# Shutdown Latency

> The degree to which draining in-flight work before exit lengthens the time a shutdown takes.

Record: `lex:shutdown-latency`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-shutdown-latency

## 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)