# Digest-Named Channel

> A defect in which a channel is named by a digest of its scope, which separates channels but cannot be decoded.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Per-Consumer Liveness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/per-consumer-liveness.md) and before [Read Before Declare](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/read-before-declare.md).

## Category

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

## Violates

- [Reversible Channel Encoding](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reversible-channel-encoding.md)

## Linked from

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