# Remembering Checker

> A defect in which a checker keeps its own prior output to judge a change.

Record: `lexicon:remembering-checker`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-remembering-checker

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Single-State Change Check](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/single-state-change-check.md) and before [Prose-Parsing Mechanism](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/prose-parsing-mechanism.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Violates

- [State-Arity Limit](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/state-arity-limit.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)