diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Attributes/NonPersistableAttribute.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Attributes/NonPersistableAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..734651440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Attributes/NonPersistableAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Elsa.Attributes
+{
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property)]
+    public class NonPersistableAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Services/ActivityPropertyProviders.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Services/ActivityPropertyProviders.cs
index 5b16281b4..81984d4bc 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Services/ActivityPropertyProviders.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Services/ActivityPropertyProviders.cs
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ namespace Elsa.Services
                     if (value != null)
                     {
                         property.SetValue(activity, value);
+
+                        if (property.GetCustomAttribute<NonPersistableAttribute>() is not null)
+                            return;
+                        
                         activityExecutionContext.SetState(property.Name, value);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Primitives/Inline.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Primitives/Inline.cs
index ee1e6e599..d167e9199 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Primitives/Inline.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Primitives/Inline.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Elsa.Activities.Primitives
     public class Inline : Activity
     {
         public Inline() => Function = context => new ValueTask<IActivityExecutionResult>(Done());
-        [ActivityInput] public Func<ActivityExecutionContext, ValueTask<IActivityExecutionResult>> Function { get; set; }
+        [ActivityInput, NonPersistable] public Func<ActivityExecutionContext, ValueTask<IActivityExecutionResult>> Function { get; set; }
         protected override ValueTask<IActivityExecutionResult> OnExecuteAsync(ActivityExecutionContext context) => Function(context);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Handlers/PersistActivityPropertyState.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Handlers/PersistActivityPropertyState.cs
index d4c07c3b6..5d086fa1a 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Handlers/PersistActivityPropertyState.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Handlers/PersistActivityPropertyState.cs
@@ -17,17 +17,18 @@ namespace Elsa.Handlers
         {
             var activity = notification.Activity;
             var activityType = activity.GetType();
-            var properties = activityType.GetProperties().Where(x => x.GetCustomAttribute<ActivityInputAttribute>() != null || x.GetCustomAttribute<ActivityOutputAttribute>() != null);
+            var properties = activityType.GetProperties()
+                .Where(x => (x.GetCustomAttribute<ActivityInputAttribute>() != null || x.GetCustomAttribute<ActivityOutputAttribute>() != null) && x.GetCustomAttribute<NonPersistableAttribute>() == null);
             var activityExecutionContext = notification.ActivityExecutionContext;
 
             foreach (var property in properties)
             {
                 var value = property.GetValue(activity);
-                
+
                 // TODO: Implement #898 (activity persistence providers).
                 activityExecutionContext.SetState(property.Name, value);
             }
-            
+
             return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
     }