Enable SwiftLint rule: untyped_error_in_catch#25571
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`bundle exec rake lintfix` autofixed 20 `catch let error` sites across 16 files by dropping the explicit binding in favour of the implicit `error` constant. Part of the Orchard SwiftLint rollout campaign. --- Generated with the help of Claude Code, https://claude.ai/code Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR enables SwiftLint’s untyped_error_in_catch rule and applies automated fixes to remove redundant catch let <name> bindings where no type-cast is performed.
Changes:
- Enabled
untyped_error_in_catchin.swiftlint.yml. - Replaced redundant
catch let …patterns withcatchacross multiple Swift files.
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Copilot reviewed 17 out of 17 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.
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| File | Description |
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| WordPress/WordPressScreenshotGeneration/SnapshotHelper.swift | Removes redundant catch bindings during snapshot setup and screenshot write. |
| WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/Reader/Controllers/ReaderPostActions/ReaderBlockUserAction.swift | Simplifies catch blocks for account lookup and save failures. |
| WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/NUX/Controllers/Social Signup/SignupEpilogueViewController.swift | Updates catch syntax in password change flow (but currently introduces an undefined identifier). |
| WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/Me/Me Main/MeViewController.swift | Simplifies catch syntax in async refresh flow. |
| WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/Me/App Settings/EncryptedLogTableViewController.swift | Updates catch syntax when enqueueing encrypted logs (but currently introduces an undefined identifier). |
| WordPress/Classes/Utility/ZendeskUtils.swift | Updates catch syntax in encrypted log UUID helper (but currently introduces an undefined identifier). |
| WordPress/Classes/Utility/BackgroundTasks/WeeklyRoundupBackgroundTask.swift | Simplifies catch syntax when building stats service. |
| WordPress/Classes/Services/ReaderPostStreamService.swift | Simplifies catch syntax during Core Data cleanup. |
| WordPress/Classes/Services/ReaderCardService.swift | Simplifies catch syntax during Core Data cleanup. |
| WordPress/Classes/Jetpack/JetpackMigration/Common/MigrationEmailService.swift | Simplifies catch syntax across init/send/decode code paths. |
| Sources/WordPressData/Swift/BlockedSite.swift | Simplifies catch syntax in fetch helper. |
| Sources/WordPressData/Swift/BlockedAuthor.swift | Simplifies catch syntax in fetch helper. |
| Modules/Sources/WordPressKit/SiteDesignServiceRemote.swift | Simplifies catch syntax in response parsing. |
| Modules/Sources/WordPressKit/PlanServiceRemote_ApiVersion1_3.swift | Simplifies catch syntax in plan parsing. |
| Modules/Sources/WordPressKit/FeatureFlagRemote.swift | Simplifies catch syntax for parameter serialization errors. |
| Modules/Sources/WordPressKit/DomainsServiceRemote+AllDomains.swift | Simplifies catch syntax for query parameter construction errors. |
| .swiftlint.yml | Enables the untyped_error_in_catch rule. |
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🤖 Build Failure AnalysisThis build has failures. Claude has analyzed them - check the build annotations for details. |
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Something SwiftLint's (or the AI follow up?) autocorrect failed to address Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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| App Name | WordPress | |
| Configuration | Release-Alpha | |
| Build Number | 32274 | |
| Version | PR #25571 | |
| Bundle ID | org.wordpress.alpha | |
| Commit | c651d6f | |
| Installation URL | 79so446trdc5o |
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| App Name | Jetpack | |
| Configuration | Release-Alpha | |
| Build Number | 32274 | |
| Version | PR #25571 | |
| Bundle ID | com.jetpack.alpha | |
| Commit | c651d6f | |
| Installation URL | 5ka0gvn6iu2mg |
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Enables the
untyped_error_in_catchSwiftLint rule, which flagscatch let <name>patterns where the binding doesn't add a type cast — the impliciterrorconstant is enough.bundle exec rake lintfix.Part of the Orchard SwiftLint rollout campaign.