# Silent Breaking Changes

> Shipping a breaking change with no version bump or notice, so consumers fail without warning.

Record: `lexicon:silent-breaking-changes`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-silent-breaking-changes

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Proprietary Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/proprietary-drift.md) and before [Strict Fragile Parsers](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/strict-fragile-parsers.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## Negated by

- [Versioning](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/versioning.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)