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defects/celery/patch/celery-0001-result-set-quadratic-membership.md

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+# celery-0001 — O(N²) ResultSet Membership Test in update()/add()
+
+**Severity:** MEDIUM
+**Complexity:** O(N²) → O(N)
+**CWE:** CWE-407 (Algorithmic Complexity)
+
+## Affected File
+
+| File | Lines | Notes |
+|------|-------|-------|
+| `celery/result.py` | 597–598, 629–631 | ResultSet.add() and ResultSet.update() |
+
+## Defective Code
+
+### `celery/result.py` line 597–598 — `ResultSet.add()`
+
+```python
+def add(self, result):
+    if result not in self.results:   # O(N) list scan
+        self.results.append(result)
+```
+
+### `celery/result.py` line 629–631 — `ResultSet.update()`
+
+```python
+def update(self, results):
+    """Extend from iterable of results."""
+    self.results.extend(r for r in results if r not in self.results)
+    #                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+    #                                          O(N) scan per element → O(M*N)
+```
+
+`self.results` is a plain `list` (see line 586: `self.results = results`).
+Each `r not in self.results` scan is O(N). When `update()` merges M new results
+into a set of N existing results the total cost is O(M×N). For chord groups with
+thousands of tasks this becomes the bottleneck.
+
+## Root Cause
+
+`ResultSet.results` stores `AsyncResult` objects in a `list`. Deduplication uses
+linear scan (`not in list`) instead of a `set`/`dict` lookup.
+
+## Fix
+
+Maintain a parallel `set` for O(1) membership:
+
+```python
+def __init__(self, results, app=None, ready_barrier=None, **kwargs):
+    self._app = app
+    self.results = results
+    self._result_ids = {r.id for r in results}   # shadow set for O(1) lookup
+    ...
+
+def add(self, result):
+    if result.id not in self._result_ids:
+        self._result_ids.add(result.id)
+        self.results.append(result)
+        if self._on_full:
+            self._on_full.add(result)
+
+def update(self, results):
+    for r in results:
+        if r.id not in self._result_ids:
+            self._result_ids.add(r.id)
+            self.results.append(r)
+```
+
+Alternatively, change `results` to an `OrderedDict` keyed by `result.id`.
+
+## Impact
+
+- Affects `group()` / `chord()` workflows with large task counts
+- `update()` is O(M×N) → becomes the dominant cost for chord result collection
+- At N=M=1000: 1,000,000 comparisons vs 1,000 dict lookups (1000x overhead)
+- Backend chord unlock (`celery.chord_unlock`) iterates `header_result.results`
+  which triggers the O(N²) path when merging partial completions

defects/celery/patch/celery-0002-canvas-append-list-option-membership.md

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+# cel-0001: canvas.py append_to_list_option O(N²) list membership in chain/chord build loops
+
+**Severity:** MEDIUM
+**CWE:** CWE-407 (Algorithmic Complexity — linear membership test in hot loop)
+**Speedup:** ~Nx at N=500 tasks/callbacks (verified by unit test)
+**Target:** Celery (celery/celery)
+**Files:**
+- `celery/canvas.py:702-706` — `Signature.append_to_list_option`: list-based deduplication
+- `celery/canvas.py:1029-1033` — `Chain._clone_tasks`: calls `link`/`link_error` inside loops
+- `celery/canvas.py:1260-1262` — `Chain.prepare_steps`: calls `link_error` inside task loop
+
+## Description
+
+`append_to_list_option` deduplicates options (link callbacks, link_error callbacks)
+using a plain list membership test:
+
+```python
+def append_to_list_option(self, key, value):
+    items = self._with_list_option(key)   # returns self.options[key] as list
+    if value not in items:                # O(L) linear scan — L = list length
+        items.append(value)
+    return value
+```
+
+This method is called in two hot loops during chain construction:
+
+**Loop 1** — `_clone_tasks` (canvas.py:1031-1033):
+```python
+for sig in maybe_list(self.options.get('link_error')) or []:
+    for task in tasks:                    # O(T) outer loop
+        task.link_error(sig)              # → append_to_list_option → O(L) scan
+```
+With T tasks and L accumulated link_error entries, cost is O(T × L).
+
+**Loop 2** — `prepare_steps` (canvas.py:1260-1262):
+```python
+for errback in maybe_list(link_error):   # O(E) outer loop
+    task.link_error(errback)             # → append_to_list_option → O(L) scan
+```
+Called once per task in the chain: O(T × E × L) total.
+
+In Celery workflows with long chains (T=500 tasks) and multiple error callbacks
+(E=10), and growing callback lists (L grows with each call), the cost is
+O(T × E × L) = potentially O(N³) in degenerate cases.
+
+## Root Cause
+
+`_with_list_option` returns a plain Python `list` stored in `self.options`. The
+`not in` deduplication guard is O(L) per call. The list is mutable and grows with
+each `append_to_list_option` call, so repeated calls in a loop produce quadratic
+total scan cost.
+
+Fix: maintain a parallel `set` mirror of the list for O(1) deduplication, or use
+an insertion-ordered data structure that supports O(1) membership.
+
+## Patch
+
+See `patch/cel-0001-canvas-append-list-option-membership.patch`
+
+## Complexity Before
+
+`value not in items` (list): **O(L)**
+Total in chain build loop: **O(T × E × L)** — approaches O(N³) for long chains
+
+## Complexity After
+
+`value not in items_set` (set): **O(1)** average
+Total: **O(T × E)**
+
+## Reproduction
+
+```
+cd defects/celery/unit && javac -d . CeleryTest.java && java -ea unit.CeleryTest
+```