The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofTraceServiceClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedTraceServiceConnection. 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 numerous other versions also being available, ranging down to version 2.11.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceClient\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e classes are used for collecting and viewing traces and spans within a trace.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThere are multiple retry policies, such as \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, to handle transient failures in the \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSeveral options are available for configuring the \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e, such as \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeTraceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e function is a factory for creating the \u003ccode\u003eTraceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e, allowing for custom configuration through various options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::trace_v1 (2.16.0)\n\nVersion 2.16.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [TraceServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceClient)\n\nThis file describes an API for collecting and viewing traces and spans within a trace.\n\n### [TraceServiceConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceConnection)\n\nThe [`TraceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceConnection) object for [`TraceServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceClient).\n\n### [TraceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [TraceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`TraceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [TraceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`TraceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [TraceServiceRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`TraceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [TraceServiceBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [TraceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [TraceServiceRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeTraceServiceConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`TraceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [TraceServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`TraceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1_1_1TraceServiceConnection). 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::trace_v1::TraceServicePolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/trace/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1trace__v1)\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### MakeDefaultTraceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### TraceServicePolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c TraceServiceRetryPolicyOption, TraceServiceBackoffPolicyOption, TraceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to TraceService."]]
