fix: drive background refresh and phishing update from alarms (closes #158)

The Chrome MV3 service worker is terminated after roughly 30 seconds idle,
which destroyed both recurring jobs: the 60-second balance refresh and the
24-hour phishing blocklist refresh were setInterval schedules, so in
practice each ran only while the worker happened to be alive. The phishing
delta was persisted to localStorage, which does not exist in a service
worker, so on Chrome it was never persisted at all.

Both jobs now run off the extension alarms API in the new
src/shared/alarms.js: the browser holds the schedule and wakes the worker to
deliver it. The balance refresh is one minute and the phishing refresh is
1440 minutes, both whole minutes at or above the one-minute minimum, so
neither is silently clamped. Alarms are created only when missing, because
creating one restarts its period and the startup path runs on every wake.

The phishing delta and the timestamp of the fetch that produced it now live
in extension storage, and updatePhishingList() reloads that record before
deciding whether a fetch is due. A revived worker therefore neither
re-fetches on every wake nor sleeps through an overdue update. The 256 KiB
cap covers the whole record: an oversized delta is dropped together with its
timestamp so the next start fetches again.

The startup path (ensureRecurringAlarms plus the phishing list init) is
registered on onInstalled and onStartup as well as running at the top level
of the worker, and is idempotent.

Firefox MV2 has a persistent background page where timers would have
survived, but both browsers are built from one bundle and both take the
alarm path, so there is a single code path; "alarms" is declared in both
manifests.

src/shared/ens.js keeps its localStorage cache and gains a comment recording
that it is popup-only, so it does not get pulled into the worker later.

tests/alarms.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,468 @@
+// Scheduling for the background context.
+//
+// The Chrome MV3 service worker is terminated after roughly 30 seconds idle,
+// so anything scheduled with setInterval/setTimeout dies with it. These tests
+// pin the recurring jobs to the alarms API and to the re-registration path a
+// revived worker runs.
+
+// A controllable clock plus a stubbed balance refresh, so a cadence test can
+// measure the interval between refreshes that actually happened rather than
+// asserting the interval someone intended.
+let mockNow = 0;
+const mockBalanceRefreshAt = [];
+
+// jest.resetModules() clears the call record of every jest.fn, and loading the
+// worker is exactly that call — so anything that must be counted across a load
+// is counted here rather than read off a mock.
+let mockSetIntervalCalls = 0;
+
+// Extension storage reads do not take a constant amount of time, and that is
+// what makes a guard timed to the alarm period bite: backgroundRefresh()
+// stamps its freshness marker after awaiting loadState(), so any read that is
+// quicker than the previous one puts the next tick inside a guard of exactly
+// one period and the tick is skipped. A simulation with a constant latency
+// would sit exactly on the boundary and hide the bug.
+const MOCK_STORAGE_LATENCIES_MS = [7, 3, 11, 2, 9, 4, 13, 1, 6, 5];
+const MOCK_MAX_STORAGE_LATENCY_MS = Math.max(...MOCK_STORAGE_LATENCIES_MS);
+let mockStorageJitter = false;
+let mockStorageOpCount = 0;
+
+function mockStorageTick() {
+    if (!mockStorageJitter) return;
+    mockNow +=
+        MOCK_STORAGE_LATENCIES_MS[
+            mockStorageOpCount++ % MOCK_STORAGE_LATENCIES_MS.length
+        ];
+}
+
+jest.mock("../src/shared/balances", () => ({
+    refreshBalances: jest.fn(async () => {
+        mockBalanceRefreshAt.push(Date.now());
+    }),
+    getProvider: jest.fn(() => ({})),
+}));
+
+function makeAlarmsStub() {
+    const alarms = new Map();
+    const listeners = [];
+    const stub = {
+        created: [],
+        alarms,
+        create: jest.fn((name, info) => {
+            stub.created.push({ name, info });
+            alarms.set(name, { name, ...info });
+        }),
+        get: jest.fn(async (name) => alarms.get(name)),
+        clear: jest.fn(async (name) => alarms.delete(name)),
+        onAlarm: {
+            addListener: jest.fn((fn) => listeners.push(fn)),
+        },
+        fire: (name) => {
+            for (const fn of listeners) fn({ name });
+        },
+        listenerCount: () => listeners.length,
+    };
+    return stub;
+}
+
+describe("alarms module", () => {
+    let alarmsStub;
+    let alarmsMod;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        jest.resetModules();
+        alarmsStub = makeAlarmsStub();
+        global.chrome = { alarms: alarmsStub };
+        alarmsMod = require("../src/shared/alarms");
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        delete global.chrome;
+    });
+
+    test("ensureRecurringAlarms schedules both recurring jobs", async () => {
+        const created = await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        expect(created).toEqual({ balance: true, phishing: true });
+
+        const names = alarmsStub.created.map((c) => c.name).sort();
+        expect(names).toEqual(
+            [
+                alarmsMod.BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM,
