# Long Blocking Work

> Performing lengthy synchronous work on a request path, blocking it and inflating latency.

Record: `lex:long-blocking-work`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-long-blocking-work

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Latency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/latency.md)