# Replay

> The ability to re-process a recorded sequence of events to reconstruct or recover state, including the state at a past point.

Record: `lexicon:replay`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Aliases: Historical Reconstruction
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-replay

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Message Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/message-contract.md) and before [DSLs](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dsls.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Enabled by

- [Event Stream](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/event-stream.md)
- [Event Sourcing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/event-sourcing.md)
- [Append-Only Log](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/append-only-log.md)

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)