# Parallel Message Processing

> The ability for multiple consumers to process messages from the same source at once.

Record: `lexicon:parallel-message-processing`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-parallel-message-processing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Long-Running Transactions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/long-running-transactions.md) and before [Poison-Message Quarantine](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/poison-message-quarantine.md).

## Category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## Enabled by

- [Competing Consumers](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/competing-consumers.md)

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)