# Health Detection

> The ability to detect that a component has failed so a switchover can be triggered.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Continuity During Failure](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/continuity-during-failure.md) and before [Single Instance Dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/single-instance-dependency.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Failover](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/failover.md)

## Linked from

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