# Cascading Failure Prevention

> The ability to stop one component's failure from cascading through its callers.

Record: `lex:cascading-failure-prevention`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-cascading-failure-prevention

## 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)