# Unbounded Retry

> Retrying a failing operation endlessly with no limit, amplifying load and delaying recovery.

Record: `lexicon:unbounded-retry`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-unbounded-retry

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Trusting Invalid Inputs](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/trusting-invalid-inputs.md) and before [Unsafe Default Continuation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unsafe-default-continuation.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Circuit Breaker Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/circuit-breaker-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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