# Per-Node Independent Ordering

> Letting each node decide message order independently, so replicas diverge on sequence.

Record: `lexicon:per-node-independent-ordering`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-per-node-independent-ordering

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Identical Delivery Order Across Nodes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/identical-delivery-order-across-nodes.md) and before [Assumed Total Consistency And Availability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/assumed-total-consistency-and-availability.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Negated by

- [Total-Order Broadcast](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/total-order-broadcast.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)