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# URLSession.DelayedRequestDisposition

The action to take on a delayed URL session task.

```
enum DelayedRequestDisposition
```

## Overview

The values of this enumeration indicate how to handle a task with a delayed start time (as set with the [`earliestBeginDate`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSessionTask/earliestBeginDate) property). When the task is ready to start, it calls the [`urlSession(_:task:willBeginDelayedRequest:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSessionTaskDelegate/urlSession(_:task:willBeginDelayedRequest:completionHandler:)) method of [`URLSessionTaskDelegate`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSessionTaskDelegate). The implementation of this method must call the provided completion handler, passing in one case of this enumeration as the first argument. If the [`URLSession.DelayedRequestDisposition.useNewRequest`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSession/DelayedRequestDisposition/useNewRequest) disposition is used for the first argument, the caller must also provide a new [`NSURLRequest`](/documentation/Foundation/NSURLRequest) as the second argument.

## Topics

### Dispositions

[`URLSession.DelayedRequestDisposition.cancel`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSession/DelayedRequestDisposition/cancel)

A disposition indicating that the task should be canceled.

[`URLSession.DelayedRequestDisposition.continueLoading`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSession/DelayedRequestDisposition/continueLoading)

A disposition indicating that the task should proceed with the original request.

[`URLSession.DelayedRequestDisposition.useNewRequest`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSession/DelayedRequestDisposition/useNewRequest)

A disposition indicating that the task should use a new request to perform the network load.


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