# Traceability / Metadata Propagation Overhead

> "traceability" (observability layer) is traded against "Metadata Propagation Overhead" (observability layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Metadata Propagation Overhead" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:metadata-propagation-overhead-traceability`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-metadata-propagation-overhead-traceability

## tensions-with

- [Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/traceability.md)
- [Metadata Propagation Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/metadata-propagation-overhead.md)