Module 02 — State versus process

The problem

Process dies
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What happens to Pico state?

Native (volatile) baseline

With NativeRuntime, state lives only in memory. Restart the process and the count is gone.

Durable requirement

Entity lifetime and process lifetime are different concerns.

Concept	Meaning
Volatile state	Lost when the process ends
Durable state	Survives process restart
Runtime lifecycle	Start / stop of the executor
Entity lifecycle	Logical lifetime of the Pico

Exercise

1. Invoke Hello Pico twice on NativeRuntime.
2. Create a new NativeRuntime instance (simulating restart).
3. Observe that state is gone.
4. Contrast with Module 07 (Durable State).