# Readiness/Liveness Routing

> The ability to route traffic only to instances that report themselves ready and alive.

Record: `lexicon:readiness-liveness-routing`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-readiness-liveness-routing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Observable Health Criteria](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/observable-health-criteria.md) and before [Continuity During Failure](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/continuity-during-failure.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled 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)