# Unordered Side Effects

> Applying side effects in an order that ignores their causal dependencies, producing incorrect outcomes.

Record: `lexicon:unordered-side-effects`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-unordered-side-effects

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Correct Workflow Reasoning](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/correct-workflow-reasoning.md) and before [Arbitrary Reordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/arbitrary-reordering.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Negated by

- [Causality](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causality.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)