# Consumer Safety

> The degree to which consumers are protected from breakage when a provider changes.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Schema Evolution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/schema-evolution.md) and before [Data Quality](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/data-quality.md).

## Category

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

## Reinforced by

- [Backward Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/backward-compatibility.md)

## Linked from

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