Uncatchable Exceptions

Exceptions that should never be caught

The analyzer discourages catching of some .NET Framework exceptions.

The exception cannot be caught.

System.Security.HostProtectionException

The exception indicates a bug that can be avoided.

System.AccessViolationException
System.AppDomainUnloadedException
System.ArgumentException
System.ArgumentNullException
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException
System.ArrayTypeMismatchException
System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException
System.ComponentModel.InvalidEnumArgumentException
System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyIsReadOnlyException
System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyNotFoundException
System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyWrongTypeException
System.Data.DeletedRowInaccessibleException
System.Data.EvaluateException
System.Data.InRowChangingEventException
System.Data.InvalidConstraintException
System.Data.InvalidExpressionException
System.Data.MissingPrimaryKeyException
System.Data.NoNullAllowedException
System.Data.ReadOnlyException
System.Data.RowNotInTableException
System.Data.StrongTypingException
System.Data.SyntaxErrorException
System.Data.VersionNotFoundException
System.Diagnostics.Contracts.ContractException
System.Diagnostics.UnreachableException
System.DuplicateWaitObjectException
System.FieldAccessException
System.IndexOutOfRangeException
System.InvalidCastException
System.MemberAccessException
System.MethodAccessException
System.MissingFieldException
System.MissingMemberException
System.MissingMethodException
System.MulticastNotSupportedException
System.NotImplementedException
System.NotSupportedException
System.NullReferenceException
System.ObjectDisposedException
System.PlatformNotSupportedException
System.RankException
System.Runtime.AmbiguousImplementationException
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.SwitchExpressionException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.InvalidComObjectException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.InvalidOleVariantTypeException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalDirectiveException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeArrayRankMismatchException
System.Threading.ThreadAbortException
System.Windows.Automation.ElementNotEnabledException
System.Windows.ResourceReferenceKeyNotFoundException

The exception represents an unrecoverable state.

System.OutOfMemoryException
System.StackOverflowException

The exception should not be used in any way.

Microsoft.JScript.BreakOutOfFinally
Microsoft.JScript.CmdLineException
Microsoft.JScript.ContinueOutOfFinally
Microsoft.JScript.EndOfFile
Microsoft.JScript.JScriptException
Microsoft.JScript.NoContextException
Microsoft.JScript.ParserException
Microsoft.JScript.ReturnOutOfFinally
Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.IncompleteInitialization
Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.InternalErrorException
System.Net.Mail.SmtpFailedRecipientsException

Note: Not all .NET APIs are made consistently. For example, the Process.GetProcessById method throws an ArgumentException, which cannot be avoided in any way. In such a case the warning should just be suppressed.

Note: Please feel free to raise an issue if you mean that some exceptions are missing or were incorrectly put in the list.

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