# Silent No-Op Risk

> The degree to which a do-nothing stand-in can hide an error.

Record: `lexicon:silent-no-op-risk`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-silent-no-op-risk

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Memory Footprint](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/memory-footprint.md) and before [State Explosion](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/state-explosion.md).

## Category

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/behavioral-patterns.md)

## In tension with

- [Null Object Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/null-object-pattern.md)
- [Null Object Pattern / Silent No-Op Risk](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/null-object-pattern-silent-no-op-risk.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)