# Consistency Assumed Free When Healthy

> Assuming consistency carries no cost while the network is healthy, ignoring the latency it still imposes.

Record: `lexicon:consistency-assumed-free-when-healthy`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-consistency-assumed-free-when-healthy

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Network Partition Possibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/network-partition-possibility.md) and before [Latency-Consistency Trade-off When Healthy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/latency-consistency-trade-off-when-healthy.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [PACELC Theorem](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pacelc-theorem.md)

## Linked from

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