# Hidden Runtime Behavior

> Behavior that is opaque at runtime because the system does not describe its own structure.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Hardcoded Registration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hardcoded-registration.md) and before [Implicit Capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/implicit-capability.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## Negated by

- [Self-Describing Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/self-describing-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)