[PR #6959] [CLOSED] Exception.message was deprecated in Python 2.6 and removed in Python 3 #13193

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adam · 2025-12-29T22:25:54+01:00

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/pull/6959
Author: @cclauss
Created: 8/14/2021
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: develop ← Head: patch-2

📝 Commits (2)

dc604ac Exception.message was deprecated in Python 2.6 and removed in Python 3
e0751b2 Exception.message was deprecated in Python 2.6 and removed in Python 3

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2 files changed (+2 additions, -2 deletions)

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📝 netbox/extras/models/customfields.py (+1 -1)
📝 netbox/netbox/models.py (+1 -1)

📄 Description

BaseException.message was deprecated as of Python 2.6 and is removed in Python 3. Use str(e) to access the user-readable message. Use e.args to access arguments passed to the exception.

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/2.6.html#deprecations-and-removals

$ python3


>>> dir(Exception('Hey'))
['__cause__', '__class__', '__context__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__dir__',
 '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__gt__',
 '__hash__', '__init__', '__init_subclass__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__ne__',
 '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__',
 '__setstate__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__',
 '__suppress_context__', '__traceback__', 'args', 'with_traceback']
>>> try:
...     blah
... except Exception as e:
...     print(e)
...     print(e.args)
...     print(e.message)  # Will cause a second Exception
...     
name 'blah' is not defined
("name 'blah' is not defined",)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
NameError: name 'blah' is not defined

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 6, in <module>
AttributeError: 'NameError' object has no attribute 'message'

Fixes:

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/pull/6959 **Author:** [@cclauss](https://github.com/cclauss) **Created:** 8/14/2021 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `develop` ← **Head:** `patch-2` --- ### 📝 Commits (2) - [`dc604ac`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/dc604ac442da8ff5fdffa0278e0043cbaf63dd01) Exception.message was deprecated in Python 2.6 and removed in Python 3 - [`e0751b2`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/e0751b2a3ab63a11e7c4112f7a7fda5a82c8f460) Exception.message was deprecated in Python 2.6 and removed in Python 3 ### 📊 Changes **2 files changed** (+2 additions, -2 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `netbox/extras/models/customfields.py` (+1 -1) 📝 `netbox/netbox/models.py` (+1 -1) </details> ### 📄 Description `BaseException.message` was deprecated as of Python 2.6 and is removed in Python 3. Use `str(e)` to access the user-readable message. Use `e.args` to access arguments passed to the exception. https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/2.6.html#deprecations-and-removals $ `python3` ``` >>> dir(Exception('Hey')) ['__cause__', '__class__', '__context__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__dir__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__init_subclass__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__setstate__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', '__suppress_context__', '__traceback__', 'args', 'with_traceback'] >>> try: ... blah ... except Exception as e: ... print(e) ... print(e.args) ... print(e.message) # Will cause a second Exception ... name 'blah' is not defined ("name 'blah' is not defined",) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 2, in <module> NameError: name 'blah' is not defined During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 6, in <module> AttributeError: 'NameError' object has no attribute 'message' ```  ### Fixes: <ISSUE NUMBER GOES HERE>  --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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