# Cascading Failure Prevention

> The ability to stop one component's failure from cascading through its callers.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Bounded Waiting](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/bounded-waiting.md) and before [Continued Operation Under Failure](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/continued-operation-under-failure.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Circuit Breaker Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/circuit-breaker-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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