Swallowed exception on a critical path

What it is

A catch block on an important path is empty, logs and continues, or returns a success value as though nothing failed.

Why it matters

The operation reports success while having done nothing. On a payment or write path that means the money moved and the record did not, and the discrepancy surfaces in reconciliation days later.

How to fix it

Either handle the error meaningfully — retry, compensate, or fail the request — or let it propagate to a boundary that does. A catch that only logs should be re-raising afterwards.