feat: tell the collector how far to trust the timestamp

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Add SolidSyslogTimeQualitySd, and give MetaSd an uptime source alongside its counter.

struct SolidSyslogMetaSdConfig metaConfig = {
    .Counter      = SolidSyslogStdAtomicCounter_Create(),
    .GetSysUpTime = SolidSyslogFreeRtos_GetSysUpTime,   /* new */
};
sd[1] = SolidSyslogTimeQualitySd_Create(SyslogTimeQuality);

... BOOT [meta sequenceId="1" sysUpTime="385"][timeQuality tzKnown="1" isSynced="0"] device started

Time quality states how far the clock can be trusted, which matters when comparing events from
different devices.

This device reads the host clock once at boot and then free-runs on the FreeRTOS tick, so isSynced
is 0 and the callback writes no syncAccuracy. tzKnown is 1; the device works in UTC
throughout.

sysUpTime accompanies the sequence number. After a reboot the sequence restarts at one, and an
uptime near zero distinguishes that from a counter wrap. It is one more field on a config struct
that already existed.

The element lands before the store because store-and-forward breaks the assumption that a record
reaches the collector shortly after it was raised. A record can arrive hours later, so the device
states what its clock is worth first.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Syslog records now include system uptime metadata.
  • Added time-quality metadata indicating timezone availability and whether the clock is synchronized.
  • Improved support for interpreting delayed records and detecting reboots through uptime information.

• Documentation

  • Updated configuration guidance, resource usage details, and example output for the new time-quality metadata.
  • Refreshed validation reports and measurement references.

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Walkthrough

The logger now emits sysUpTime and timeQuality structured data. The README and run report describe the time-quality stage and update its resource measurements and self-check data.

Changes

Time quality metadata

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure time-quality structured data app/syslog/Syslog.c	Syslog initialization adds FreeRTOS uptime metadata and a time-quality callback that reports a known timezone and an unsynchronized clock.
Document and verify the time-quality scenario README.md, run-report.md	The documentation and run report describe the time-quality stage, emitted metadata, updated resource measurements, and time-quality.csv self-check data.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d871a

The PR adds uptime and time-quality metadata, but the README contains a run-specific uptime value that may become stale and mislead users; this is a bounded documentation follow-up, so the change is mergeable with owner awareness while the example is made generic or generated.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Syslog_Start
  participant MetaSd
  participant FreeRTOS
  participant SolidSyslogTimeQualitySd
  Syslog_Start->>MetaSd: configure uptime callback
  MetaSd->>FreeRTOS: read system uptime
  Syslog_Start->>SolidSyslogTimeQualitySd: configure time-quality callback
  SolidSyslogTimeQualitySd-->>Syslog_Start: report known timezone and unsynchronized clock

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Possibly related PRs

• cososo-ltd/solid-syslog-example#37: Directly updates the same time-quality and sysUpTime functionality.
• cososo-ltd/solid-syslog-example#10: Introduces the logger setup extended by these structured-data elements.
• cososo-ltd/solid-syslog-example#40: Addresses message-size growth related to added sysUpTime and time-quality data.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 66.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: reporting how much trust the collector should place in device timestamps.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the time-quality element, uptime field, clock behavior, and record ordering, but omits the template headings and checklist.

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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 25-27: Update the README startup example to remove the
run-specific sysUpTime measurement, replacing it with a neutral placeholder or
omitting the attribute while preserving the surrounding boot and timeQuality
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