# Deploy Time

> The degree to which replacing whole instances rather than patching them in place lengthens deployment time.

Record: `lexicon:deploy-time`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-deploy-time

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Secure Config Handling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/secure-config-handling.md) and before [Deterministic Redeploys](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deterministic-redeploys.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## In tension with

- [Immutable Infrastructure](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/immutable-infrastructure.md)
- [Immutable Infrastructure / Deploy Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/deploy-time-immutable-infrastructure.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)