# Single Behavior Path

> Providing only one execution path with no fallback, so any failure in it fails the whole request.

Record: `lexicon:single-behavior-path`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-single-behavior-path

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Shared Resource Pool](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/shared-resource-pool.md) and before [Trusting Invalid Inputs](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/trusting-invalid-inputs.md).

## Category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## Negated by

- [Fallback Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/fallback-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)