Error: timeout of 1.7976931348623157e+308ms exceeded.

[callumacrae]

I set this.timeout(Number.MAX_VALUE); to see what would happen, and my tests instantly fail with the following error:

Error: timeout of 1.7976931348623157e+308ms exceeded. Ensure the done() callback is being called in this test.

I definitely didn't wait that long

[dasilvacontin]

Too big for setTimeout.

function sayHi () {
  console.log('hi')
}
setTimeout(sayHi, Number.MAX_VALUE)
> hi

Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3468607/why-does-settimeout-break-for-large-millisecond-delay-values

I don't think it's useful/necessary to support timeouts bigger than 24.8 days, and it's probably a better idea to keep consistency with setTimeout's behavior.

If someone disagrees, please reopen the issue / let me know.

[callumacrae]

Ah, that's completely fair enough. It's definitely useless 😄

[boneskull]

perhaps a more relevant exception should be thrown

[dasilvacontin]

@boneskull, that's true, as a reminder of setTimeout's behavior. So that we save them looking into that.