Fallback Pattern / Stale/Reduced Results
Kind: tension
Record: tension:fallback-pattern-stale-reduced-results
Canonical: Schema
"fallback-pattern" (correctness-core layer) is traded against "Stale/Reduced Results" (correctness-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Stale/Reduced Results" and choosing an explicit operating point.
Listed in Tensions, after Error Boundaries / Hidden Errors and before Retry Pattern / Load Amplification.