# Window Second

> A technique for applying a time window to a liveness witness only after the witness is read.

Record: `lexicon:window-second`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-window-second

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Witness First](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/witness-first.md) and before [Encode the Scope Reversibly](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/encode-the-scope-reversibly.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Refactors

- [One-Sided Liveness](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/one-sided-liveness.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)