# Availability of Degraded Dependency

> The degree to which tripping a breaker to protect the system also cuts off a still-partly-working dependency.

Record: `lex:availability-of-degraded-dependency`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-availability-of-degraded-dependency

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Circuit Breaker Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/circuit-breaker-pattern.md)