# Cooldown as a Tag

> Tagging a file cooldown or throttle, where the throttling tag covers limiting how often something runs and the timer tag covers running it after a delay.

Record: `lexicon:cooldown-as-a-tag`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-cooldown-as-a-tag

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Object Pool as a Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/object-pool-as-a-tag.md) and before [Thread as a Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/thread-as-a-tag.md).

## Category

- [Refused Tags](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/refused-tags.md)