# Hard Process Kill

> Terminating a process abruptly without draining work, dropping in-flight requests and risking corrupt state.

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

## category

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)

## referenced-by

- [Graceful Shutdown](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/graceful-shutdown.md)