Performing the following (note the range of 10,000):

`importmulti '[{"desc": "sh(wpkh([aeee1e6a/49h/1h/0h]tpubDC5bVdaveQYxGFztMShFAjU637kKjrs9FD8ne1oHR7z8tLeQJExsaxWRVeSpcCcYMdp5ecf2LQhuVaeYFZ7YEpvWTJr4nDGUJrmuvLuTSsp/1/*))", "keypool": true, "timestamp": "now", "watchonly": true, "internal": true, "range": {"end": 1000}}]' '{"rescan": false}'`

takes many minutes. @achow101 reports a similar import taking 6 minutes on his machine.
{"label", RPCArg::Type::STR,  "\"\"", "An optional label"},
                    {"rescan", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,  "true", "Rescan the wallet for transactions"},
                    {"p2sh", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,  "false", "Add the P2SH version of the script as well"},
                },
                RPCResults{},
                RPCExamples{
            "\nImport an address with rescan\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("importaddress", "\"myaddress\"") +
            "\nImport using a label without rescan\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("importaddress", "\"myaddress\" \"testing\" false") +
            "\nAs a JSON-RPC call\n"
            + HelpExampleRpc("importaddress", "\"myaddress\", \"testing\", false")
                },
            }.ToString());
    std::string strLabel;
    if (!request.params[1].isNull())
        strLabel = request.params[1].get_str();
    
    bool fRescan = true;
    if (!request.params[2].isNull())
        fRescan = request.params[2].get_bool();
    if (fRescan && pwallet->chain().getPruneMode()) {
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Rescan is disabled in pruned mode");
    }
    WalletRescanReserver reserver(pwallet);
    if (fRescan && !reserver.reserve()) {
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Wallet is currently rescanning. Abort existing rescan or wait.");
    }
    
    bool fP2SH = false;