The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofCloudTasksClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedCloudTasksConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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tasks.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation covers retry policies, including \u003ccode\u003eCloudTasksLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eCloudTasksLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, offering options for managing task retries.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eIt includes a \u003ccode\u003eMakeCloudTasksConnection\u003c/code\u003e function for constructing \u003ccode\u003eCloudTasksConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects, detailing the required parameters and describing its functionality, as well as \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultCloudTasksConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and several option structs and type aliases.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::tasks_v2 (2.18.0)\n\nVersion 2.18.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [CloudTasksClient](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksClient)\n\nCloud Tasks allows developers to manage the execution of background work in their applications.\n\n### [CloudTasksConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksConnection)\n\nThe [`CloudTasksConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksConnection) object for [`CloudTasksClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksClient).\n\n### [CloudTasksConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [CloudTasksLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudTasksConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [CloudTasksLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudTasksConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [CloudTasksRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`CloudTasksConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [CloudTasksBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [CloudTasksConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [CloudTasksRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeCloudTasksConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`CloudTasksConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [CloudTasksClient](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`CloudTasksConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2_1_1CloudTasksConnection). 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::tasks_v2::CloudTasksPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/tasks/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1tasks__v2)\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### MakeDefaultCloudTasksConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### CloudTasksPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c CloudTasksRetryPolicyOption, CloudTasksBackoffPolicyOption, CloudTasksConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to CloudTasks."]]
