# Metadata Propagation Overhead

> The degree to which carrying trace metadata through every call adds size and processing cost.

Record: `lexicon:metadata-propagation-overhead`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-metadata-propagation-overhead

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Logs/Traces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/logs-traces.md) and before [Context Propagation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/context-propagation.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/traceability.md)
- [Traceability / Metadata Propagation Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/metadata-propagation-overhead-traceability.md)

## Linked from

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