# Test Coverage First

> A technique for checking whether a live run's scope already covers a question before starting a new run.

Record: `lexicon:test-coverage-first`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-test-coverage-first

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Publish the Read Population](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/publish-the-read-population.md) and before [Join by Reading the Published Result](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/join-by-reading-the-published-result.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Refactors

- [Read-Time Join](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/read-time-join.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)