# Fault Isolation

> The degree to which a failure in one component is contained and prevented from cascading to others.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/complexity.md) and before [Architecture Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/architecture-compliance.md).

## Category

- [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/quality-attributes.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Dead-Letter Queue](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/dead-letter-queue.md)
- [Timeout Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/timeout-pattern.md)
- [Bulkhead Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/bulkhead-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)
- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)
- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)