# Failover / Consistency

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

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

## tensions-with

- [Failover](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/failover.md)
- [Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/consistency.md)