# Safe Retries

> The ability to retry an operation without fear of duplicating its effects.

Record: `lexicon:safe-retries`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-safe-retries

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Non-Repeatable Side Effects](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/non-repeatable-side-effects.md) and before [State Tracking](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/state-tracking.md).

## Category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## Enabled by

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

## Linked from

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-transactions-state-concurrency.md)