# Health Signal

> A machine-readable signal that reports whether a component is currently healthy, or that a fault or anomaly in it has been detected.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [User Experience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/user-experience.md) and before [Reduced Mean Time to Recovery](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reduced-mean-time-to-recovery.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Auto-Remediation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/auto-remediation.md)

## Linked from

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