# LibTmux::Snapshot::generation

- **Module:** LibTmux
- **Package:** LibTmux
- **Language:** Perl
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-perl/blob/352715a4fa66a96eed7763b90daaa536aa2f121d/packages/core/lib/LibTmux/Snapshot.pm#L103
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/perl/latest/reference/libtmux-snapshot-generation/

```
sub generation($self)
```

Return the captured daemon generation. [`LibTmux::Server`](/en/perl/latest/reference/libtmux-server/) checks it before mutations through captured handles; retained snapshots never silently refresh.

## Methods