}

    /**
     * Returns the elapsed time since clock initialization.
     * This is a convenience method equivalent to {@code get().elapsedTime()}.
     *
     * @return the duration since clock initialization
     */
    public static Duration elapsed() {
        return get().elapsedTime();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a monotonically increasing instant.
     * <p>

        void testElapsedTimeConsistency() {
            MonotonicClock clock = MonotonicClock.get();
            Instant now = clock.instant();
            Duration elapsed = clock.elapsedTime();
            Duration calculated = Duration.between(clock.startInstant(), now);

            // Allow for small timing differences (1ms) due to execution time between measurements
            assertTrue(

					// time elapsed
					timeElapsed := time.Since(startTime)
					// log error only if more than a second has elapsed
					if timeElapsed > time.Second {
						reqInfo.AppendTags("elapsedTime",
							humanize.RelTime(startTime,
								startTime.Add(timeElapsed),
								"elapsed",
								"",
							))
						ctx := logger.SetReqInfo(GlobalContext,
							reqInfo)