# Load Amplification

> The degree to which retrying failed operations multiplies load on an already-struggling dependency.

Record: `lexicon:load-amplification`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-load-amplification

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Hidden Errors](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hidden-errors.md) and before [Slow Operation Tolerance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/slow-operation-tolerance.md).

## Category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## In tension with

- [Retry Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/retry-pattern.md)
- [Retry Pattern / Load Amplification](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/load-amplification-retry-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)