# All-Or-Nothing Failure

> Failing the entire system when one part fails instead of degrading to reduced but working service.

Record: `lex:all-or-nothing-failure`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-all-or-nothing-failure

## category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## referenced-by

- [Graceful Degradation](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/graceful-degradation.md)