# CLOCK_INDETERMINATE

Forge cannot work out the broker's time offset for any instrument in the run.

## What happened

None of this run's instruments has a broker time offset that Forge can work out on its own. Before a run starts, the engine settles every setting it depends on, and a setting that cannot be settled ends the run with this code without testing anything. The engine's own text is in `detail.reason`.

## What to do

Set the broker time offset by hand in Execution, or use instruments ingested with a known time zone.

## Example

```json
{
  "status": "failed",
  "error": {
    "code": "CLOCK_INDETERMINATE",
    "message": "The engine refused this run's settings before it started.",
    "detail": {}
  }
}
```

The reply also carries `detail.reason`, left out of this sample.