# Time Budget

> A bounded maximum amount of time allotted for an operation to complete.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Thresholds](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/thresholds.md) and before [Time Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/time-cost.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Timeout Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/timeout-pattern.md)
- [Latency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/latency.md)

## Linked from

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)
- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)