# Causal Consistency / Latency/Availability

> "causal-consistency" (causality-core layer) is traded against "Latency/Availability" (causality-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Latency/Availability" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:causal-consistency-latency-availability`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-causal-consistency-latency-availability

## tensions-with

- [Causal Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/causal-consistency.md)
- [Latency/Availability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/latency-availability.md)