# Failure Isolation

> The requirement that a failure be contained within a boundary so it cannot spread.

Record: `lexicon:failure-isolation`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-failure-isolation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Capacity Signaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/capacity-signaling.md) and before [Failure Threshold](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/failure-threshold.md).

## Category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## Required by

- [Error Boundaries](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/error-boundaries.md)

## Linked from

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)