# Unbounded Ingestion

> Accepting incoming work with no limit, so a fast producer overwhelms a slower consumer.

Record: `lex:unbounded-ingestion`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-unbounded-ingestion

## category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## referenced-by

- [Backpressure](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/backpressure.md)