pallets/click

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 619 distinct pattern matches across 16 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.

Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers418 hits · 356 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	tests/test_parser.py	22	def test_parser_default_prefixes():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_parser.py	27	def test_parser_collects_prefixes():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	79	def test_group_command_same_option():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	153	def test_choice_special_characters():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	160	def test_choice_conflicting_prefix():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	227	def test_flag_option_with_nargs_option():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	336	def test_completion_item_data():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	357	def test_full_source_powershell(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	394	def test_source_uses_lf_line_endings(monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	459	def test_zsh_full_complete_with_colons(	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_shell_completion.py	497	def test_choice_case_sensitive(value, expect):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_shell_completion.py	507	def _restore_available_shells(tmpdir):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_shell_completion.py	516	def test_add_completion_class():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	536	def test_add_completion_class_with_name():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	562	def test_add_completion_class_decorator():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	599	def test_fish_format_completion_escapes_help():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_shell_completion.py	607	def test_powershell_format_completion_escapes_help():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	73	def test_param_squatting_help_option_name(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	90	def test_option_reusing_help_flag(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	395	def test_flag_value_dual_options(runner, default, args, expected):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	565	def test_choice_argument_enum(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	592	def test_choice_argument_custom_type(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	623	def test_choice_argument_none(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	651	def test_choice_argument_optional_metavar(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	678	def test_datetime_argument_optional_metavar(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	691	def test_datetime_option_default(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	718	def test_datetime_option_custom(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	846	def test_help_invalid_default(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	863	def test_version_option_resolves_import_name_to_distribution(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	893	def test_version_option_ambiguous_import_name_errors(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	922	def test_version_option_unknown_package_errors(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	943	def test_custom_version_option(runner, args):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	954	def test_custom_version_option_receives_context(runner):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_termui.py	230	def test_progressbar_init_exceptions(runner):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_termui.py	235	def test_progressbar_iter_outside_with_exceptions(runner):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_termui.py	242	def test_progressbar_is_iterator(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_termui.py	597	def test_editor_env_passed_through():	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_termui.py	607	def test_editor_failure_exception():	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_termui.py	614	def test_editor_nonexistent_exception():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	44	def test_progressbar_strip_regression(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	60	def test_progressbar_length_hint(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	101	def test_progressbar_hidden_manual(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	114	def test_progressbar_lands_on_final_position(monkeypatch, update_min_steps, drive):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	144	def test_progressbar_time_per_iteration(runner, avg, expected):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	167	def test_progressbar_format_eta(runner, eta, expected):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	173	def test_progressbar_format_pos(runner, pos, length):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	186	def test_progressbar_format_bar(runner, length, finished, pos, avg, expected):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	203	def test_progressbar_format_progress_line(	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	217	def test_progressbar_format_progress_line_with_show_func(runner, test_item):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	257	def test_choices_list_in_prompt(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	285	def test_file_prompt_default_format(runner, file_kwargs):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	313	def test_progressbar_yields_all_items(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	341	def test_progressbar_item_show_func(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	357	def test_progressbar_update_with_item_show_func(runner, monkeypatch):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	377	def test_progress_bar_update_min_steps(runner):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	403	def test_getchar_special_key_windows(runner, monkeypatch, special_key_char, key_char):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	416	def test_getchar_windows_exceptions(runner, monkeypatch, key_char, exc):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	558	def test_editor_path_normalization(editor_cmd, filenames, expected_args):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	585	def test_editor_windows_path_normalization(editor_cmd, expected_cmd):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_termui.py	688	def _run_get_pager_file_with_real_pager(monkeypatch, capfd, writer, color=False):	CODE
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Empty Error Handlers16 hits · 80 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
HIGH	examples/aliases/aliases.py	22	except configparser.NoSectionError:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/_winconsole.py	204	except Exception:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/types.py	1393	except TypeError:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/termui.py	1020	except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):	CODE
HIGH	src/click/utils.py	45	except Exception:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/_compat.py	77	except Exception:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/_compat.py	568	except Exception:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/_compat.py	170	except Exception:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/_termui_impl.py	599	except BrokenPipeError:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/_termui_impl.py	615	except BrokenPipeError:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/_termui_impl.py	961	except termios.error:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/_termui_impl.py	629	except KeyboardInterrupt:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/testing.py	797	except OSError:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/testing.py	571	except Exception:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/testing.py	581	except Exception:	CODE
HIGH	src/click/decorators.py	226	except AttributeError:	CODE

