not need specialized tools, but standard Linux diagnostic utilities like systemctl, chronyc, ntpq, ss, and bash are required to execute the comprehensive protocol and infrastructure analysis.

Finding the root cause of ntpq reachability issues requires auditing network paths and service configurations. This Skill maps the symptoms to failure scenarios like network restrictions or service conflicts.