## Diamond Recursion Scan — CLEAN (diamond recursion specific)

**Scan date:** 2026-03-29
**Pattern:** Recursive DAG traversal without visited set (CWE-407 diamond recursion, O(2^D))

### Files examined

- `celery/canvas.py` — `stamp()`, `stamp_links()`, `flatten_links()`, `freeze()`, `_display_tree()`

### Findings

**Signature.stamp() / stamp_links():** Recurses through `link` callbacks. Links form a 
**tree** (callback chain), not a DAG — a given Signature object cannot appear at multiple 
positions in the tree without being explicitly constructed that way by the user. 
No visited guard needed for the normal use case.

**chord.freeze():** Contains an explicit `seen = set()` guard (line 2097) when walking 
`node.parent` chain to detect recursive result parents. CLEAN.

**chain.stamp():** Iterates over `self.tasks` linearly. CLEAN.

**group.stamp():** Iterates over `self.tasks` linearly. CLEAN.

**flatten_links():** Returns recursive list of link callbacks. Link chains are trees 
(not DAGs), so no diamond blowup. CLEAN.

Note: celery-0001 covers `ResultSet` O(N²) list membership (different pattern).
celery-0002 covers `append_to_list_option` O(N) list membership (different pattern).
Neither is diamond recursion.

### Verdict: CLEAN — no diamond recursion CWE-407 found (canvas traversals are tree-structured)
