# Latency/Failure Root Cause Analysis

> The ability to pinpoint which service caused a request's latency or failure by tracing it across hops.

Record: `lexicon:latency-failure-root-cause-analysis`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-latency-failure-root-cause-analysis

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unlinked Events](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unlinked-events.md) and before [Opaque Distributed Calls](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/opaque-distributed-calls.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## Enabled by

- [Distributed Tracing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/distributed-tracing.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)