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doc: deprecate NaN or negative number as delay to setTimeout and setInterval #53005

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Expand Up @@ -3695,6 +3695,21 @@ For ciphers in GCM mode, the [`decipher.setAuthTag()`][] function accepts
authentication tags of any valid length (see [DEP0090](#DEP0090)). This behavior
is deprecated to better align with recommendations per [NIST SP 800-38D][].

### DEP0183: Passing `NaN` or a negative number as `delay` in `node:timers` functions

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Type: Documentation-only

Calling `setTimeout` or `setInterval` with `NaN` or a negative number will
result the process emitting a warning, the warning will only be emitted once per
process.

[NIST SP 800-38D]: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-38d.pdf
[RFC 6066]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6066#section-3
[RFC 8247 Section 2.4]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8247#section-2.4
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description: Passing `NaN` or a negative number as `delay` is deprecated.
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description: Passing `NaN` or a negative number as `delay` is deprecated.
- version: v18.0.0
pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/41678
description: Passing an invalid callback to the `callback` argument
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