# Controlled Failure

> The ability to fail in a defined, handled way rather than crashing unpredictably.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Continued Operation Under Failure](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/continued-operation-under-failure.md) and before [Deny-by-Default Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deny-by-default-behavior.md).

## Category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## Enabled by

- [Error Handling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/error-handling.md)

## Linked from

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)