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61816181Generates cryptographically strong pseudorandom data. The ` size ` argument
61826182is a number indicating the number of bytes to generate.
61836183
6184+ > [ !NOTE]
6185+ > The random data is drawn from OpenSSL's DRBG inside the process. After a
6186+ > snapshot or checkpoint restore (for example a VM restore, Firecracker
6187+ > snapshot, or CRIU checkpoint), the DRBG continues from the saved state until
6188+ > its next scheduled reseed, and output may repeat across the two continuations
6189+ > of a restored process. Applications resumed from a saved image should reseed
6190+ > (or draw fresh randomness via their own restore signal) before relying on
6191+ > further output from ` crypto.randomBytes() ` , ` crypto.randomInt() ` ,
6192+ > ` crypto.randomFill() ` , ` crypto.randomUUID() ` , and
6193+ > ` crypto.getRandomValues() ` . See #66880 for measurements.
6194+
61846195If a ` callback ` function is provided, the bytes are generated asynchronously
61856196and the ` callback ` function is invoked with two arguments: ` err ` and ` buf ` .
61866197If an error occurs, ` err ` will be an ` Error ` object; otherwise it is ` null ` . The
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65946605* Returns: {string}
65956606
65966607Generates a random [ RFC 4122] [ ] version 4 UUID. The UUID is generated using a
6597- cryptographic pseudorandom number generator.
6608+ cryptographic pseudorandom number generator. Because of the entropy cache,
6609+ after a snapshot or checkpoint restore up to 128 UUIDs may repeat across the
6610+ restored process's continuations unless ` disableEntropyCache: true ` is used or
6611+ fresh randomness is drawn after the restore.
65986612
65996613### ` crypto.randomUUIDv7([options]) `
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