# Recovery Policy

> A technique for declaring, per failure class, the action the system takes to restore service and who is told.

Record: `lexicon:recovery-policy`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-recovery-policy

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Write Amplification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/write-amplification.md) and before [Expand-Contract Migration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/expand-contract-migration.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Log-as-Control-Flow](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/log-as-control-flow.md)
- [Self-Healing Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/self-healing-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)