Unused Imports86 hits · 62 pts

Severity	File	Line	Context
LOW	tests/test_basic.py	1	CODE
LOW	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	40	CODE
LOW	tests/test_compat.py	1	CODE
LOW	tests/typing/typing_aliased_group.py	3	CODE
LOW	tests/typing/typing_progressbar.py	1	CODE
LOW	src/click/_winconsole.py	9	CODE
LOW	src/click/_textwrap.py	1	CODE
LOW	src/click/globals.py	1	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	8	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	10	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	11	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	12	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	13	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	14	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	15	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	16	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	17	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	18	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	19	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	20	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	21	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	22	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	23	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	24	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	25	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	26	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	27	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	28	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	29	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	30	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	31	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	32	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	33	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	34	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	35	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	36	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	37	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	38	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	39	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	40	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	41	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	42	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	43	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	44	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	45	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	46	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	47	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	48	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	49	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	50	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	51	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	52	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	53	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	54	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	55	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	56	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	57	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	58	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	59	CODE
LOW	src/click/__init__.py	60	CODE
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Decorative Section Separators12 hits · 54 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	57	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	59	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	108	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	110	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	184	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	186	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	292	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	294	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	369	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	371	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	483	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_stream_lifecycle.py	490	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT

Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping23 hits · 27 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	tests/test_commands.py	160	except Exception as e:	CODE
MEDIUM	tests/test_commands.py	157	def parse_args(self, ctx, args):	CODE
LOW	examples/imagepipe/imagepipe.py	97	except Exception as e:	CODE
LOW	examples/imagepipe/imagepipe.py	117	except Exception as e:	CODE
LOW	src/click/_winconsole.py	204	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	2978	except Exception:	STRING
LOW	src/click/utils.py	45	except Exception:	CODE
MEDIUM	src/click/_compat.py	74	def __del__(self) -> None:	CODE
LOW⚡	src/click/_compat.py	136	except Exception:	CODE
LOW⚡	src/click/_compat.py	139	except Exception:	CODE
LOW⚡	src/click/_compat.py	149	except Exception:	CODE
LOW⚡	src/click/_compat.py	157	except Exception:	CODE
LOW⚡	src/click/_compat.py	166	except Exception:	CODE
LOW⚡	src/click/_compat.py	170	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	src/click/_compat.py	77	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	src/click/_compat.py	124	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	src/click/_compat.py	543	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	src/click/_compat.py	561	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	src/click/_compat.py	568	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	src/click/_termui_impl.py	602	except Exception as e:	CODE
LOW	src/click/testing.py	571	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	src/click/testing.py	581	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	src/click/testing.py	705	except Exception as e:	CODE

Deep Nesting21 hits · 20 pts

Severity	File	Line	Context
LOW	tests/test_arguments.py	166	CODE
LOW	examples/termui/termui.py	145	CODE
LOW	src/click/_textwrap.py	66	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	887	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	1132	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	1515	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	3449	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	3614	CODE
LOW	src/click/types.py	307	CODE
LOW	src/click/parser.py	51	CODE
LOW	src/click/parser.py	169	CODE
LOW	src/click/parser.py	327	CODE
LOW	src/click/termui.py	168	CODE
LOW	src/click/termui.py	289	CODE
LOW	src/click/shell_completion.py	696	CODE
LOW	src/click/_termui_impl.py	520	CODE
LOW	src/click/_termui_impl.py	799	CODE
LOW	src/click/testing.py	399	CODE
LOW	src/click/testing.py	596	CODE
LOW	src/click/decorators.py	421	CODE
LOW	src/click/decorators.py	501	CODE

