# Arbitrary Reordering

> Reordering causally related operations freely, so effects can appear before their causes.

Record: `lex:arbitrary-reordering`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-arbitrary-reordering

## category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## referenced-by

- [Causal Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/causal-consistency.md)