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vetkit.js.quality.empty-catch

Empty catch block. The error is silently discarded, which hides failures and makes bugs hard to diagnose.

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Suite: Code quality

javascript, typescript

Empty catch block. The error is silently discarded, which hides failures and makes bugs hard to diagnose.

Category: QUALITY · Engine rule severity: INFO

How to fix it

Handle the error, log it, or rethrow it. If ignoring it is intentional, add a comment explaining why.

References

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

Generated from shipped rule definitions at build time. Matching is a review signal, not proof of exploitability. “generic” denotes text matching, not complete language or framework coverage. Runtime configuration and available tools affect whether a rule runs.