What’s the difference between agent workflow state and conversation memory?

Agent workflow state and conversation memory are two distinct critical components for production AI agents built with Diagrid Catalyst. Workflow state is durable, replayable data tied to Catalyst’s Dapr-backed agentic durable execution layer, supporting long-term cross-session continuity for scalable workflows. Conversation memory is per-interaction user session data; unpersisted instances will not survive agent restarts unless saved to the persisted workflow state store. A key boundary is that conversation memory alone cannot enable cross-session continuity.