Re-enable ruff BLE (blind-except) rule and fix all violations

[saltas888]

Summary

• Removes BLE from the global ruff ignore list in pyproject.toml and resolves all 78 violations it surfaces (the card's original ~32 estimate was from a February analysis; the count grew — reconciled and re-measured as part of this work, see dev/specs/002-ruff-ble-reenable/data-model.md).
• 8 sites (test/tooling code) got genuine exception narrowing to the specific type(s) the guarded code can raise.
• 70 sites kept except Exception with a targeted # noqa: BLE001 plus a one-line justification comment, where a broad catch is a deliberate design choice (best-effort telemetry, top-level migration/error-collection loops, etc.) — annotation-only, no logic or control-flow changes.
• Full spec-kit trail in dev/specs/002-ruff-ble-reenable/ (spec, plan, critique, tasks, alignment check, final implementation report).

Reviewer note: 24 of the changed files fall in paths this repo normally reviews extra carefully — 19 under backend/infrahub/core/migrations/graph/, 4 auth modules (api/auth.py, api/oauth2.py, api/oidc.py, auth/auth.py), and core/schema/update_coordinator.py. Every touch in those files is the identical mechanical pattern (justification comment + # noqa: BLE001 above an existing except Exception:) — confirmed by an explicit diff-audit task (SC-007) and independently re-verified by the review pass below. No behavior change. Worth a close look given the sensitivity of those paths regardless.

Source: Engineering Inbox INBOX-19, from Patrick's pyproject suppression-analysis thread (ranked BLE re-enable priority #1 — direct bug risk, small bounded count, lowest effort).

Test plan

• ruff check --select=BLE . — 0 violations repo-wide
• uv run invoke backend.lint (ruff + ty + mypy) — clean
• uv run invoke backend.test-unit — 1846 passed
• Two previously-non-collecting component tests (test_process_idempotency.py, test_uniqueness_propagation.py) confirmed passing — 12 passed (the earlier "no tests collected" signal was a CLI-proxy summarizer false negative, not a real defect)
• Suppression audit — 70/70 sites carry a justification comment; enforcement canary (reintroducing one unjustified BLE001) confirmed the rule now fails as expected, then reverted
• uv lock --check, schema.validate-graphqlschema, schema.validate-jsonschema, backend.validate-generated, docs.validate — all clean, zero diff
• Two independent review passes (error-handling, simplification) across the full diff — no CRITICAL/HIGH findings; one pre-existing/accepted design tradeoff and a few cosmetic nits noted in the implementation report, none blocking

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Summary by cubic

Re-enabled the ruff BLE (blind-except) rule and resolved all 78 violations by narrowing where safe and justifying intentional broad handlers. Aligns with INBOX-19: remove the ignore, make exceptions explicit, and keep behavior unchanged in sensitive paths.

• Refactors
  • Removed BLE from pyproject.toml ignore; repo passes ruff with the rule active.
  • Narrowed 8 sites to specific types: SchemaNotFoundError (component tests), httpx.HTTPError (git integration fixtures), packaging.InvalidVersion (tasks/release.py).
  • Kept 70 deliberate except Exception/BaseException handlers with # noqa: BLE001 and a one-line justification (migrations, auth, scheduler, telemetry, message bus, etc.); comments only.
  • Added changelog fragment and spec-kit docs under dev/specs/002-ruff-ble-reenable/ for traceability.
  • No logic or control-flow changes; invoke backend.lint and existing tests remain green.

^{Written for commit 89e7ec4. Summary will update on new commits.}

[cubic-dev-ai]

3 issues found across 59 files

Confidence score: 3/5

• In backend/infrahub/core/migrations/graph/m066_consolidate_duplicate_number_pools.py, returning from inside async with db.start_transaction() appears to undermine the intended exception-to-MigrationResult handling, which could misreport or mishandle migration failures and leave migration behavior unpredictable—move the return/error mapping outside the transaction block and verify failure-path tests before merging.
• In backend/infrahub/core/validators/tasks.py, the broad exception catch can swallow transient errors and bypass the task’s retries=3 behavior, increasing the chance of silent validation failures instead of automatic recovery—narrow the exception types (or add a clear justification) so retryable failures still retry.
• In utilities/infrahub_load_tester.py, when a request fails all_branches may remain undefined, causing follow-on branch deletion attempts to fail with a misleading secondary error—initialize all_branches on failure or guard the cleanup path so the original failure is reported clearly.

Prompt for AI agents (unresolved issues)

Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them. If appropriate, use sub-agents to investigate and fix each issue separately.


<file name="backend/infrahub/core/validators/tasks.py">

<violation number="1" location="backend/infrahub/core/validators/tasks.py:86">
P2: Per linked Jira issue INBOX-19, sites should either narrow the exception type or provide justification; here the broad catch defeats the task's own retries=3 retry policy by turning every failure (including transient/infra errors) into a permanent violation on the first attempt. Consider narrowing to the specific exceptions `run_constraints` is expected to raise so unexpected/transient errors can propagate and trigger the configured retries.</violation>
</file>

<file name="backend/infrahub/core/migrations/graph/m066_consolidate_duplicate_number_pools.py">

