# Brittle Architecture

> A fragile design that breaks entirely under any condition it was not explicitly built for.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [All-Or-Nothing Failure](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/all-or-nothing-failure.md) and before [Exception Swallowing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/exception-swallowing.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/resilience.md)

## Linked from

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