# Reachable Invalid State

> A defect in which a domain object can be put into a state that breaks its own rules.

Record: `lexicon:reachable-invalid-state`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Domain Modeling](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/domain-modeling.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-reachable-invalid-state

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Attribute-Compared Identity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/attribute-compared-identity.md) and before [Closed Static Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/closed-static-core.md).

## Category

- [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/domain-architecture.md)

## Violates

- [Invariant](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/invariant.md)
- [Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/consistency.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-transactions-state-concurrency.md)