# Failure Threshold

> The requirement of a defined failure count or rate at which a circuit breaker trips.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Failure Isolation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/failure-isolation.md) and before [Feature Isolation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/feature-isolation.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Circuit Breaker Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/circuit-breaker-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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