Fix exception-swallowing code path #1194

Job	Run time
build-lint-test (3.8, ubuntu-latest)	9m 24s
build-lint-test (3.8, ubuntu-arm)	9m 22s
build-lint-test (3.8, macos-intel)	39m 18s
build-lint-test (3.8, windows-latest)	11m 25s
build-lint-test (3.12, ubuntu-latest)	9m 6s
build-lint-test (3.12, ubuntu-arm)	9m 9s
build-lint-test (3.12, macos-intel)	44m 4s
build-lint-test (3.12, macos-arm)	5m 19s
build-lint-test (3.12, windows-latest)	13m 54s
features-tests / test	5m 37s
	2h 36m 38s

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