# Silent Failure

> A failure that occurs without surfacing any error, log, or signal, leaving it undetected.

Record: `lex:silent-failure`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-silent-failure

## category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## referenced-by

- [Fail Fast](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fail-fast.md)
- [Logging](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/logging.md)
- [Alerting](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/alerting.md)