# Failure Propagation

> Letting a failure spread unchecked across component boundaries instead of containing it.

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

## category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## referenced-by

- [Error Boundaries](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/error-boundaries.md)