[QGIS-Developer] Security Scan Issue: Why Can't I no longer do this?

[C Hamilton]

This is with the Lat Lon Tools plugin. This rule prevented me from
publishing an updated version. The plugin has been in use since QGIS 2 and
it doesn't download and run anything.

Thanks,
Calvin

On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM Laurențiu Nicola via QGIS-Developer <
qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> +1. I don't think it should be up to QGIS to enforce style rules. Does it
> warn if a plugin downloads some code over plain HTTP and runs it? That's
> something I would care about, as a user. I don't care about code style,
> I'll just assume it's awful, vibe-coded (based on recent plugin submissions
> I've looked at), or both.
>
> Laurentiu
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2026, at 19:48, C Hamilton via QGIS-Developer wrote:
>
> Your security scans are causing me problems. Why can't I do the following?
>             try...
>             except Exception:
>                 pass
>
> In the try statement, if it fails I don't want it to do anything in the
> exception. This is exactly what I want to happen, but your security scans
> call it a "Critical Error". What should I do instead? I don't need any code
> in the exception.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Calvin
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