# Connection Cleanup

> The ability to close open connections cleanly when a process shuts down.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Untested Failure Assumptions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/untested-failure-assumptions.md) and before [Hard Process Kill](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hard-process-kill.md).

## Category

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)

## Enabled by

- [Graceful Shutdown](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/graceful-shutdown.md)

## Linked from

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)
- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)