The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofCloudShellServiceClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedCloudShellServiceConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThe latest version available is 2.37.0-rc, with multiple older versions from 2.36.0 down to 2.11.0 also being accessible.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis page details the API for interacting with Google Cloud Shell, through the \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceClient\u003c/code\u003e class.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSeveral classes are provided, including \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which facilitates interaction with \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceClient\u003c/code\u003e, and multiple policy classes to define the retry and connection behavior.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThere are multiple Structs available, including \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServicePollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e which help to configure policies.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeCloudShellServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e function creates a \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, and allows for customized options in the connection, while \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultCloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e returns a default idempotency policy.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::shell_v1 (2.32.0)\n\nVersion 2.32.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [CloudShellServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceClient)\n\nAPI for interacting with Google Cloud Shell.\n\n### [CloudShellServiceConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection)\n\nThe [`CloudShellServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection) object for [`CloudShellServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceClient).\n\n### [CloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [CloudShellServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudShellServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [CloudShellServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudShellServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [CloudShellServiceRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`CloudShellServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [CloudShellServiceBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceBackoffPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the backoff policy.\n\n### [CloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure which operations are retried.\n\n### [CloudShellServicePollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServicePollingPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the long-running operations polling policy.\n\n### [CloudShellServiceRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceRetryPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the retry policy.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### MakeCloudShellServiceConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`CloudShellServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [CloudShellServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`CloudShellServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::shell_v1::CloudShellServicePolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\n### MakeDefaultCloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()"]]
