# Latency/Failure Root Cause Analysis

> The ability to pinpoint which service caused a request's latency or failure by tracing it across hops.

Record: `lex:latency-failure-root-cause-analysis`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-latency-failure-root-cause-analysis

## category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## referenced-by

- [Distributed Tracing](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/distributed-tracing.md)