vetkit.java.quality.catch-throwable

Catching Throwable or Error also catches OutOfMemoryError, StackOverflowError and other conditions the application cannot recover from.

Last updated: 2026-11-01

Suite: Code quality

java

Catching Throwable or Error also catches OutOfMemoryError, StackOverflowError and other conditions the application cannot recover from.

Category: QUALITY · Engine rule severity: INFO

How to fix it

Catch Exception or, better, the specific checked exceptions you expect.

References

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/396.html

Source: packages/engine/rules/quality/java.yml.

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