# Hard Process Kill

> Terminating a process abruptly without draining work, dropping in-flight requests and risking corrupt state.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Connection Cleanup](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/connection-cleanup.md) and before [In-Flight Work Drain](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/in-flight-work-drain.md).

## Category

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)

## Negated by

- [Graceful Shutdown](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/graceful-shutdown.md)

## Linked from

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)