# Always-Fresh Reads

> The degree to which every read returns the most recent write, which caching trades away for speed.

Record: `lexicon:always-fresh-reads`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-always-fresh-reads

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Wait-Time Prediction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/wait-time-prediction.md) and before [Cache Invalidation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cache-invalidation.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Caching](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/caching.md)
- [Caching / Always-Fresh Reads](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/always-fresh-reads-caching.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)
- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-transactions-state-concurrency.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)