# Consumer Safety

> The degree to which consumers are protected from breakage when a provider changes.

Record: `lex:consumer-safety`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-consumer-safety

## category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## referenced-by

- [Backward Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/backward-compatibility.md)