+                alarmsMod.PHISHING_REFRESH_ALARM,
+            ].sort(),
+        );
+    });
+
+    test("the balance refresh keeps its 60-second cadence", async () => {
+        await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        const balance = alarmsStub.alarms.get(alarmsMod.BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM);
+        expect(balance.periodInMinutes).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    test("the phishing refresh keeps its 24-hour cadence", async () => {
+        await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        const phishing = alarmsStub.alarms.get(
+            alarmsMod.PHISHING_REFRESH_ALARM,
+        );
+        expect(phishing.periodInMinutes).toBe(24 * 60);
+    });
+
+    test("no period is below the browser-enforced minimum", async () => {
+        // A period under one minute is silently clamped by the browser, so a
+        // request for one would mean the documented cadence is not the real
+        // one. Every period must be a whole minute at or above the minimum.
+        await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        for (const { info } of alarmsStub.created) {
+            expect(info.periodInMinutes).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(
+                alarmsMod.MIN_ALARM_PERIOD_MINUTES,
+            );
+            expect(Number.isInteger(info.periodInMinutes)).toBe(true);
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("a revived worker does not reset an existing alarm's schedule", async () => {
+        await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        expect(alarmsStub.create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+        // Every wake re-runs the startup path. Re-creating an alarm restarts
+        // its period, so a busy extension would push the next fire out
+        // forever and the job would never run.
+        const again = await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        expect(again).toEqual({ balance: false, phishing: false });
+        expect(alarmsStub.create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
+    test("a missing alarm is re-created on the next start", async () => {
+        await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        await alarmsStub.clear(alarmsMod.BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM);
+
+        const again = await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        expect(again).toEqual({ balance: true, phishing: false });
+        expect(
+            alarmsStub.alarms.get(alarmsMod.BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM),
+        ).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    test("an alarm left over with a stale period is re-created", async () => {
+        // An install carries its alarms across an extension update, so a
+        // period changed in a new release only ever reaches users if the
+        // stale one is reconciled.
+        alarmsStub.create(alarmsMod.PHISHING_REFRESH_ALARM, {
+            periodInMinutes: 7 * 24 * 60,
+        });
+        alarmsStub.create.mockClear();
+
+        const created = await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        expect(created.phishing).toBe(true);
+        expect(
+            alarmsStub.alarms.get(alarmsMod.PHISHING_REFRESH_ALARM)
+                .periodInMinutes,
+        ).toBe(alarmsMod.PHISHING_REFRESH_PERIOD_MINUTES);
+    });
+
+    test("reconciling a period settles instead of re-creating forever", async () => {
+        alarmsStub.create(alarmsMod.BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM, {
+            periodInMinutes: 30,
+        });
+        await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        alarmsStub.create.mockClear();
+
+        const again = await alarmsMod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+        expect(again).toEqual({ balance: false, phishing: false });
+        expect(alarmsStub.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    test("handlers are dispatched by alarm name from one listener", () => {
+        const balance = jest.fn();
+        const phishing = jest.fn();
+        expect(
+            alarmsMod.registerAlarmHandlers({
+                [alarmsMod.BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM]: balance,
+                [alarmsMod.PHISHING_REFRESH_ALARM]: phishing,
+            }),
+        ).toBe(true);
+        expect(alarmsStub.listenerCount()).toBe(1);
+
+        alarmsStub.fire(alarmsMod.BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM);
+        expect(balance).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(phishing).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        alarmsStub.fire(alarmsMod.PHISHING_REFRESH_ALARM);
+        expect(phishing).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        alarmsStub.fire("some-other-extension-alarm");
+        expect(balance).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(phishing).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    test("Firefox MV2 gets the same treatment via browser.alarms", async () => {
+        // Both targets are built from one bundle. MV2 has a persistent
+        // background page, but it takes the alarm path too, so the schedule
+        // is the same code on both browsers.
