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Command freshness

Also: command age

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In plain language

How recently an actuator command was produced or validated.

Technical definition

Freshness uses monotonic timestamps, sequence numbers, and expiry policy to prevent stale but syntactically valid commands from persisting.

Units
seconds (s)

Example Reject a drive command whose age exceeds 150 ms.

Common misconception A valid checksum does not make an old command fresh.