# Continuity During Failure

> The ability to keep serving requests by switching to a standby when the primary fails.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Readiness/Liveness Routing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/readiness-liveness-routing.md) and before [Health Detection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/health-detection.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Failover](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/failover.md)

## Linked from

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