# Unlinked Events

> Recording events with no link to their cause, so cause-and-effect chains cannot be rebuilt.

Record: `lex:unlinked-events`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-unlinked-events

## category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## referenced-by

- [Causation ID](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/causation-id.md)