# All-Or-Nothing Failure

> Failing the entire system when one part fails instead of degrading to reduced but working service.

Record: `lexicon:all-or-nothing-failure`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-all-or-nothing-failure

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Workflow Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/workflow-complexity.md) and before [Brittle Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/brittle-architecture.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Graceful Degradation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/graceful-degradation.md)

## Linked from

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