# Breaking Change

> A change that violates a component's contract, forcing consumers to update to keep working.

Record: `lexicon:breaking-change`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-breaking-change

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Breaking API Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/breaking-api-change.md) and before [Breaking Changes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/breaking-changes.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## Negated by

- [Backward Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/backward-compatibility.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)