# In-Flight Work Drain

> The ability to finish or safely hand off in-progress work before a process exits.

Record: `lexicon:in-flight-work-drain`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-in-flight-work-drain

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Hard Process Kill](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hard-process-kill.md) and before [Lifecycle Signals](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/lifecycle-signals.md).

## Category

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)

## Enabled by

- [Graceful Shutdown](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/graceful-shutdown.md)

## Linked from

- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)