# Load Balancing / Session Affinity

> "load-balancing" (performance-core layer) is traded against "Session Affinity" (performance-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Session Affinity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:load-balancing-session-affinity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-load-balancing-session-affinity

## tensions-with

- [Load Balancing](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/load-balancing.md)
- [Session Affinity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/session-affinity.md)