# Untested Model Deployment

> Deploying a model without evaluating it, so its real-world quality is unknown until it fails.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unguarded Model Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unguarded-model-autonomy.md) and before [Approval Policy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/approval-policy.md).

## Category

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/model-architecture.md)

## Negated by

- [Model Evaluation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/model-evaluation.md)

## Linked from

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-model-architecture.md)