Fix exception-swallowing code path (#623) #1196

Job	Run time
build-lint-test (3.8, ubuntu-latest)	13m 48s
build-lint-test (3.8, ubuntu-arm)	9m 34s
build-lint-test (3.8, macos-intel)	29m 33s
build-lint-test (3.8, windows-latest)	12m 48s
build-lint-test (3.12, ubuntu-latest)	6m 47s
build-lint-test (3.12, ubuntu-arm)	9m 38s
build-lint-test (3.12, macos-intel)	14m 21s
build-lint-test (3.12, macos-arm)	6m 36s
build-lint-test (3.12, windows-latest)	13m 58s
features-tests / test	5m 30s
	2h 2m 33s

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