# Irreversible Deployment

> Deploying in a way that cannot be undone, so a bad release cannot be rolled back.

Record: `lexicon:irreversible-deployment`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-irreversible-deployment

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Fast Failure Recovery](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fast-failure-recovery.md) and before [Reversible Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reversible-deployment.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Rollback](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/rollback.md)

## Linked from

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