Legacy delay error. Live validation returns a more specific message instead: invalid-delay-format, invalid-delay-past, invalid-delay-exceeds-max, or invalid-delay-missing-timezone.
This code is a legacy catch-all for invalid delay values. Live webhook validation does not return invalid-delay anymore. Instead, TradersPost returns one of these more specific messages:
| When this happens | Message you will see |
|---|---|
| The value cannot be interpreted as an integer seconds delay, a relative expression, or a datetime | Invalid Delay Format |
The delay resolves to now or the past (for example 0, a negative integer, or a past absolute time) |
Invalid Delay Past |
The delay is more than 86400 seconds (24 hours) ahead |
Invalid Delay Exceeds Max |
An absolute datetime is missing a timezone (for example 2026-01-25T05:30:00) |
Invalid Delay Missing Timezone |
Valid delay forms (see the specific pages above for invalid examples of each failure):
1 and 86400 seconds+5 minutes, +1 hour, noon tomorrow EST)2026-01-25 05:30 pm EST){
"ticker": "AAPL",
"action": "buy",
"delay": 300
}
{
"ticker": "AAPL",
"action": "buy",
"delay": "+5 minutes"
}
{
"ticker": "AAPL",
"action": "buy",
"delay": "2026-01-25 05:30 pm EST"
}
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