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+// Flags: --expose-internals
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const { strictEqual } = require('assert');
+const { NghttpError } = require('internal/http2/util');
+
+common.expectsError(() => {
+  const err = new NghttpError(-501);
+  strictEqual(err.errno, -501);
+  throw err;
+}, {
+  code: 'ERR_HTTP2_ERROR',
+  type: NghttpError,
+  message: 'Invalid argument'
+});