# Hidden Temporal Coupling

> An undocumented ordering requirement between operations that must run in a specific sequence to work correctly.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Global ACID Transaction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/global-acid-transaction.md) and before [In-Memory Direct Invocation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/in-memory-direct-invocation.md).

## Category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## Negated by

- [Event-Driven Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/event-driven-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)