Replace bare except clauses with specific exception types by ko7m · Pull Request #975 · meshtastic/python · GitHub

Bare except: catches BaseException, which includes KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit. This prevents clean Ctrl-C shutdown and can swallow sys.exit() calls. Each clause is narrowed to the specific exception the try block can actually raise.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved error handling across mesh communication, device logging, deferred operations, and version detection.
- Expected missing data, invalid values, decoding issues, and unavailable imports continue to be handled safely.
- Unexpected errors are now surfaced instead of being silently suppressed, improving reliability and diagnostics.

Bare except: catches BaseException, which includes KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit. This prevents clean Ctrl-C shutdown and can swallow sys.exit() calls. Each clause is narrowed to the specific exception the try block can actually raise. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

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The changes replace broad exception handlers with specific exception classes across mesh processing, stream decoding, deferred execution, dictionary cleanup, version import fallback, and simulator testing.

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Exception Boundary Updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Runtime handler narrowing meshtastic/mesh_interface.py, meshtastic/stream_interface.py	Mesh position handling, node lookup, and log decoding now catch only their expected exception types.
Utility exception boundaries meshtastic/util.py	Deferred execution catches Exception, and dictionary cleanup catches only KeyError.
Startup and simulator handlers meshtastic/version.py, meshtastic/test.py	The version import fallback catches ImportError, and simulator testing catches Exception.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 87024

The changes allow interrupts and explicit exits to propagate while preserving ordinary simulator failure handling. The intentional broad handler is documented as a bounded follow-up concern, but no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: ianmcorvidae

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In `@meshtastic/test.py`:
- Line 208: Keep the broad Exception handler in testSimulator() so ordinary
simulator failures still produce exit code 1 while KeyboardInterrupt and
SystemExit propagate; add a targeted BLE001 suppression on that handler with a
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Apply the same fix in `@meshtastic/util.py` at line 312: The repository-wide
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Keep the intentional top-level Exception handler in testSimulator() so ordinary simulator failures still produce exit code 1 while KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit propagate. The repository does not currently configure a check that requires a suppression here; add a targeted suppression only if a configured lint check later flags this intentional handler.

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In `@meshtastic/test.py` at line 208, Keep the broad Exception handler in
testSimulator() so ordinary simulator failures still produce exit code 1 while
KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit propagate; add a targeted BLE001 suppression on
that handler with a brief rationale comment.

Apply the same fix in `@meshtastic/util.py` at line 312: The repository-wide
suppression guidance is incorporated into the consolidated comment.

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                       iface.close()
                       logger.info("Integration test successful!")
-                  except:
+                  except Exception:

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