Avoid overly broad exception handlers

#Metadata

Rule ID

py.correctness.broad-exception-handler

Severity

high

Confidence

0.95

Languages

python

Presets

recommended, strict

Stability

stable

Applies to

block

Tags

correctness, python, rules-catalog

#Why it matters

Broad handlers hide programming errors and can interfere with expected process-level exceptions.

#Remediation

Catch only the concrete exception classes this block can recover from.

#Repository path

The generated metadata points to critiq-rules/libs/rules/catalog/rules/python/py.correctness.broad-exception-handler.rule.yaml.