Subject: Re: bug#66684: [shepherd] Altering system time renders herd unresponsive

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 21:58:33 +0200

Hi Vladilen,

Vladilen Kozin <[email-masked]> skribis:

> My server would consistently run with system time 1h ahead of actual.
> Both `date` and `hwclock` would show the same time off by 1hr, while
> BIOS showed me correct time. I'm not sure why, but some services won't
> run if time difference is e.g. over 15min or smth, so.
>
> $ sudo date -s '-1 hour'
>
> fixes time but causes `herd` to become unresponsive as in you type a
> command, any command and stare at tty stuck. Also ssh'ing into the
> system becomes impossible.

Thanks for your report.  This issue comes from Fibers 1.3.1:

  https://github.com/wingo/fibers/issues/89

There’s currently no bug-fix in sight though.

Ludo’.