Fix exception-swallowing code path #1191

Job	Run time
build-lint-test (3.8, ubuntu-latest)	8m 35s
build-lint-test (3.8, ubuntu-arm)	9m 8s
build-lint-test (3.8, macos-intel)	15m 55s
build-lint-test (3.8, windows-latest)	11m 37s
build-lint-test (3.12, ubuntu-latest)	7m 57s
build-lint-test (3.12, ubuntu-arm)	10m 9s
build-lint-test (3.12, macos-intel)	13m 19s
build-lint-test (3.12, macos-arm)	5m 43s
build-lint-test (3.12, windows-latest)	14m 29s
features-tests / test	5m 49s
	1h 42m 41s

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