# Observable Health Criteria

> The requirement that explicit, observable criteria define when a component counts as healthy.

Record: `lexicon:observable-health-criteria`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-observable-health-criteria

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Blind Routing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/blind-routing.md) and before [Readiness/Liveness Routing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/readiness-liveness-routing.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Health Checks](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/health-checks.md)

## Linked from

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