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Invalid Delay

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):

  • An integer between 1 and 86400 seconds
  • A relative expression (for example +5 minutes, +1 hour, noon tomorrow EST)
  • An absolute datetime that includes a timezone (for example 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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