# Outbox Pattern / Relay Complexity

> "outbox-pattern" (execution-core layer) is traded against "Relay Complexity" (execution-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Relay Complexity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:outbox-pattern-relay-complexity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-outbox-pattern-relay-complexity

## tensions-with

- [Outbox Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/outbox-pattern.md)
- [Relay Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/relay-complexity.md)