# Safe State Mutation

> The ability to mutate state within a bounded transaction so partial failures cannot corrupt it.

Record: `lex:safe-state-mutation`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-safe-state-mutation

## category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## referenced-by

- [Transaction Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/transaction-boundary.md)