# Slow Operation Tolerance

> The degree to which enforcing timeouts sacrifices tolerance for legitimately slow operations.

Record: `lexicon:slow-operation-tolerance`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-slow-operation-tolerance

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Load Amplification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/load-amplification.md) and before [Stability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stability.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Timeout Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/timeout-pattern.md)
- [Timeout Pattern / Slow Operation Tolerance](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/slow-operation-tolerance-timeout-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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