# Consumer-Driven Contract Tests

> A technique for having each consumer publish the responses it relies on and testing the provider against all of them before it releases.

Record: `lexicon:consumer-driven-contract-tests`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-consumer-driven-contract-tests

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Version Bump](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/version-bump.md) and before [Define Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/define-contract.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## Refactors

- [Cyclic Deployment Dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/cyclic-deployment-dependency.md)
- [Service Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/service-contract.md)
- [Consumer-Driven Contracts](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/consumer-driven-contracts.md)
- [Event-Driven Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/event-driven-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)