# Conflict Detection

> The ability to detect that data changed since it was read, so a conflicting write can be rejected.

Record: `lex:conflict-detection`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-conflict-detection

## category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## referenced-by

- [Optimistic Locking](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/optimistic-locking.md)