# Eventual Consistency Safety

> The degree to which replicas can converge over time without ever exposing a causally impossible state.

Record: `lexicon:eventual-consistency-safety`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-eventual-consistency-safety

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Causal Ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/causal-ordering.md) and before [Latency/Availability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/latency-availability.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Causal Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causal-consistency.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)