# Continuity During Failure

> The ability to keep serving requests by switching to a standby when the primary fails.

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

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Failover](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/failover.md)