# Load Shedding

> A technique for refusing part of the incoming work when load passes capacity, so the work already accepted completes.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cancellation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cancellation.md) and before [Bounded Queue](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/bounded-queue.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Missing Backpressure](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/missing-backpressure.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)