# Restating Payload

> A defect in which a payload restates a question its carrier already answers.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Prose-Parsing Mechanism](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/prose-parsing-mechanism.md) and before [Unread Prose Mandate](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unread-prose-mandate.md).

## Category

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

## Violates

- [Carrier and Payload Split](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/carrier-and-payload-split.md)

## Linked from

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