From 3ffef559542abddb8e937d5a1f109a53d92b31b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manfred Riem <15701806+mnriem@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:16:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: narrow empty except blocks and add explanatory comments

---
 src/specify_cli/__init__.py | 3 ++-
 src/specify_cli/presets.py  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/specify_cli/__init__.py b/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
index a7746fd0..41220226 100644
--- a/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
@@ -1606,7 +1606,8 @@ def init(
                             # Clean up downloaded ZIP to avoid cache accumulation
                             try:
                                 zip_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-                            except Exception:
+                            except OSError:
+                                # Best-effort cleanup; failure to delete is non-fatal
                                 pass
                         except PresetError:
                             console.print(f"[yellow]Warning:[/yellow] Preset '{preset}' not found in catalog. Skipping.")
diff --git a/src/specify_cli/presets.py b/src/specify_cli/presets.py
index 5140865b..474df563 100644
--- a/src/specify_cli/presets.py
+++ b/src/specify_cli/presets.py
@@ -1145,6 +1145,7 @@ class PresetCatalog:
                 if metadata.get("catalog_url") == catalog_url:
                     return json.loads(self.cache_file.read_text())
             except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError):
+                # Cache is corrupt or unreadable; fall through to network fetch
                 pass
 
         try: