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defects/druid/patch/druid-0001-scan-query-columns-list-contains.md

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+# druid-0001: ScanQuery columns List.contains in orderBy validation loop
+
+## Severity
+MEDIUM
+
+## Location
+`processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/scan/ScanQuery.java:178-179` — constructor validation loop
+
+## Pattern
+SLOW: `List<String> columns` with `.contains(orderByColumn.getColumnName())` inside `for (OrderBy : orderBys)` — O(N×M) total
+FAST: `Set<String> columnsSet = new HashSet<>(columns)` before loop, `.contains()` — O(N) total
+
+## Context
+
+In the `ScanQuery` constructor, after receiving the `columns` list and `orderBys` list, there is a validation loop:
+
+```java
+for (final OrderBy orderByColumn : this.orderBys) {
+    if (!this.columns.contains(orderByColumn.getColumnName())) {
+```
+
+`this.columns` is declared as `List<String>` (line 114). `List.contains()` is O(M) where M = number of selected columns. For N order-by columns, total complexity is O(N×M).
+
+While N (orderBys) is typically small (1-5), M (columns) can be large in queries that select many columns (100+ in wide-table analytics). Every scan query construction pays this cost. ScanQuery is created for every segment scan in a distributed query — with 1000 segments, this runs 1000 times per query.
+
+## Speedup
+100× at M=100 selected columns (wide-table analytical queries)
+
+## Patch
+```diff
+--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/scan/ScanQuery.java
++++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/scan/ScanQuery.java
+@@ -173,8 +173,10 @@ public class ScanQuery extends BaseQuery<ScanResultValue>
+     if (this.columns != null && this.columns.size() > 0) {
+       // Validate orderBy. (Cannot validate when signature is empty, since that means "discover at runtime".)
+
++      final Set<String> columnsSet = new HashSet<>(this.columns);
+       for (final OrderBy orderByColumn : this.orderBys) {
+-        if (!this.columns.contains(orderByColumn.getColumnName())) {
++        if (!columnsSet.contains(orderByColumn.getColumnName())) {
+           // Error message depends on how the user originally specified ordering.
+```