# Blast-Radius Reduction

> The ability to contain a failure so it affects only one isolated partition.

Record: `lexicon:blast-radius-reduction`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-blast-radius-reduction

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unsafe Default Continuation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unsafe-default-continuation.md) and before [Bounded Waiting](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/bounded-waiting.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Bulkhead Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/bulkhead-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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