# Abuse/Overload Protection

> The ability to shield a system from abusive or excessive request volume.

Record: `lexicon:abuse-overload-protection`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-abuse-overload-protection

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Statelessness or Shared State Strategy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/statelessness-or-shared-state-strategy.md) and before [Bottleneck Detection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/bottleneck-detection.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Enabled by

- [Rate Limiting](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/rate-limiting.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)