# Central Dependency Risk

> The degree to which centralizing configuration makes the whole system depend on one config source.

Record: `lexicon:central-dependency-risk`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-central-dependency-risk

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Quorum](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/quorum.md) and before [Centralized Coordinator Coupling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/centralized-coordinator-coupling.md).

## Category

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/control-coordination-centralization.md)

## In tension with

- [Centralized Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/centralized-configuration.md)
- [Centralized Configuration / Central Dependency Risk](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/central-dependency-risk-centralized-configuration.md)

## Linked from

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)