# Stable Contracts

> Interfaces and agreements that remain unchanged over time so that consumers can depend on them safely.

Record: `lexicon:stable-contracts`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-stable-contracts

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Model Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/model-drift.md) and before [Thresholds](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/thresholds.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Required by

- [Uniform Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/uniform-interface.md)
- [Reusability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reusability.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)