# Environment Drift

> The degree to which a test or runtime environment diverges from a reference over time, undermining comparability.

Record: `lexicon:environment-drift`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-environment-drift

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Distributed Coordination](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/distributed-coordination.md) and before [Implementation Simplicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/implementation-simplicity.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## In tension with

- [Benchmarking](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/benchmarking.md)
- [Benchmarking / Environment Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/benchmarking-environment-drift.md)

## Linked from

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