# Blind Routing

> Routing traffic to instances without checking their health, so requests hit dead or degraded nodes.

Record: `lexicon:blind-routing`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-blind-routing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Reduced Mean Time to Recovery](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reduced-mean-time-to-recovery.md) and before [Observable Health Criteria](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/observable-health-criteria.md).

## Category

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)

## Negated by

- [Health Checks](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/health-checks.md)

## Linked from

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)