# Provider Autonomy

> The degree of freedom a provider retains to change, constrained by consumer-driven contracts.

Record: `lexicon:provider-autonomy`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-provider-autonomy

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Protocol Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/protocol-optimization.md) and before [Rapid Prototyping](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/rapid-prototyping.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Consumer-Driven Contracts](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/consumer-driven-contracts.md)
- [Consumer-Driven Contracts / Provider Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/consumer-driven-contracts-provider-autonomy.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)