# Saga Pattern / Workflow Complexity

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

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

## tensions-with

- [Saga Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/saga-pattern.md)
- [Workflow Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/workflow-complexity.md)