gh-142145: Remove quadratic behavior in node ID cache clearing (GH-142146)

* Remove quadratic behavior in node ID cache clearing

Co-authored-by: Jacob Walls <38668450+jacobtylerwalls@users.noreply.github.com>

* Add news fragment

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Co-authored-by: Jacob Walls <38668450+jacobtylerwalls@users.noreply.github.com>

Lib/test/test_minidom.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import copy
 import pickle
+import time
 import io
 from test import support
 import unittest
@@ -173,6 +174,23 @@ def testAppendChild(self):
         self.assertEqual(dom.documentElement.childNodes[-1].data, "Hello")
         dom.unlink()
 
+    def testAppendChildNoQuadraticComplexity(self):
+        impl = getDOMImplementation()
+
+        newdoc = impl.createDocument(None, "some_tag", None)
+        top_element = newdoc.documentElement
+        children = [newdoc.createElement(f"child-{i}") for i in range(1, 2 ** 15 + 1)]
+        element = top_element
+
+        start = time.time()
+        for child in children:
+            element.appendChild(child)
+            element = child
+        end = time.time()
+
+        # This example used to take at least 30 seconds.
+        self.assertLess(end - start, 1)
+
     def testAppendChildFragment(self):
         dom, orig, c1, c2, c3, frag = self._create_fragment_test_nodes()
         dom.documentElement.appendChild(frag)

Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py

@@ -292,13 +292,6 @@ def _append_child(self, node):
     childNodes.append(node)
     node.parentNode = self
 
-def _in_document(node):
-    # return True iff node is part of a document tree
-    while node is not None:
-        if node.nodeType == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE:
-            return True
-        node = node.parentNode
-    return False
 
 def _write_data(writer, text, attr):
     "Writes datachars to writer."
@@ -1555,7 +1548,7 @@ def _clear_id_cache(node):
     if node.nodeType == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE:
         node._id_cache.clear()
         node._id_search_stack = None
-    elif _in_document(node):
+    elif node.ownerDocument:
         node.ownerDocument._id_cache.clear()
         node.ownerDocument._id_search_stack= None
 

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2025-12-01-09-36-45.gh-issue-142145.tcAUhg.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove quadratic behavior in ``xml.minidom`` node ID cache clearing.