- // Get an estimate of the replica DB lag before then, treating estimate staleness
- // as lag itself just to be safe
- $status = $this->getApproximateLagStatus();
- $this->trxReplicaLag = $status['lag'] + ( microtime( true ) - $status['since'] );
+ // Get an estimate of the replication lag before any such queries.
+ $this->trxReplicaLag = $this->getApproximateLagStatus()['lag'];