# Libtmux.Generation

- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** OCaml
- **Kind:** module
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ocaml/blob/205dfda49742592b479247049d186956e4a4cfe9/lib/libtmux.mli#L83
- **Public owner:** Libtmux
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux-generation/

```ocaml
module Generation
```

A random connection-generation identifier. Reconnecting creates a new generation even when the socket and server PID are unchanged.

## Members

### Other members

- [`equal`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux-generation-equal/) (function)
- [`of_string`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux-generation-of_string/) (function): Import a 256-bit connection nonce as 64 lowercase hexadecimal characters. Backends generate a fresh random nonce for each connection.
- [`t`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux-generation-t/) (typealias)
- [`to_string`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux-generation-to_string/) (function)