# Blind Routing

> Routing traffic to instances without checking their health, so requests hit dead or degraded nodes.

Record: `lex:blind-routing`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-blind-routing

## category

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)

## referenced-by

- [Health Checks](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/health-checks.md)