Detailed Report - 2025.2 English - UG906

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Design Analysis and Closure Techniques (UG906)

Document ID
UG906
Release Date
2025-12-10
Version
2025.2 English

You can view the Report CDC details in the CDC Details section of the report. Use this section to:

  • Open the schematic of a selected path by pressing F4.
  • View an existing timing report.
  • Generate a new timing report by right-clicking the entry.

Use the CDC Details to investigate unexpected CDC paths, find missing or incorrect timing exceptions, and locate synchronizers missing the ASYNC_REG property.

An example is shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. CDC Detailed Report

The CDC Detailed Report table includes the following columns:

Severity
Reports the severity level of the CDC rule: Info, Warning, or Critical.
ID
The unique identification number of the CDC rule, as listed in the CDC Rules and Description table.
Description
A short explanation of the CDC rule.
Depth
The number of synchronizer stages found. This column applies only to synchronizer topologies.
Exception
The timing exception applied to the CDC path.
Source (From)
The startpoint of the CDC timing path.
Destination (To)
The endpoint of the CDC timing path.
Category
Describes the path classification (for example safe, unsafe, unknown).
Source Clock (From)
The name of the source clock. This column appears only when you select CDC Details from the left pane of the Vivado Timing Report window.
Destination Clock (To)
The name of the destination clock. This column appears only when you select CDC Details from the left pane of the Vivado Timing Report window.
Important: The CDC report might flag issues in some AMD intellectual properties (IPs) because the CDC engine does not recognize all possible CDC topologies and does not offer a built-in waiver mechanism. For more information, refer to the corresponding AMD IP Product Guide.