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.
{
    
    LOCK(cs_wallet);
    return IsHDEnabled() || !CanSupportFeature(FEATURE_HD);
}
bool CWallet::CanGetAddresses(bool internal)
{
    LOCK(cs_wallet);
    
    bool keypool_has_keys;
    if (internal && CanSupportFeature(FEATURE_HD_SPLIT)) {
        keypool_has_keys = setInternalKeyPool.size() > 0;
    } else {
        keypool_has_keys = KeypoolCountExternalKeys() > 0;
    }
    
    if (!keypool_has_keys) {
        return CanGenerateKeys();
    }
    return keypool_has_keys;
}
void CWallet::SetWalletFlag(uint64_t flags)
{
    LOCK(cs_wallet);
    m_wallet_flags |= flags;
    if (!WalletBatch(*database).WriteWalletFlags(m_wallet_flags))
        throw std::runtime_error(std::string(__func__) + ": writing wallet flags failed");
}
void CWallet::UnsetWalletFlag(uint64_t flag)