⚡ Performance: Full collection loads for existence checks in Downloadable module

[lbajsarowicz]

Performance Issues in Magento_Downloadable

Findings

#	File	Line(s)	Issue	Consensus Severity
123	Block/Catalog/Product/Links.php	71-74, 79-82, 105	Missing Caching: getLinks() called multiple times (in hasLinks() and getJsonConfig()) without memoization between calls.	Medium-High
124	Model/Product/Type.php	169-176	Full Collection Load: hasLinks() calls getLinks() (full collection query) and wraps in count() for boolean check.	Medium-High
125	Model/Product/Type.php	239-242	Full Collection Load: hasSamples() calls getSamples() (full collection query) and wraps in count() for boolean check.	Medium-High

Methodology

• Static code analysis cross-validated by 3 AI systems (Claude, Codex gpt-5.4, Gemini 3 Pro)

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✅ Jira issue https://jira.corp.adobe.com/browse/AC-16861 is successfully created for this GitHub issue.