# API Surface Growth

> The degree to which adding extension points enlarges the public API that must be kept stable.

Record: `lex:api-surface-growth`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Extensibility Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/extensibility-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-api-surface-growth

## category

- [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/plugin-extensibility-ioc.md)

## referenced-by

- [Extension Points](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/extension-points.md)