Do you have a source for this? From my understanding these bounds are actively being used during the commit protocol: The leader will wait (i.e. just run sleep(

Do you have a source for this? From my understanding these bounds are actively being used during the commit protocol: The leader will wait (i.e. just run sleep()) for a period of time. This period is determined from the bounds and ensures that the commit is definitely in the past [across all replicas].