+        jest.resetModules();
+        const firefoxAlarms = makeAlarmsStub();
+        global.browser = { alarms: firefoxAlarms };
+        try {
+            const mod = require("../src/shared/alarms");
+            const created = await mod.ensureRecurringAlarms();
+            expect(created).toEqual({ balance: true, phishing: true });
+            expect(firefoxAlarms.created).toHaveLength(2);
+            // The Chrome stub must not have been touched.
+            expect(alarmsStub.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        } finally {
+            delete global.browser;
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("a context without the alarms API degrades instead of throwing", async () => {
+        jest.resetModules();
+        delete global.chrome;
+        const mod = require("../src/shared/alarms");
+        await expect(mod.ensureRecurringAlarms()).resolves.toEqual({
+            balance: false,
+            phishing: false,
+        });
+        expect(mod.registerAlarmHandlers({})).toBe(false);
+    });
+});
+
+// Loads the background worker against stubbed browser APIs. The returned
+// store is the extension storage the worker sees, so a test can seed wallet
+// state and read back what the worker persisted.
+function loadBackground(initialStore = {}) {
+    const storageStore = initialStore;
+    const alarmsStub = makeAlarmsStub();
+    const listeners = { onInstalled: [], onStartup: [] };
+    global.chrome = {
+        alarms: alarmsStub,
+        storage: {
+            local: {
+                get: async (key) => {
+                    mockStorageTick();
+                    return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(
+                        storageStore,
+                        key,
+                    )
+                        ? { [key]: storageStore[key] }
+                        : {};
+                },
+                set: async (items) => {
+                    mockStorageTick();
+                    Object.assign(storageStore, items);
+                },
+                remove: async (key) => {
+                    delete storageStore[key];
+                },
+            },
+        },
+        runtime: {
+            onMessage: { addListener: jest.fn() },
+            onConnect: { addListener: jest.fn() },
+            onInstalled: {
+                addListener: jest.fn((fn) => listeners.onInstalled.push(fn)),
+            },
+            onStartup: {
+                addListener: jest.fn((fn) => listeners.onStartup.push(fn)),
+            },
+            getURL: (p) => "chrome-extension://test/" + p,
+            lastError: null,
+        },
+        windows: {
+            onRemoved: { addListener: jest.fn() },
+            create: jest.fn(),
+        },
+        tabs: { query: jest.fn(), sendMessage: jest.fn() },
+        action: { setPopup: jest.fn() },
+    };
+    global.fetch = jest.fn(async () => ({
+        ok: true,
+        json: async () => ({ blacklist: [] }),
+    }));
+    jest.resetModules();
+    require("../src/background/index");
+    return { alarmsStub, listeners, store: storageStore };
+}
+
+// Flush the promise chains the startup path and the alarm handlers run on.
+async function settle() {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+    }
+}
+
+describe("background worker scheduling", () => {
+    let alarmsStub;
+    let timers;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        mockSetIntervalCalls = 0;
+        timers = {
+            setInterval: jest
+                .spyOn(global, "setInterval")
+                .mockImplementation(() => {
+                    mockSetIntervalCalls++;
+                    return 0;
+                }),
+        };
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        timers.setInterval.mockRestore();
+        delete global.chrome;
+        delete global.fetch;
+        jest.resetModules();
+    });
+
+    test("startup schedules the recurring jobs as alarms, not timers", async () => {
+        alarmsStub = loadBackground().alarmsStub;
+        // Let the startup path's promises settle.
