How does Catalyst handle state consistency for agents running across multiple regions compared to Restate?

Catalyst relies on Dapr's state management building block, which supports strong consistency via options like first-write-wins or last-write-wins per store. For multi-region setups, you configure a globally replicated state store (e.g., CosmosDB multi-master), but Catalyst itself doesn't manage cross-region state synchronization. Restate's virtual objects maintain state within a single runtime instance, requiring external replication for multi-region. For simpler single-region consistency, Restate's built-in model is easier. Catalyst suits teams needing custom multi-region state strategies with their own store.