Cross-File Repetition4 hits · 20 pts

Severity	File	Snippet	Context
HIGH	README.md	simple program that greets name for a total of count times.	STRING
HIGH	tests/typing/typing_help_option.py	simple program that greets name for a total of count times.	STRING
HIGH	tests/typing/typing_simple_example.py	simple program that greets name for a total of count times.	STRING
HIGH	docs/index.md	simple program that greets name for a total of count times.	STRING

Self-Referential Comments5 hits · 13 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	tests/test_testing.py	691	# Create a writer backed by the real fd 2, simulating a handler	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_utils/test_open_file.py	107	# Create a test file to get the expected permissions for new files	COMMENT
MEDIUM	examples/repo/repo.py	51	# Create a repo object and remember it as the context object. From	COMMENT
MEDIUM	src/click/_winconsole.py	1	# This module is based on the excellent work by Adam Bartoš who	COMMENT
MEDIUM	src/click/core.py	2749	# Define the conversion function based on nargs and type.	STRING

AI Structural Patterns13 hits · 13 pts

Severity	File	Line	Context
LOW	src/click/core.py	370	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	1065	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	2406	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	3149	CODE
LOW	src/click/types.py	1107	CODE
LOW	src/click/termui.py	139	CODE
LOW	src/click/termui.py	154	CODE
LOW	src/click/termui.py	168	CODE
LOW	src/click/termui.py	403	CODE
LOW	src/click/termui.py	423	CODE
LOW	src/click/termui.py	443	CODE
LOW	src/click/termui.py	641	CODE
LOW	src/click/_termui_impl.py	44	CODE

Fake / Example Data6 hits · 9 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW⚡	tests/test_formatting.py	430	text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit"	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_formatting.py	430	text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit"	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_formatting.py	431	formatter = click.HelpFormatter(width=len(" Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,"))	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_formatting.py	431	formatter = click.HelpFormatter(width=len(" Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,"))	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_formatting.py	435	expected = " Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,\n consectetur adipiscing elit\n"	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_formatting.py	435	expected = " Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,\n consectetur adipiscing elit\n"	CODE

Over-Commented Block9 hits · 9 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	src/click/core.py	461	allow_interspersed_args = command.allow_interspersed_args	COMMENT
LOW	src/click/core.py	1581	# standalone mode is disabled, otherwise collect the message and the	COMMENT
LOW	src/click/core.py	1741	command_class: type[Command] \| None = None	COMMENT
LOW	src/click/core.py	2841	# Legacy case: provide a temporarily manipulated context to the callback	COMMENT
LOW	src/click/types.py	1401	#: perspective this appears to just be the same as `STRING` but	COMMENT
LOW	src/click/parser.py	341	return	COMMENT
LOW	src/click/shell_completion.py	461	except IndexError:	COMMENT
LOW	src/click/_termui_impl.py	881	import msvcrt	COMMENT
LOW	src/click/_termui_impl.py	901	# resulting Unicode string reads as "a with grave" + "capital H".	COMMENT

Cross-Language Confusion1 hit · 5 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
HIGH	src/click/_termui_impl.py	819	return subprocess.Popen(args, stderr=null).wait()	CODE

Modern Structural Boilerplate2 hits · 2 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	tests/test_context.py	462	def set_level(self, ctx: Context, param: Parameter, value: str) -> None:	CODE
LOW	src/click/core.py	961	def set_parameter_source(self, name: str, source: ParameterSource) -> None:	CODE

Dead Code1 hit · 2 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	tests/test_utils/test_echo_via_pager.py	36		CODE

Redundant / Tautological Comments1 hit · 2 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	tests/test_options.py	1992	# Print the value received by the callback as-is, so we can check for it.	COMMENT

AI Slop Vocabulary1 hit · 1 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	tests/test_types/test_File.py	14	"""Ensures that the error handling in ``click.File`` is robust.	STRING

Maintenance and Governance Review

Risk Review · v3

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