AI dictionary

Durable Execution

Saving workflow progress so an agent or graph can pause, fail, or wait for a person and later resume without redoing completed steps.

Plain English

The agent gets a reliable save system for long work, not just a long chat history.

Example

A procurement agent pauses for budget approval, stores its state, and resumes from the same task after approval arrives days later.

Why it matters

Durability is becoming essential for production agents that run beyond a single request-response cycle.