# Cost/Cold Start

> The degree to which scaling capacity up and down incurs added cost and cold-start latency.

Record: `lex:cost-cold-start`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-cost-cold-start

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Auto-Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/auto-scaling.md)