# Instance Replacement over Mutation

> The ability to update infrastructure by replacing instances wholesale rather than mutating them in place.

Record: `lexicon:instance-replacement-over-mutation`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-instance-replacement-over-mutation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [In-Place Server Mutation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/in-place-server-mutation.md) and before [Centralized Runtime Control](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/centralized-runtime-control.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## Enabled by

- [Immutable Infrastructure](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/immutable-infrastructure.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)
- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)