##  [Livelock](/index.php/livelock) 

  ##  [Livelock](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/livelock-0) 

  

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Definition

A concurrency condition where tasks continuously change state in response to others but fail to make overall progress; the system remains active yet no useful work completes.