+        await settle();
+
+        const names = alarmsStub.created.map((c) => c.name).sort();
+        const {
+            BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM,
+            PHISHING_REFRESH_ALARM,
+        } = require("../src/shared/alarms");
+        expect(names).toEqual(
+            [BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM, PHISHING_REFRESH_ALARM].sort(),
+        );
+        expect(mockSetIntervalCalls).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    test("an onAlarm listener is installed on startup", async () => {
+        alarmsStub = loadBackground().alarmsStub;
+        await settle();
+        expect(alarmsStub.listenerCount()).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    test("onInstalled and onStartup both re-establish the schedule", async () => {
+        const loaded = loadBackground();
+        alarmsStub = loaded.alarmsStub;
+        await settle();
+
+        expect(loaded.listeners.onInstalled).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(loaded.listeners.onStartup).toHaveLength(1);
+
+        // A browser start after the alarms were dropped must put them back.
+        alarmsStub.alarms.clear();
+        alarmsStub.created.length = 0;
+        loaded.listeners.onStartup[0]();
+        await settle();
+        expect(alarmsStub.created).toHaveLength(2);
+    });
+
+    test("the install-time listener and the top-level call share one run", async () => {
+        // On a fresh install both fire, close enough that both could observe
+        // an alarm missing and create it — and a second create restarts the
+        // period the first one just set.
+        const loaded = loadBackground();
+        alarmsStub = loaded.alarmsStub;
+        loaded.listeners.onInstalled[0]();
+        await settle();
+
+        expect(alarmsStub.created).toHaveLength(2);
+        expect(alarmsStub.created.map((c) => c.name).sort()).toEqual(
+            [
+                "autistmask-balance-refresh",
+                "autistmask-phishing-refresh",
+            ].sort(),
+        );
+    });
+});
+
+// The alarm period alone must set the cadence. A freshness guard timed to the
+// period vetoes the very tick it gates, because the guard is measured from
+// when the last run finished and the alarm fires one run-duration before that.
+// These tests measure the interval between refreshes that actually ran.
+describe("balance refresh steady-state cadence", () => {
+    const {
+        BALANCE_REFRESH_PERIOD_MINUTES,
+        BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM,
+    } = require("../src/shared/alarms");
+    const PERIOD_MS = BALANCE_REFRESH_PERIOD_MINUTES * 60 * 1000;
+
+    let clockSpy;
+    let timerSpy;
+
+    function seededStore() {
+        return {
+            autistmask: {
+                hasWallet: true,
+                wallets: [
+                    { address: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001" },
+                ],
+                lastBalanceRefresh: 0,
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        mockNow = Date.UTC(2026, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+        mockBalanceRefreshAt.length = 0;
+        mockSetIntervalCalls = 0;
+        mockStorageOpCount = 0;
+        mockStorageJitter = false;
+        clockSpy = jest.spyOn(Date, "now").mockImplementation(() => mockNow);
+        timerSpy = jest.spyOn(global, "setInterval").mockImplementation(() => {
+            mockSetIntervalCalls++;
+            return 0;
+        });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        mockStorageJitter = false;
+        clockSpy.mockRestore();
+        timerSpy.mockRestore();
+        delete global.chrome;
+        delete global.fetch;
+        jest.resetModules();
+    });
+
+    test("ten alarm ticks produce ten refreshes, one per period", async () => {
+        const { alarmsStub } = loadBackground(seededStore());
+        await settle();
+        mockStorageJitter = true;
+
+        const TICKS = 10;
+        let tickAt = mockNow + PERIOD_MS;
+        for (let i = 0; i < TICKS; i++) {
+            mockNow = tickAt;
+            tickAt += PERIOD_MS;
+            alarmsStub.fire(BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM);
+            await settle();
+        }
+
+        // No tick was a no-op. This is the assertion that fails when the guard
+        // is timed to the alarm period.
