# In-Flight Work Drain

> The ability to finish or safely hand off in-progress work before a process exits.

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

## 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)