# Hidden Errors

> The degree to which catching failures at a boundary can obscure the underlying errors from view.

Record: `lexicon:hidden-errors`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-hidden-errors

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Consistency / Feature Completeness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/consistency-feature-completeness.md) and before [Load Amplification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/load-amplification.md).

## Category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## In tension with

- [Error Boundaries](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/error-boundaries.md)
- [Error Boundaries / Hidden Errors](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/error-boundaries-hidden-errors.md)

## Linked from

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)