# Safe State Mutation

> The ability to mutate state within a bounded transaction so partial failures cannot corrupt it.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Large Transaction Scope](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/large-transaction-scope.md) and before [Coordinated Persistence](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/coordinated-persistence.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Transaction Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/transaction-boundary.md)

## Linked from

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