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.
{
    
    if (!locked_chain.checkFinalTx(*tx)) {
        return false;
    }
    int nDepth = GetDepthInMainChain(locked_chain);
    if (nDepth >= 1)
        return true;
    if (nDepth < 0)
        return false;
    if (!pwallet->m_spend_zero_conf_change || !IsFromMe(ISMINE_ALL)) 
        return false;
    
    if (!InMempool())
        return false;
    
    for (const CTxIn& txin : tx->vin)
    {
        
        const CWalletTx* parent = pwallet->GetWalletTx(txin.prevout.hash);
        if (parent == nullptr)
            return false;
        const CTxOut& parentOut = parent->tx->vout[txin.prevout.n];
        if (pwallet->IsMine(parentOut) != ISMINE_SPENDABLE)
            return false;
    }
    return true;
}
bool CWalletTx::IsEquivalentTo(const CWalletTx& _tx) const