# Chain of Responsibility Pattern / Traceability

> "chain-of-responsibility-pattern" (design-patterns-core layer) is traded against "Traceability" (observability layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Traceability" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:chain-of-responsibility-pattern-traceability`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-chain-of-responsibility-pattern-traceability

## tensions-with

- [Chain of Responsibility Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/chain-of-responsibility-pattern.md)
- [Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/traceability.md)