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NFS file timestamps show future time

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Applies to

  • NetApp ONTAP 9
  • Network File System (NFS) clients (Linux)

Issue

  • Files on NFS shares display future timestamps in access, modified, and change fields.

~/test-matrix> date+%T.%N; touch data2; stat data2; date+%T.%N
14:27:18.409837350
File: data2
Access: 2026-06-19 14:27:18.518971000+0200
Modify: 2026-06-19 14:27:18.518971000+0200
Change: 2026-06-19 14:27:18.518971000+0200
Birth: 2026-06-19 14:27:18.414380051

  • Build jobs fail with error:

make: warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be incomplete

  • No recent changes or maintenance reported prior to issue.

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