# Evolution Speed

> The rate at which an interface can change, which a commitment to stability deliberately limits.

Record: `lexicon:evolution-speed`
Kind: metric
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-evolution-speed

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Evolution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/evolution.md) and before [Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/flexibility.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Stable Interfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/stable-interfaces.md)
- [Stable Interfaces / Evolution Speed](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/evolution-speed-stable-interfaces.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)