# Failure Detection

> The ability to detect that a system has failed or degraded by watching its monitored signals.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Blind Operation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/blind-operation.md) and before [Alert Fatigue](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/alert-fatigue.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Monitoring](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/monitoring.md)

## Linked from

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