# Retry Safety

> The property that an operation can be retried without producing duplicate or inconsistent effects.

Record: `lexicon:retry-safety`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-retry-safety

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Resource Efficiency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/resource-efficiency.md) and before [Robustness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/robustness.md).

## Category

- [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/quality-attributes.md)

## Required by

- [Asynchronous Communication](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/asynchronous-communication.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Idempotency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/idempotency.md)

## Linked from

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