# Fallback Pattern / Stale/Reduced Results

> "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.

Record: `tension:fallback-pattern-stale-reduced-results`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-fallback-pattern-stale-reduced-results

## tensions-with

- [Fallback Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fallback-pattern.md)
- [Stale/Reduced Results](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/stale-reduced-results.md)