# Environment Drift

> The degree to which a test or runtime environment diverges from a reference over time, undermining comparability.

Record: `lex:environment-drift`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-environment-drift

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Benchmarking](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/benchmarking.md)