# Failure Propagation

> Letting a failure spread unchecked across component boundaries instead of containing it.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Fail Open](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fail-open.md) and before [Fragile Parsing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fragile-parsing.md).

## Category

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

## Negated 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)