# Hidden Dependencies

> Dependencies a component relies on but does not declare in its interface, surfacing only at runtime.

Record: `lexicon:hidden-dependencies`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-hidden-dependencies

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Fallback](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fallback.md) and before [Independent Work Units](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/independent-work-units.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Negated by

- [Dependency Graph](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/dependency-graph.md)
- [Testability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/testability.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)
- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)
- [Failure shapes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-failure-shapes.md)