# Dirty Reads/Writes

> Reading or overwriting another transaction's uncommitted changes, so a rollback leaves corrupt data.

Record: `lexicon:dirty-reads-writes`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-dirty-reads-writes

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Reliable State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reliable-state.md) and before [Safe Concurrent Operations](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/safe-concurrent-operations.md).

## Category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## Negated by

- [Isolation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/isolation.md)

## Linked from

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-transactions-state-concurrency.md)