Replace bare except clauses with except Exception to follow Python best practices and avoid catching unexpected system exceptions like KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit.
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## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/22473
**Author:** [@gambletan](https://github.com/gambletan)
**Created:** 3/9/2026
**Status:** ✅ Merged
**Merged:** 3/15/2026
**Merged by:** [@tjbck](https://github.com/tjbck)
**Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `fix-bare-except`
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### 📝 Commits (1)
- [`66e49ce`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/66e49ce407d0baa218b3d8d23827ae5b43139a04) fix: replace bare except with except Exception
### 📊 Changes
**9 files changed** (+14 additions, -14 deletions)
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📝 `backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/external_document.py` (+1 -1)
📝 `backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/mineru.py` (+3 -3)
📝 `backend/open_webui/retrieval/vector/dbs/chroma.py` (+1 -1)
📝 `backend/open_webui/routers/chats.py` (+1 -1)
📝 `backend/open_webui/routers/configs.py` (+1 -1)
📝 `backend/open_webui/routers/pipelines.py` (+2 -2)
📝 `backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py` (+1 -1)
📝 `backend/open_webui/socket/main.py` (+1 -1)
📝 `backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py` (+3 -3)
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### 📄 Description
## Description
Replace bare except clauses with `except Exception` to follow Python best practices and avoid catching unexpected system exceptions like `KeyboardInterrupt` and `SystemExit`.
### Contributor License Agreement
- [x] By submitting this pull request, I confirm that I have read and fully agree to the Contributor License Agreement (CLA), and I am providing my contributions under its terms.
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/22473
Author: @gambletan
Created: 3/9/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 3/15/2026
Merged by: @tjbck
Base:
dev← Head:fix-bare-except📝 Commits (1)
66e49cefix: replace bare except with except Exception📊 Changes
9 files changed (+14 additions, -14 deletions)
View changed files
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backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/external_document.py(+1 -1)📝
backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/mineru.py(+3 -3)📝
backend/open_webui/retrieval/vector/dbs/chroma.py(+1 -1)📝
backend/open_webui/routers/chats.py(+1 -1)📝
backend/open_webui/routers/configs.py(+1 -1)📝
backend/open_webui/routers/pipelines.py(+2 -2)📝
backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py(+1 -1)📝
backend/open_webui/socket/main.py(+1 -1)📝
backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py(+3 -3)📄 Description
Description
Replace bare except clauses with
except Exceptionto follow Python best practices and avoid catching unexpected system exceptions likeKeyboardInterruptandSystemExit.Contributor License Agreement
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.