# Leap smearing

> Spreads a leap second over the whole day, so no clock jumps and no lease expires early.

## Prerequisites

It is a root of the Reliability track. Nothing comes before it.

## Incidents it prevents

- [Leap second or clock skew](https://wiki.playquorum.dev/incidents/leap-second.md)

## Facts

Leap smearing
- **Track:** Reliability
- **Era:** [Series C](https://wiki.playquorum.dev/eras/series-c.md)
- **Cost:** 10.0k 10.0k 10.0k 30.0k
- **Requires:** —

## See also

- [Research tree](https://wiki.playquorum.dev/research.md)

Source: https://wiki.playquorum.dev/research/leap-smearing