# Pessimistic Locking / Deadlocks

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

Record: `tension:deadlocks-pessimistic-locking`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-deadlocks-pessimistic-locking

## tensions-with

- [Pessimistic Locking](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/pessimistic-locking.md)
- [Deadlocks](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/deadlocks.md)