# State Explosion

> The degree to which the number of explicit states grows unmanageably as conditions multiply.

Record: `lexicon:state-explosion`
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-state-explosion

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Silent No-Op Risk](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/silent-no-op-risk.md) and before [Complex Factory Hierarchies](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/complex-factory-hierarchies.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Finite State Machine](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/finite-state-machine.md)
- [Finite State Machine / State Explosion](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/finite-state-machine-state-explosion.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)