# Failure Threshold

> The requirement of a defined failure count or rate at which a circuit breaker trips.

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

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Circuit Breaker Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/circuit-breaker-pattern.md)