fix(upgrade): call setInterval outside the Angular zone

packages/upgrade/src/common/angular1.ts

@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ export interface IInjectorService {
   has(key: string): boolean;
 }
 
+export interface IIntervalService {
+  (func: Function, delay: number, count?: number, invokeApply?: boolean,
+   ...args: any[]): Promise<any>;
+  cancel(promise: Promise<any>): boolean;
+}
+
 export interface ITestabilityService {
   findBindings(element: Element, expression: string, opt_exactMatch?: boolean): Element[];
   findModels(element: Element, expression: string, opt_exactMatch?: boolean): Element[];

packages/upgrade/src/common/constants.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const $CONTROLLER = '$controller';
 export const $DELEGATE = '$delegate';
 export const $HTTP_BACKEND = '$httpBackend';
 export const $INJECTOR = '$injector';
+export const $INTERVAL = '$interval';
 export const $PARSE = '$parse';
 export const $PROVIDE = '$provide';
 export const $ROOT_SCOPE = '$rootScope';

packages/upgrade/src/static/upgrade_module.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {Injector, NgModule, NgZone, Testability, ɵNOT_FOUND_CHECK_ONLY_ELEMENT_INJECTOR as NOT_FOUND_CHECK_ONLY_ELEMENT_INJECTOR} from '@angular/core';
 
 import * as angular from '../common/angular1';
-import {$$TESTABILITY, $DELEGATE, $INJECTOR, $PROVIDE, INJECTOR_KEY, UPGRADE_MODULE_NAME} from '../common/constants';
+import {$$TESTABILITY, $DELEGATE, $INJECTOR, $INTERVAL, $PROVIDE, INJECTOR_KEY, UPGRADE_MODULE_NAME} from '../common/constants';
 import {controllerKey} from '../common/util';
 
 import {angular1Providers, setTempInjectorRef} from './angular1_providers';
@@ -190,6 +190,33 @@ export class UpgradeModule {
                     }
                   ]);
                 }
+
+                if ($injector.has($INTERVAL)) {
+                  $provide.decorator($INTERVAL, [
+                    $DELEGATE,
+                    (intervalDelegate: angular.IIntervalService) => {
+                      // Wrap the $interval service so that setInterval is called outside NgZone,
+                      // but the callback is still invoked within it. This is so that $interval
+                      // won't block stability, which preserves the behavior from AngularJS.
+                      let wrappedInterval =
+                          (fn: Function, delay: number, count?: number, invokeApply?: boolean,
+                           ...pass: any[]) => {
+                            return this.ngZone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
+                              return intervalDelegate((...args: any[]) => {
+                                // Run callback in the next VM turn - $interval calls
+                                // $rootScope.$apply, and running the callback in NgZone will
+                                // cause a '$digest already in progress' error if it's in the
+                                // same vm turn.
+                                setTimeout(() => { this.ngZone.run(() => fn(...args)); });
+                              }, delay, count, invokeApply, ...pass);
+                            });
+                          };
+
+                      (wrappedInterval as any)['cancel'] = intervalDelegate.cancel;
+                      return wrappedInterval;
+                    }
+                  ]);
+                }
               }
             ])
 

packages/upgrade/test/static/integration/testability_spec.ts

@@ -73,5 +73,42 @@ export function main() {
            expect(ng2Stable).toEqual(true);
          });
        }));
+
+    it('should not wait for $interval', fakeAsync(() => {
+         const ng1Module = angular.module('ng1', []);
+         const element = html('<div></div>');
+
+         bootstrap(platformBrowserDynamic(), Ng2Module, element, ng1Module).then((upgrade) => {
+
+           const ng2Testability: Testability = upgrade.injector.get(Testability);
+           const $interval: angular.IIntervalService = upgrade.$injector.get('$interval');
+
+           let ng2Stable = false;
+           let intervalDone = false;
+
+           const id = $interval((arg: string) => {
+             // should only be called once
+             expect(intervalDone).toEqual(false);
+
+             intervalDone = true;
+             expect(NgZone.isInAngularZone()).toEqual(true);
+             expect(arg).toEqual('passed argument');
+           }, 200, 0, true, 'passed argument');
+
+           ng2Testability.whenStable(() => { ng2Stable = true; });
+
+           tick(100);
+
+           expect(intervalDone).toEqual(false);
+           expect(ng2Stable).toEqual(true);
+
+           tick(200);
+           expect(intervalDone).toEqual(true);
+           expect($interval.cancel(id)).toEqual(true);
+
+           // Interval should not fire after cancel
+           tick(200);
+         });
+       }));
   });
 }