+        expect(mockBalanceRefreshAt).toHaveLength(TICKS);
+
+        // And the observed cadence is one period, not two.
+        const intervals = mockBalanceRefreshAt
+            .slice(1)
+            .map((t, i) => t - mockBalanceRefreshAt[i]);
+        for (const interval of intervals) {
+            expect(interval).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(
+                PERIOD_MS - MOCK_MAX_STORAGE_LATENCY_MS,
+            );
+            expect(interval).toBeLessThanOrEqual(
+                PERIOD_MS + MOCK_MAX_STORAGE_LATENCY_MS,
+            );
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("a refresh an open popup just did still suppresses the tick", async () => {
+        // The guard's actual job, and the reason it is shortened rather than
+        // removed: while the popup is open it refreshes every 10 seconds and
+        // stamps the same field, and the background job has nothing to add.
+        const store = seededStore();
+        const { alarmsStub } = loadBackground(store);
+        await settle();
+
+        mockNow += PERIOD_MS;
+        store.autistmask.lastBalanceRefresh = mockNow - 10 * 1000;
+        alarmsStub.fire(BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM);
+        await settle();
+
+        expect(mockBalanceRefreshAt).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+});

tests/phishingDomains.test.js

@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
-// Provide a localStorage mock for Node.js test environment.
-// Must be set before requiring the module since it calls loadDeltaFromStorage()
-// at module load time.
-const localStorageStore = {};
-global.localStorage = {
-    getItem: (key) =>
-        Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(localStorageStore, key)
-            ? localStorageStore[key]
-            : null,
-    setItem: (key, value) => {
-        localStorageStore[key] = String(value);
-    },
-    removeItem: (key) => {
-        delete localStorageStore[key];
+// Extension storage stub for the Node test environment. The module resolves
+// the storage API on use, so this only has to exist before the first call.
+// Values round-trip through JSON the way structured cloning would, so a test
+// cannot pass by holding a live reference to the module's own array.
+const storageStore = {};
+global.chrome = {
+    storage: {
+        local: {
+            get: async (key) =>
+                Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(storageStore, key)
+                    ? { [key]: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(storageStore[key])) }
+                    : {},
+            set: async (items) => {
+                for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(items)) {
+                    storageStore[key] = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(value));
+                }
+            },
+            remove: async (key) => {
+                delete storageStore[key];
+            },
+        },
     },
 };
 
@@ -21,19 +28,32 @@ const {
     getBlocklistSize,
     getDeltaSize,
     hostnameVariants,
+    DELTA_STORAGE_KEY,
     _reset,
     _getVendoredBlacklistSize,
     _getDeltaBlacklist,
 } = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
 
+function clearStorage() {
+    for (const key of Object.keys(storageStore)) {
+        delete storageStore[key];
+    }
+}
+
+// The MV3 service worker is torn down when idle and re-evaluated on the next
+// event, which wipes every module-level variable. Re-requiring the module with
+// the registry reset is exactly that: fresh in-memory state, same extension
+// storage underneath.
+function restartWorker() {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    return require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+}
+
 // Reset delta state before each test to avoid cross-test contamination.
 // Note: vendored sets are immutable and always present.
 beforeEach(() => {
     _reset();
-    // Clear localStorage mock between tests
-    for (const key of Object.keys(localStorageStore)) {
-        delete localStorageStore[key];
-    }
+    clearStorage();
 });
 
 describe("phishingDomains", () => {
@@ -169,15 +189,34 @@ describe("phishingDomains", () => {
         });
     });
 
-    describe("localStorage persistence", () => {
-        test("saveDeltaToStorage persists delta under 256KiB", () => {
-            loadConfig({
+    describe("extension storage persistence", () => {
+        test("delta is persisted to extension storage, not localStorage", async () => {
+            await loadConfig({
                 blacklist: ["persisted-scam-xyz.com"],
             });
-            const stored = localStorage.getItem("phishing-delta");
-            expect(stored).not.toBeNull();
-            const data = JSON.parse(stored);
-            expect(data.blacklist).toContain("persisted-scam-xyz.com");
+            const stored = storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY];
+            expect(stored).toBeDefined();
+            expect(stored.blacklist).toContain("persisted-scam-xyz.com");
+        });
+
+        test("the fetch timestamp is persisted alongside the delta", async () => {
+            const before = Date.now();
+            await loadConfig({ blacklist: ["timestamped-scam-xyz.com"] });
+            const stored = storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY];
+            expect(typeof stored.lastFetchTime).toBe("number");
+            expect(stored.lastFetchTime).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(before);
+        });
+
+        test("an oversized delta is dropped entirely, timestamp included", async () => {
+            // A record above the 256 KiB cap is not worth keeping; the
+            // timestamp goes with it so the next start re-fetches rather than
+            // claiming freshness for a delta that was never stored.
