# Transient Failure Recovery

> The ability to recover from short-lived failures by retrying the operation.

Record: `lexicon:transient-failure-recovery`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-transient-failure-recovery

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Stability Under Stress](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stability-under-stress.md) and before [Backoff](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/backoff.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Retry Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/retry-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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