# Exception Swallowing

> Catching an exception and silently discarding it, hiding the failure from callers and logs.

Record: `lex:exception-swallowing`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-exception-swallowing

## category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## referenced-by

- [Error Handling](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/error-handling.md)