# Early Defect Detection

> The ability to surface a defect immediately at its source rather than letting it propagate.

Record: `lexicon:early-defect-detection`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-early-defect-detection

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Deny-by-Default Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deny-by-default-behavior.md) and before [Localized Recovery](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/localized-recovery.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Fail Fast](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/fail-fast.md)

## Linked from

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