<violation number="1" location="backend/infrahub/core/migrations/graph/m066_consolidate_duplicate_number_pools.py:83">
P1: The new justification comment describes this except as safely converting failures into a `MigrationResult` error, but because the `return` happens inside the `async with db.start_transaction()` block, the exception never propagates to `__aexit__`, so the transaction is committed (not rolled back) on failure — partial pool consolidation/deletion can be persisted while the migration reports an error. Consider re-raising (or moving the try/except outside the `async with` block) so `__aexit__` sees the exception and rolls back before converting it to a `MigrationResult`.</violation>
</file>

<file name="utilities/infrahub_load_tester.py">

<violation number="1" location="utilities/infrahub_load_tester.py:48">
P2: The new justification comment claims this except "absorb[s] any request failure and continue[s]," but `all_branches` is never defined on failure, so every subsequent branch-deletion attempt will fail with a confusing `UnboundLocalError` message instead of cleanly skipping. Consider returning (like `delete_admin_branches` does) or defaulting `all_branches = []` in the except block.</violation>
</file>

<sub>Shadow auto-approve: would not auto-approve because issues were found.

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[cubic-dev-ai]

P1: The new justification comment describes this except as safely converting failures into a MigrationResult error, but because the return happens inside the async with db.start_transaction() block, the exception never propagates to __aexit__, so the transaction is committed (not rolled back) on failure — partial pool consolidation/deletion can be persisted while the migration reports an error. Consider re-raising (or moving the try/except outside the async with block) so __aexit__ sees the exception and rolls back before converting it to a MigrationResult.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At backend/infrahub/core/migrations/graph/m066_consolidate_duplicate_number_pools.py, line 83:

<comment>The new justification comment describes this except as safely converting failures into a `MigrationResult` error, but because the `return` happens inside the `async with db.start_transaction()` block, the exception never propagates to `__aexit__`, so the transaction is committed (not rolled back) on failure — partial pool consolidation/deletion can be persisted while the migration reports an error. Consider re-raising (or moving the try/except outside the `async with` block) so `__aexit__` sees the exception and rolls back before converting it to a `MigrationResult`.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ async def execute(self, migration_input: MigrationInput) -> MigrationResult:
 
-            except Exception as exc:
+            # Failures become MigrationResult errors so the runner reports them instead of crashing
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
                 error_msg = str(exc) or f"{type(exc).__name__}: {repr(exc)}"
                 return MigrationResult(errors=[error_msg])
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P2: Per linked Jira issue INBOX-19, sites should either narrow the exception type or provide justification; here the broad catch defeats the task's own retries=3 retry policy by turning every failure (including transient/infra errors) into a permanent violation on the first attempt. Consider narrowing to the specific exceptions run_constraints is expected to raise so unexpected/transient errors can propagate and trigger the configured retries.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At backend/infrahub/core/validators/tasks.py, line 86:

<comment>Per linked Jira issue INBOX-19, sites should either narrow the exception type or provide justification; here the broad catch defeats the task's own retries=3 retry policy by turning every failure (including transient/infra errors) into a permanent violation on the first attempt. Consider narrowing to the specific exceptions `run_constraints` is expected to raise so unexpected/transient errors can propagate and trigger the configured retries.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ async def schema_path_validate(
             violations = await aggregated_constraint_checker.run_constraints(constraint_request)
-        except Exception as exc:
+        # Degrade any checker failure into a reported violation so schema validation fails visibly instead of crashing the task
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
             violation = SchemaViolation(
                 node_id="unknown",
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P2: The new justification comment claims this except "absorb[s] any request failure and continue[s]," but all_branches is never defined on failure, so every subsequent branch-deletion attempt will fail with a confusing UnboundLocalError message instead of cleanly skipping. Consider returning (like delete_admin_branches does) or defaulting all_branches = [] in the except block.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At utilities/infrahub_load_tester.py, line 48:

<comment>The new justification comment claims this except "absorb[s] any request failure and continue[s]," but `all_branches` is never defined on failure, so every subsequent branch-deletion attempt will fail with a confusing `UnboundLocalError` message instead of cleanly skipping. Consider returning (like `delete_admin_branches` does) or defaulting `all_branches = []` in the except block.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ async def _create_one(idx: int, client: InfrahubClient, prefix: str, log: loggin
         log.info(f"✅ Created proposed change for branch {branch_name}")
-    except Exception as e:
+    # Load test: absorb any request failure and continue
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
         log.error(f"❌ Error creating proposed change for branch {branch_name}: {e}")
 
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

1 issue found across 1 file (changes from recent commits).

Prompt for AI agents (unresolved issues)

Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them. If appropriate, use sub-agents to investigate and fix each issue separately.


<file name=".specify/feature.json">

<violation number="1">
P2: Custom agent: **Flag AI Slop and Fabricated Changes**

The `.specify/feature.json` file is updated to point to `specs/001-entities-arch-migration`, but that directory does not exist in the repository. The PR's stated purpose is re-enabling the ruff BLE rule with spec-kit documentation located at `dev/specs/002-ruff-ble-reenable/` (and `specs/002-ruff-ble-reenable` also exists). This appears to be an unintended change — likely a leftover from a different branch or feature — and contradicts the PR's scope. It should remain `specs/002-ruff-ble-reenable` to align with the BLE re-enable work being merged.</violation>
</file>

<sub>Shadow auto-approve: would not auto-approve because issues were found.

Re-trigger cubic</sub>

[codspeed-hq]

Merging this PR will not alter performance

✅ 12 untouched benchmarks

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_{Comparing pha/INBOX-19 (89e7ec4) with develop (01a4672)}