# Health Detection

> The ability to detect that a component has failed so a switchover can be triggered.

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

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Failover](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/failover.md)