# Bounded Queue

> A technique for giving a queue a fixed capacity, so producers are slowed or refused instead of exhausting memory.

Record: `lexicon:bounded-queue`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-bounded-queue

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Load Shedding](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/load-shedding.md) and before [Fail Fast or Fall Back](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fail-fast-or-fall-back.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Missing Backpressure](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/missing-backpressure.md)
- [Backpressure](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/backpressure.md)

## Linked from

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