# Global State

> The degree to which a global registry behaves as shared global state that any code can reach.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Flag Debt](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/flag-debt.md) and before [Registry Availability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/registry-availability.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Registry Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/registry-pattern.md)
- [Registry Pattern / Global State](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/global-state-registry-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)
- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [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)