# Version Sprawl

> The degree to which many concurrent versions accumulate and must be maintained.

Record: `lexicon:version-sprawl`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-version-sprawl

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Strong Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/strong-validation.md) and before [Central Orchestrator Bottleneck](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/central-orchestrator-bottleneck.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Versioning](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/versioning.md)
- [Versioning / Version Sprawl](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/version-sprawl-versioning.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)