# End-to-End Causality

> The ability to follow a request's cause-and-effect chain across every component it touches.

Record: `lexicon:end-to-end-causality`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-end-to-end-causality

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Anonymous Flow](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/anonymous-flow.md) and before [Logs/Traces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/logs-traces.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## Enabled by

- [Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/traceability.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)