# Optimistic Locking / Retry Complexity

> "optimistic-locking" (atomic-boundary layer) is traded against "Retry Complexity" (atomic-boundary layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Retry Complexity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:optimistic-locking-retry-complexity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-optimistic-locking-retry-complexity

## tensions-with

- [Optimistic Locking](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/optimistic-locking.md)
- [Retry Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/retry-complexity.md)