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+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const dc = require('diagnostics_channel');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+let channel;
+
+// tracingChannel creating with name
+channel = dc.tracingChannel('test');
+assert.match(channel.start.name, /:test:/);
+
+// tracingChannel creating with channels
+channel = dc.tracingChannel({
+  start: dc.channel('tracing:test:start'),
+  end: dc.channel('tracing:test:end'),
+  asyncStart: dc.channel('tracing:test:asyncStart'),
+  asyncEnd: dc.channel('tracing:test:asyncEnd'),
+  error: dc.channel('tracing:test:error'),
+});
+
+// tracingChannel creating without nameOrChannels must throw TypeError
+assert.throws(() => (channel = dc.tracingChannel(0)), {
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+  name: 'TypeError',
+  message:
+    /The "nameOrChannels" argument must be of type string or an instance of Channel or Object/,
+});
+
+// tracingChannel creating without instance of Channel must throw error
+assert.throws(() => (channel = dc.tracingChannel({ start: '' })), {
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+  message: /The "nameOrChannels\.start" property must be an instance of Channel/,
+});
+
+// tracingChannel creating with empty nameOrChannels must throw error
+assert.throws(() => (channel = dc.tracingChannel({})), {
+  message: /Cannot convert undefined or null to object/,
+});