# Automatic Failover of Leadership

> The ability to automatically elect a new leader when the current one fails.

Record: `lexicon:automatic-failover-of-leadership`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-automatic-failover-of-leadership

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Agreed Single Value Across Nodes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/agreed-single-value-across-nodes.md) and before [Central-Orchestrator-Free Coordination](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/central-orchestrator-free-coordination.md).

## Category

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/control-coordination-centralization.md)

## Enabled by

- [Leader Election](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/leader-election.md)

## Linked from

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)
- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)