# Hidden Dependency

> An unstated dependency between operations, so order-sensitive code breaks when the hidden ordering is not preserved.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Graph Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/graph-complexity.md) and before [Cycle Detection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cycle-detection.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Negated by

- [Causal Dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causal-dependency.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)