+            const huge = [];
+            for (let i = 0; i < 20000; i++) {
+                huge.push(`oversize-scam-${i}-xyzxyzxyzxyzxyz.com`);
+            }
+            await loadConfig({ blacklist: huge });
+            expect(storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY]).toBeUndefined();
         });
 
         test("delta is cleared on _reset", () => {
@@ -203,3 +242,332 @@ describe("phishingDomains", () => {
         });
     });
 });
+
+describe("phishing list across a service worker restart", () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        clearStorage();
+        jest.resetModules();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        delete global.fetch;
+    });
+
+    test("a revived worker restores the persisted delta without re-fetching", async () => {
+        const first = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        await first.loadConfig({ blacklist: ["restart-scam-xyz.com"] });
+
+        const revived = restartWorker();
+        // Nothing in memory yet — this is a brand new module instance.
+        expect(revived.getDeltaSize()).toBe(0);
+
+        global.fetch = jest.fn();
+        await revived.initPhishingList();
+
+        expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(revived.getDeltaSize()).toBe(1);
+        expect(revived.isPhishingDomain("restart-scam-xyz.com")).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test("repeated wakes inside the cache window never re-fetch", async () => {
+        const first = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        await first.loadConfig({ blacklist: ["no-storm-scam-xyz.com"] });
+
+        global.fetch = jest.fn();
+        for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            const revived = restartWorker();
+            await revived.initPhishingList();
+        }
+        expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    test("a persisted timestamp older than the TTL causes a fetch on startup", async () => {
+        const first = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        await first.loadConfig({ blacklist: ["stale-scam-xyz.com"] });
+
+        // Age the persisted record past the 24-hour TTL.
+        storageStore[first.DELTA_STORAGE_KEY].lastFetchTime =
+            Date.now() - first.CACHE_TTL_MS - 1000;
+
+        const revived = restartWorker();
+        global.fetch = jest.fn(async () => ({
+            ok: true,
+            json: async () => ({ blacklist: ["refreshed-scam-xyz.com"] }),
+        }));
+        await revived.initPhishingList();
+
+        expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(revived.isPhishingDomain("refreshed-scam-xyz.com")).toBe(true);
+        expect(revived.isPhishingDomain("stale-scam-xyz.com")).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    test("a first start with nothing persisted fetches immediately", async () => {
+        const fresh = restartWorker();
+        global.fetch = jest.fn(async () => ({
+            ok: true,
+            json: async () => ({ blacklist: ["first-run-scam-xyz.com"] }),
+        }));
+        await fresh.initPhishingList();
+
+        expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(fresh.isPhishingDomain("first-run-scam-xyz.com")).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test("updatePhishingList honours the persisted timestamp on its own", async () => {
+        // The startup path calls updatePhishingList() directly, so it must
+        // load persisted state itself rather than relying on anything else
+        // having finished first.
+        const first = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        await first.loadConfig({ blacklist: ["alarm-tick-scam-xyz.com"] });
+
+        const revived = restartWorker();
+        global.fetch = jest.fn();
+        await revived.updatePhishingList();
+
+        expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(revived.isPhishingDomain("alarm-tick-scam-xyz.com")).toBe(true);
+    });
+});
+
+// The alarm period alone must set the cadence. lastFetchTime is stamped when
+// the fetch completes, so it lands one fetch latency after the alarm that
+// caused it; a freshness guard timed to the alarm period therefore vetoes
+// every scheduled tick and halves the real refresh rate. These tests measure
+// the interval between fetches that actually happened.
