# End-to-End Causality

> The ability to follow a request's cause-and-effect chain across every component it touches.

Record: `lex:end-to-end-causality`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-end-to-end-causality

## category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## referenced-by

- [Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/traceability.md)