== Why is this an issue? An `except` clause that only rethrows the caught exception has the same effect as omitting the `except` altogether and letting it bubble up automatically. [source,python] ---- a = {} try: a[5] except KeyError: raise # Noncompliant ---- Such clauses should either be removed or populated with the appropriate logic. [source,python] ---- a = {} try: a[5] except KeyError as e: logging.exception('error while accessing the dict') raise e ---- ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[] ''' == Implementation Specification (visible only on this page) include::../message.adoc[] ''' == Comments And Links (visible only on this page) include::../comments-and-links.adoc[] endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]