# Deadline Propagation

> A technique for passing the time left for a request to every call it makes, so downstream work stops when the caller has given up.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Jitter](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/jitter.md) and before [Cancellation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cancellation.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Timeout Omission](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/timeout-omission.md)
- [Timeout Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/timeout-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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