diff --git a/src/components/nav/test/worst-case/app-module.ts b/src/components/nav/test/worst-case/app-module.ts
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+import { Component, NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { IonicApp, IonicModule, NavController, NavParams } from '../../../..';
+
+let LOG = '';
+function log(message: string) {
+  console.log(message);
+  LOG += message;
+  LOG += '\n';
+}
+
+export class Base {
+  constructor(private _name: string) { }
+  ionViewWillLoad() {
+    log(`${this._name} willLoad`);
+  }
+  ionViewDidLoad() {
+    log(`${this._name} didLoad`);
+  }
+  ionViewWillEnter() {
+    log(`${this._name} willEnter`);
+  }
+  ionViewDidEnter() {
+    log(`${this._name} didEnter`);
+  }
+  ionViewWillLeave() {
+    log(`${this._name} willLeave`);
+  }
+  ionViewDidLeave() {
+    log(`${this._name} didLeave`);
+  }
+  ionViewWillUnload() {
+    log(`${this._name} willUnload`);
+  }
+  ionViewCanLeave() {
+    log(`${this._name} canLeave`);
+    return true;
+  }
+  ionViewCanEnter() {
+    log(`${this._name} canEnter`);
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<ion-content text-center><h1>Page 1</h1></ion-content>`
+})
+export class Page1 extends Base {
+  constructor(private nav: NavController) {
+    super('Page1');
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<ion-content text-center><h1>Page 2</h1></ion-content>`
+})
+export class Page2 extends Base {
+  counter = 5;
+  constructor(private nav: NavController) {
+    super('Page2');
+  }
+
+  ionViewWillEnter() {
+    super.ionViewWillEnter();
+    if (this.counter > 0) {
+      this.nav.push(Page3);
+    } else if (this.counter === 0) {
+      this.nav.push(Page4);
+    } else {
+      throw new Error('should not be here!');
+    }
+    this.counter--;
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<ion-content text-center><h1>Page 3</h1></ion-content>`
+})
+export class Page3 extends Base {
+  constructor(private nav: NavController) {
+    super('Page3');
+  }
+  ionViewDidEnter() {
+    super.ionViewWillEnter();
+    this.nav.pop();
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<ion-content text-center><h1>Page 4</h1></ion-content>`
+})
+export class Page4 extends Base {
+  constructor(private nav: NavController) {
+    super('Page4');
+  }
+
+  doSomethingSync() {
+		// this is a long running synchronous task
+    // (imagine that a huge data must be transformed here recuresively or something similar)
+    console.log('START DOING SOMETHING');
+    console.time('DO SOMETHING EXPENSIVE SYNCHRONOUSLY');
+    let e = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 8000000; i++) {
+      e += Math.sqrt(i) / Math.log(i) / Math.cos(i);
+    }
+    console.timeEnd('DO SOMETHING EXPENSIVE SYNCHRONOUSLY');
+    return e;
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this.doSomethingSync();
+    // once it has finished trigger another asynchronously
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.doSomethingSync();
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        this.nav.push(Page5).catch(() => {
+          this.nav.push(Page6, { continue: false });
+          setTimeout(() => this.nav.push(Page6, { continue: true }), 510);
+        });
+      }, 2000);
+    }, 0);
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<ion-content text-center><h1>Page 5</h1></ion-content>`
+})
+export class Page5 extends Base {
+  constructor(private nav: NavController) {
+    super('Page5');
+  }
+
+  ionViewCanEnter() {
+    super.ionViewCanEnter();
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      setTimeout(() => resolve(false), 8000);
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<ion-content text-center><h1>Page 6</h1></ion-content>`
+})
+export class Page6 extends Base {
+  continue: boolean = false;
+  counter = 3;
+  counterLeave = 3;
+  constructor(private nav: NavController, params: NavParams) {
+    super('Page6');
+    this.continue = params.get('continue');
+    console.log(this.continue);
+  }
+
+  ionViewCanLeave() {
+    super.ionViewCanLeave();
+    if (this.continue === true) {
+      this.counter--;
+      if (this.counter > 0) {
+        return false;
+      } else if (this.counter === 0) {
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        throw new Error('invalid');
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  ionViewDidEnter() {
+    if (this.continue === true) {
+      setTimeout(() => this.pop(), 2000 + 3000);
+    }
+  }
+
+  ionViewWillLeave() {
+    super.ionViewWillLeave();
+    this.pushPage7();
+  }
+
+  ionViewWillUnload() {
+    super.ionViewWillUnload();
+    this.pushPage7();
+  }
+
+  pop() {
+    this.nav.pop().then(() => {
+      this.pushPage7();
+    }).catch(() => {
+      this.pop();
+    });
+  }
+
+  pushPage7() {
+    if (this.continue) {
+      this.counterLeave--;
+      if (this.counterLeave === 0) {
+          this.nav.push(Page7);
+      } else if (this.counterLeave < 0) {
+        throw new Error('invalid');
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<ion-content text-center><h1>Page 7</h1></ion-content>`
+})
+export class Page7 extends Base {
+  constructor(private nav: NavController) {
+    super('Page7');
+  }
+  ionViewCanEnter() {
+    super.ionViewCanEnter();
+    this.nav.setRoot(Results);
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<ion-header><ion-navbar><ion-title>Results</ion-title></ion-navbar></ion-header>
+  <ion-content padding><pre style="font-size: 0.72em; column-count: 3;">{{result}}</pre></ion-content>`
+})
+export class Results {
+  result: string = 'Loading...';
+  constructor(private nav: NavController) {
+  }
+  ionViewDidEnter() {
+    this.result = LOG;
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<ion-nav [root]="root"></ion-nav>`
+})
+export class E2EApp {
+  root: any = Page1;
+  constructor() {
+    setTimeout(() => this.root = Page2, 100);
+  }
+}
+
+@NgModule({
+  declarations: [
+    E2EApp,
+    Page1,
+    Page2,
+    Page3,
+    Page4,
+    Page5,
+    Page6,
+    Page7,
+    Results
+  ],
+  imports: [
+    IonicModule.forRoot(E2EApp)
+  ],
+  bootstrap: [IonicApp],
+  entryComponents: [
+    E2EApp,
+    Page1,
+    Page2,
+    Page3,
+    Page4,
+    Page5,
+    Page6,
+    Page7,
+    Results
+  ]
+})
+export class AppModule {}
diff --git a/src/components/nav/test/worst-case/e2e.ts b/src/components/nav/test/worst-case/e2e.ts
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