+describe("phishing refresh steady-state cadence", () => {
+    const { PHISHING_REFRESH_PERIOD_MINUTES } = require("../src/shared/alarms");
+    const PERIOD_MS = PHISHING_REFRESH_PERIOD_MINUTES * 60 * 1000;
+
+    let clockSpy;
+    let now;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        clearStorage();
+        jest.resetModules();
+        now = Date.UTC(2026, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+        clockSpy = jest.spyOn(Date, "now").mockImplementation(() => now);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        clockSpy.mockRestore();
+        delete global.fetch;
+    });
+
+    function fetchStub(latencyMs, seen) {
+        return jest.fn(async () => {
+            seen.push(now);
+            // A network fetch takes time, and lastFetchTime is stamped after
+            // it, not when the alarm fired.
+            now += latencyMs;
+            return { ok: true, json: async () => ({ blacklist: [] }) };
+        });
+    }
+
+    test("ten alarm ticks produce ten fetches, one per period", async () => {
+        const fetchedAt = [];
+        global.fetch = fetchStub(5000, fetchedAt);
+
+        const startup = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        const T0 = now;
+        await startup.initPhishingList();
+        expect(fetchedAt).toEqual([T0]);
+
+        const TICKS = 10;
+        let tickAt = T0 + PERIOD_MS;
+        for (let i = 0; i < TICKS; i++) {
+            now = tickAt;
+            tickAt += PERIOD_MS;
+            // The browser wakes a terminated worker to deliver the alarm, so
+            // every tick starts from cold memory and the persisted record.
+            const revived = restartWorker();
+            await revived.refreshPhishingListOnSchedule();
+        }
+
+        expect(fetchedAt).toHaveLength(TICKS + 1);
+        const intervals = fetchedAt.slice(1).map((t, i) => t - fetchedAt[i]);
+        expect(intervals).toEqual(new Array(TICKS).fill(PERIOD_MS));
+    });
+
+    test("the scheduled tick fetches whatever the last fetch's latency was", async () => {
+        // The alarm fires one period after the previous alarm, which is
+        // `latency` short of one period since the fetch it caused completed.
+        for (const latency of [200, 1000, 5000]) {
+            clearStorage();
+            jest.resetModules();
+            storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY] = {
+                blacklist: [],
+                lastFetchTime: now - PERIOD_MS + latency,
+                lastAttemptTime: now - PERIOD_MS,
+            };
+            const mod = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+            const fetchedAt = [];
+            global.fetch = fetchStub(latency, fetchedAt);
+
+            await mod.refreshPhishingListOnSchedule();
+            expect(fetchedAt).toHaveLength(1);
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("a worker wake inside the cache window still does not fetch", async () => {
+        // The TTL is not removed, only taken off the scheduled path. Chrome
+        // revives the worker every ~30 seconds and every revival runs the
+        // startup path, so the TTL still has to keep that off the network.
+        storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY] = {
+            blacklist: [],
+            lastFetchTime: now - PERIOD_MS + 5000,
+            lastAttemptTime: now - PERIOD_MS,
+        };
+        const mod = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        global.fetch = jest.fn();
+
+        await mod.initPhishingList();
+        expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});
+
+describe("phishing list timestamps that cannot be trusted", () => {
+    let clockSpy;
+    let now;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        clearStorage();
+        jest.resetModules();
+        now = Date.UTC(2026, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+        clockSpy = jest.spyOn(Date, "now").mockImplementation(() => now);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        clockSpy.mockRestore();
+        delete global.fetch;
+    });
+
+    function okFetch() {
+        return jest.fn(async () => ({
+            ok: true,
+            json: async () => ({ blacklist: ["recovered-scam-xyz.com"] }),
+        }));
+    }
+
+    // jest.resetModules() clears the call record of a jest.fn, and simulating
+    // a worker restart is exactly that call. Anything counted across restarts
+    // has to be counted outside the mock.
