# Arbitrary Reordering

> Reordering causally related operations freely, so effects can appear before their causes.

Record: `lexicon:arbitrary-reordering`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-arbitrary-reordering

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unordered Side Effects](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unordered-side-effects.md) and before [Causal Ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/causal-ordering.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Negated by

- [Causal Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causal-consistency.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)