# Failure Detection

> The ability to detect that a system has failed or degraded by watching its monitored signals.

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

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Monitoring](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/monitoring.md)