# Per-Node Independent Ordering

> Letting each node decide message order independently, so replicas diverge on sequence.

Record: `lex:per-node-independent-ordering`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-per-node-independent-ordering

## category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## referenced-by

- [Total-Order Broadcast](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/total-order-broadcast.md)