# In-Memory Direct Invocation

> Calling a component directly in-process where a durable queue is needed, losing buffering and delivery guarantees.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Hidden Temporal Coupling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hidden-temporal-coupling.md) and before [In-Place Mutation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/in-place-mutation.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Message Queue](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/message-queue.md)

## Linked from

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