# Fail Fast / Graceful Degradation

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

Record: `tension:fail-fast-graceful-degradation`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-fail-fast-graceful-degradation

## tensions-with

- [Fail Fast](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fail-fast.md)
- [Graceful Degradation](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/graceful-degradation.md)