# Causation Tracking

> Recording which event caused which, so cause-and-effect chains can be reconstructed later.

Record: `lexicon:causation-tracking`
Kind: activity
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-causation-tracking

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Startup Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/startup-cost.md) and before [Correct Workflow Reasoning](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/correct-workflow-reasoning.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Required by

- [Causality](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causality.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)