# Dead-Letter Queue / Operational Overhead

> "dead-letter-queue" (execution-core layer) is traded against "Operational Overhead" (resource-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Operational Overhead" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:dead-letter-queue-operational-overhead`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-dead-letter-queue-operational-overhead

## tensions-with

- [Dead-Letter Queue](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/dead-letter-queue.md)
- [Operational Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/operational-overhead.md)