# Single Point of Failure

> A component whose failure alone halts the entire system because it has no redundancy.

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

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Fault Tolerance](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fault-tolerance.md)
- [Redundancy](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/redundancy.md)