# Scattered Configuration

> Spreading configuration across many services with no single source, so values drift out of sync.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Scattered Auth Implementations](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/scattered-auth-implementations.md) and before [Split-Brain Coordination](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/split-brain-coordination.md).

## Category

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/control-coordination-centralization.md)

## Negated by

- [Centralized Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/centralized-configuration.md)

## Linked from

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)