# Availability of Degraded Dependency

> The degree to which tripping a breaker to protect the system also cuts off a still-partly-working dependency.

Record: `lexicon:availability-of-degraded-dependency`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-availability-of-degraded-dependency

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Tolerant Input](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/tolerant-input.md) and before [Consistency / Feature Completeness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/consistency-feature-completeness.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Circuit Breaker Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/circuit-breaker-pattern.md)
- [Circuit Breaker Pattern / Availability of Degraded Dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/availability-of-degraded-dependency-circuit-breaker-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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