# Correlation ID / Header/Metadata Management

> "correlation-id" (observability layer) is traded against "Header/Metadata Management" (observability layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Header/Metadata Management" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:correlation-id-header-metadata-management`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-correlation-id-header-metadata-management

## tensions-with

- [Correlation ID](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/correlation-id.md)
- [Header/Metadata Management](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/header-metadata-management.md)