# Backpressure / Throughput

> "backpressure" (correctness-core layer) is traded against "Throughput" (performance-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Throughput" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:backpressure-throughput`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-backpressure-throughput

## tensions-with

- [Backpressure](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/backpressure.md)
- [Throughput](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/throughput.md)