+    function countingFetch(counter, response) {
+        return async () => {
+            counter.calls++;
+            return response();
+        };
+    }
+
+    test("a lastFetchTime in the future is discarded rather than trusted", async () => {
+        // Clock skew or a restored profile backup writes one. Every guard
+        // measures `Date.now() - stamp` and only tests the lower bound, so a
+        // stamp a year ahead would suppress updates for a year, and now that
+        // the value is persisted it would outlive every worker.
+        storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY] = {
+            blacklist: ["poisoned-scam-xyz.com"],
+            lastFetchTime: now + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+            lastAttemptTime: 0,
+        };
+        const mod = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        global.fetch = okFetch();
+
+        await mod.initPhishingList();
+
+        expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(mod.isPhishingDomain("recovered-scam-xyz.com")).toBe(true);
+        // And the record it leaves behind is sane, so recovery is permanent.
+        expect(
+            storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY].lastFetchTime,
+        ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(now);
+    });
+
+    test("a lastAttemptTime in the future does not suppress the retry", async () => {
+        storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY] = {
+            lastAttemptTime: now + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+        };
+        const mod = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        global.fetch = okFetch();
+
+        await mod.initPhishingList();
+        expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    test("an oversized delta does not re-download on every worker wake", async () => {
+        // The delta and its freshness claim are both dropped, which is right,
+        // but nothing then says a fetch just happened. Chrome cycles the
+        // worker roughly every 30 seconds idle, so without the attempt stamp
+        // this is a full blocklist download per wake, forever.
+        const huge = [];
+        for (let i = 0; i < 20000; i++) {
+            huge.push(`oversize-scam-${i}-xyzxyzxyzxyzxyz.com`);
+        }
+        const counter = { calls: 0 };
+        global.fetch = countingFetch(counter, () => ({
+            ok: true,
+            json: async () => ({ blacklist: huge }),
+        }));
+
+        for (let wake = 0; wake < 4; wake++) {
+            const revived = restartWorker();
+            await revived.initPhishingList();
+            now += 30 * 1000; // idle timeout, worker torn down and revived
+        }
+
+        expect(counter.calls).toBe(1);
+        expect(storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY].blacklist).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(typeof storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY].lastAttemptTime).toBe(
+            "number",
+        );
+    });
+
+    test("a failing fetch is not retried on every worker wake either", async () => {
+        const counter = { calls: 0 };
+        global.fetch = countingFetch(counter, () => ({
+            ok: false,
+            status: 503,
+        }));
+
+        for (let wake = 0; wake < 4; wake++) {
+            const revived = restartWorker();
+            await revived.initPhishingList();
+            now += 30 * 1000;
+        }
+
+        expect(counter.calls).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    test("the retry floor expires, so a failure is not permanent", async () => {
+        const {
+            MIN_FETCH_ATTEMPT_INTERVAL_MS,
+        } = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        const counter = { calls: 0 };
+        global.fetch = countingFetch(counter, () => ({
+            ok: false,
+            status: 503,
+        }));
+
+        await restartWorker().initPhishingList();
+        expect(counter.calls).toBe(1);
+
+        // Still inside the floor: no retry.
+        now += MIN_FETCH_ATTEMPT_INTERVAL_MS - 1000;
+        await restartWorker().initPhishingList();
+        expect(counter.calls).toBe(1);
+
+        // Past it: the extension goes back to the network.
+        now += 2000;
+        await restartWorker().initPhishingList();
+        expect(counter.calls).toBe(2);
+    });
+
+    test("the scheduled tick ignores the retry floor", async () => {
+        // The alarm period is far above the floor, but the floor exists to
+        // throttle wakes, not the schedule.
+        storageStore[DELTA_STORAGE_KEY] = { lastAttemptTime: now - 1000 };
+        const mod = require("../src/shared/phishingDomains");
+        global.fetch = okFetch();
+
+        await mod.refreshPhishingListOnSchedule();
+        expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+});