# Transparency / Debugging

> The degree to which interposing a proxy hides the real object and complicates tracing calls to it.

Record: `lexicon:transparency-debugging`
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-transparency-debugging

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Subsystem Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/subsystem-complexity.md) and before [Anecdotal Performance Claims](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/anecdotal-performance-claims.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Proxy Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/proxy-pattern.md)
- [Proxy Pattern / Transparency / Debugging](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/proxy-pattern-transparency-debugging.md)

## Linked from

- [Structural Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-structural-patterns.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)