# Cost/Cold Start

> The degree to which scaling capacity up and down incurs added cost and cold-start latency.

Record: `lexicon:cost-cold-start`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-cost-cold-start

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Single Copy State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/single-copy-state.md) and before [Fixed Capacity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fixed-capacity.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Auto-Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/auto-scaling.md)
- [Auto-Scaling / Cost/Cold Start](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/auto-scaling-cost-cold-start.md)

## Linked from

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