Fix: Prevent navigation stalls due to device clock changes

Switches from `DateTime.Now` to `Stopwatch.GetTimestamp()` for measuring time between navigations. This ensures that device clock or timezone changes do not incorrectly inflate navigation delays, which previously caused navigation to appear frozen (issue #3405).

Author: dansiegel

src/Maui/Prism.Maui/Navigation/PageNavigationService.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Web;
 using Prism.Common;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ public class PageNavigationService : INavigationService, IRegistryAware
 {
     private static readonly SemaphoreSlim _semaphore = new (1, 1);
     private static readonly TimeSpan _minTimeBetweenNavigations = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(150);
-    private static DateTime _lastNavigate;
+    private static long _lastNavigateTimestamp;
     internal const string RemovePageRelativePath = "../";
     internal const string RemovePageInstruction = "__RemovePage/";
     internal const string RemovePageSegment = "__RemovePage";
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ public virtual async Task<INavigationResult> GoBackAsync(INavigationParameters p
         }
         finally
         {
-            _lastNavigate = DateTime.Now;
+            _lastNavigateTimestamp = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
             NavigationSource = PageNavigationSource.Device;
             _semaphore.Release();
         }
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ public virtual async Task<INavigationResult> GoBackToAsync(string viewName, INav
         }
         finally
         {
-            _lastNavigate = DateTime.Now;
+            _lastNavigateTimestamp = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
             NavigationSource = PageNavigationSource.Device;
             _semaphore.Release();
         }
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ public virtual async Task<INavigationResult> GoBackToRootAsync(INavigationParame
         }
         finally
         {
-            _lastNavigate = DateTime.Now;
+            _lastNavigateTimestamp = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
             NavigationSource = PageNavigationSource.Device;
             _semaphore.Release();
         }
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ public virtual async Task<INavigationResult> NavigateAsync(Uri uri, INavigationP
         }
         finally
         {
-            _lastNavigate = DateTime.Now;
+            _lastNavigateTimestamp = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
             NavigationSource = PageNavigationSource.Device;
             _semaphore.Release();
         }
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ x is NavigationPage navPage
         }
         finally
         {
-            _lastNavigate = DateTime.Now;
+            _lastNavigateTimestamp = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
             NavigationSource = PageNavigationSource.Device;
             _semaphore.Release();
         }
@@ -440,13 +441,42 @@ private static async Task WaitForPendingNavigationRequests()
     {
         await _semaphore.WaitAsync();
         // Ensure adequate time has passed since last navigation so that UI Refresh can Occur
-        TimeSpan timeSinceLastNav = DateTime.Now - _lastNavigate;
-        if (timeSinceLastNav < _minTimeBetweenNavigations)
+        var delay = GetRemainingNavigationDelay(_lastNavigateTimestamp, Stopwatch.GetTimestamp());
+        if (delay > TimeSpan.Zero)
         {
-            await Task.Delay(_minTimeBetweenNavigations - timeSinceLastNav);
+            await Task.Delay(delay);
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Exposes the minimum interval enforced between navigations. Used by tests.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static TimeSpan MinTimeBetweenNavigations => _minTimeBetweenNavigations;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calculates how long the next navigation should wait so that at least
+    /// <see cref="_minTimeBetweenNavigations"/> elapses between navigations, giving the native
+    /// platform time to push/pop a page before the next request begins.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="lastNavigateTimestamp">The <see cref="Stopwatch.GetTimestamp"/> value captured after the previous navigation.</param>
+    /// <param name="currentTimestamp">The current <see cref="Stopwatch.GetTimestamp"/> value.</param>
+    internal static TimeSpan GetRemainingNavigationDelay(long lastNavigateTimestamp, long currentTimestamp)
+    {
+        var elapsed = Stopwatch.GetElapsedTime(lastNavigateTimestamp, currentTimestamp);
+
+        // A monotonic timestamp should always move forward, so elapsed is normally non-negative.
+        // If it ever regresses (e.g. a device clock/timezone change producing a backward reading),
+        // treat it as "no time elapsed" and wait the full minimum rather than the size of the
+        // backward jump. This keeps navigation responsive instead of freezing for the duration of
+        // the jump - e.g. an hour when travelling Eastern -> Central. See issue #3405.
+        if (elapsed < TimeSpan.Zero)
+            return _minTimeBetweenNavigations;
+
+        return elapsed < _minTimeBetweenNavigations
+            ? _minTimeBetweenNavigations - elapsed
+            : TimeSpan.Zero;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Processes the Navigation for the Queued navigation segments
     /// </summary>

tests/Maui/Prism.Maui.Tests/Fixtures/Navigation/PageNavigationDelayFixture.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using Prism.Navigation;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Prism.Maui.Tests.Fixtures.Navigation;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for the minimum-interval delay <see cref="PageNavigationService"/> enforces between
+/// navigations. Reproduces issue #3405 where a backward device clock/timezone change caused the
+/// delay to balloon and navigation to appear frozen.
+/// </summary>
+public class PageNavigationDelayFixture
+{
+    // A fixed, arbitrary baseline timestamp so the tests are deterministic and independent of
+    // the machine's current Stopwatch value.
+    private const long Baseline = 1_000_000_000_000;
+
+    // Converts a TimeSpan offset into Stopwatch ticks so the tests are independent of Stopwatch.Frequency.
+    private static long OffsetTimestamp(long baseline, TimeSpan offset) =>
+        baseline + (long)(offset.TotalSeconds * Stopwatch.Frequency);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetRemainingNavigationDelay_WhenLessThanMinimumElapsed_ReturnsRemainingTime()
+    {
+        var min = PageNavigationService.MinTimeBetweenNavigations;
+        var elapsed = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50);
+        var now = OffsetTimestamp(Baseline, elapsed);
+
+        var delay = PageNavigationService.GetRemainingNavigationDelay(Baseline, now);
+
+        // Some, but not all, of the minimum interval remains.
+        Assert.True(delay > TimeSpan.Zero);
+        Assert.InRange(delay, TimeSpan.Zero, min);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetRemainingNavigationDelay_WhenMinimumAlreadyElapsed_ReturnsZero()
+    {
+        var min = PageNavigationService.MinTimeBetweenNavigations;
+        var now = OffsetTimestamp(Baseline, min + TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50));
+
+        var delay = PageNavigationService.GetRemainingNavigationDelay(Baseline, now);
+
+        Assert.Equal(TimeSpan.Zero, delay);
+    }
+
+    // Issue #3405: when the device clock/timezone moves backward, the "current" timestamp is earlier
+    // than the timestamp recorded after the previous navigation. The delay must never exceed the
+    // configured minimum. Previously the delay grew by the full size of the backward jump (e.g. an
+    // hour), so the next navigation's Task.Delay never returned and the app appeared to freeze.
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(1)]         // one minute earlier
+    [InlineData(60)]        // one hour earlier (the exact scenario reported in the issue)
+    [InlineData(60 * 24)]   // one day earlier
+    public void GetRemainingNavigationDelay_WhenClockMovesBackward_DoesNotExceedMinimum(int minutesBackward)
+    {
+        var min = PageNavigationService.MinTimeBetweenNavigations;
+        var now = OffsetTimestamp(Baseline, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(-minutesBackward));
+
+        var delay = PageNavigationService.GetRemainingNavigationDelay(Baseline, now);
+
+        Assert.InRange(delay, TimeSpan.Zero, min);
+    }
+}