# Flag Debt

> The degree to which stale, unremoved feature flags accumulate and clutter the code over time.

Record: `lexicon:flag-debt`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Extensibility Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/extensibility-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-flag-debt

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Explicit Dependencies](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/explicit-dependencies.md) and before [Global State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/global-state.md).

## Category

- [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/plugin-extensibility-ioc.md)

## In tension with

- [Feature Toggle](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/feature-toggle.md)
- [Feature Toggle / Flag Debt](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/feature-toggle-flag-debt.md)

## Linked from

- [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-plugin-extensibility-ioc.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)