# Crowded Surface

> A defect in which parties are added who all reason about the same surface.

Record: `lexicon:crowded-surface`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-crowded-surface

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Preferred Party Count](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/preferred-party-count.md) and before [Single-State Change Check](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/single-state-change-check.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Violates

- [Fan-In Ceiling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/fan-in-ceiling.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)