# Context Propagation

> The requirement that request context be carried across service boundaries so related calls can be correlated.

Record: `lexicon:context-propagation`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-context-propagation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Metadata Propagation Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/metadata-propagation-overhead.md) and before [Header/Metadata Management](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/header-metadata-management.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## Required by

- [Correlation ID](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/correlation-id.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)