diff --git a/buildscripts/archive_artifacts.py b/buildscripts/archive_artifacts.py
index e3f814591b9f8..b0359c89c47f6 100644
--- a/buildscripts/archive_artifacts.py
+++ b/buildscripts/archive_artifacts.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def create_tarball(output_filename, file_patterns, exclude_patterns):
 
     try:
         from pyzstd import ZstdFile
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
 
     print(f"Creating tarball: {output_filename}")
diff --git a/buildscripts/bazel_burn_in.py b/buildscripts/bazel_burn_in.py
index e935afceabcac..017aae3f171ef 100644
--- a/buildscripts/bazel_burn_in.py
+++ b/buildscripts/bazel_burn_in.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def create_burn_in_target(target_original: str, target_burn_in: str, test: str):
         # If the label is present, and buildozer fails for another reason, the build
         # of the burn-in target produces a clear message that it is duplicated.
         buildozer.bd_remove([target_burn_in], "data", [test_label])
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
     buildozer.bd_set([target_burn_in], "srcs", test_label)
     buildozer.bd_set([target_burn_in], "shard_count", "1")
diff --git a/buildscripts/check_for_noexcept.py b/buildscripts/check_for_noexcept.py
index 5a3e052e1f423..24a73f8cec642 100644
--- a/buildscripts/check_for_noexcept.py
+++ b/buildscripts/check_for_noexcept.py
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ class Alert:
     identifier: str | None
 
     def get_title(self) -> str:
-        if self.kind == AlertKind.Noexcept:
+        if self.kind == AlertKind.Noexcept Exception:
             return ANNOTATION_TITLE_TEXT_NOEXCEPT_CHANGE
         else:
             assert self.kind == AlertKind.NonNoexceptMove
             return ANNOTATION_TITLE_TEXT_NON_NOEXCEPT_MOVE
 
     def get_message(self) -> str:
-        if self.kind == AlertKind.Noexcept:
+        if self.kind == AlertKind.Noexcept Exception:
             return ANNOTATION_MESSAGE_TEXT_NOEXCEPT_CHANGE
         else:
             assert self.kind == AlertKind.NonNoexceptMove
diff --git a/buildscripts/gdb/wt_dump_table.py b/buildscripts/gdb/wt_dump_table.py
index 70440d9979b13..ed46952503605 100644
--- a/buildscripts/gdb/wt_dump_table.py
+++ b/buildscripts/gdb/wt_dump_table.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def dump_update_chain(update_chain):
         if can_bson:
             try:
                 obj = bson.decode_all(val_bytes)[0]
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 pass
         print("  " + "\n  ".join(str(wt_val).split("\n")) + " " + str(obj) + " =>")
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/idl/tests/testcase.py b/buildscripts/idl/tests/testcase.py
index 4144b6e985bd9..f03d26f6f5415 100644
--- a/buildscripts/idl/tests/testcase.py
+++ b/buildscripts/idl/tests/testcase.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def _parse(self, doc_str, resolver):
 
         try:
             return idl.parser.parse(doc_str, "unknown", resolver)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.fail("Failed to parse document:\n%s" % (doc_str))
 
     def _assert_parse(self, doc_str, parsed_doc):
diff --git a/buildscripts/lldb/lldb_printers.py b/buildscripts/lldb/lldb_printers.py
index 07ae9ca30c2e5..87ffd6c4b60bc 100644
--- a/buildscripts/lldb/lldb_printers.py
+++ b/buildscripts/lldb/lldb_printers.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def update(self):
             self.data_type = resolve_type_to_base(
                 self.valobj.GetChildMemberWithName("slots_").GetType()
             ).GetPointerType()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print("Exception: " + str(sys.exc_info()))
 
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/configure_resmoke.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/configure_resmoke.py
index c05c91d473521..07b7b5b65ad8f 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/configure_resmoke.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/configure_resmoke.py
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ def get_excluded_mongot_versions(mongot_version):
                 )
         except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
             raise
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # We want this as a catch all exception
             # If there is some problem setting up metrics we don't want resmoke to fail
             # We would rather just swallow the error
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/multiversion/multiversion_service.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/multiversion/multiversion_service.py
index ed0fa35f1377a..9863dec121933 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/multiversion/multiversion_service.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/multiversion/multiversion_service.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def from_yaml_file(cls, yaml_file: str) -> MongoReleases:
         safe_load_result = yaml.safe_load(yaml_contents)
         try:
             return cls(**safe_load_result)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             LOGGER.info(
                 "MongoReleases.from_yaml_file() failed\n"
                 f"yaml_file = {yaml_file}\n"
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/powercycle/powercycle.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/powercycle/powercycle.py
index faf6f1eb784fa..0946d0dd1902d 100755
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/powercycle/powercycle.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/powercycle/powercycle.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def exit_handler():
             with open(REPORT_JSON_FILE, "w") as jstream:
                 json.dump(REPORT_JSON, jstream)
             LOGGER.debug("Exit handler: report file contents %s", REPORT_JSON)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
     if EXIT_YML_FILE:
@@ -123,21 +123,21 @@ def exit_handler():
             with open(EXIT_YML_FILE, "w") as yaml_stream:
                 yaml.safe_dump(EXIT_YML, yaml_stream)
             LOGGER.debug("Exit handler: report file contents %s", EXIT_YML)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
     LOGGER.debug("Exit handler: Killing processes")
     try:
         Processes.kill_all()
         LOGGER.debug("Exit handler: Killing processes finished")
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
 
     LOGGER.debug("Exit handler: Cleaning up temporary files")
     try:
         NamedTempFile.delete_all()
         LOGGER.debug("Exit handler: Cleaning up temporary files finished")
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
 
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/run/__init__.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/run/__init__.py
index f6bd7a4842667..84ad3a6db7054 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/run/__init__.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/run/__init__.py
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ def _execute_suite(self, suite: Suite) -> bool:
                 }
             )
             return True
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self._exec_logger.exception(
                 "Encountered an error when running %ss of suite %s.",
                 suite.test_kind,
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/symbolizer/__init__.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/symbolizer/__init__.py
index 6f2239740915c..780730975c67f 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/symbolizer/__init__.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/symbolizer/__init__.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def _setup_symbols(self):
             self.logger.info("Applying patch diff (if any)...")
             self._patch_diff_by_id()
 
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             if self.dest_dir is not None:
                 self.logger.warning(
                     "Removing downloaded directory due to error, directory to be removed: %s",
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/docker_cluster_image_builder.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/docker_cluster_image_builder.py
index 7e660dd168b32..908ab8881cd66 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/docker_cluster_image_builder.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/docker_cluster_image_builder.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def _get_san_options(self):
     @staticmethod
     def get_resmoke_run_command() -> str:
         """Construct the supported resmoke `run` command to test against an external system under test."""
-        # The supported `run` command should keep all of the same args except:
+        # The supported `run` command should keep all of the same args except Exception:
         # (1) it should remove the `--dockerComposeBuildImages` option and value
         # (2) it should add the `--externalSUT` flag
         command = sys.argv
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/background_job.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/background_job.py
index 049ecc09d3f46..65a0191fbc4af 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/background_job.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/background_job.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def run(self):
 
             try:
                 self._hook_test_case.run_dynamic_test(self._test_report)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 self.exc_info = sys.exc_info()
             finally:
                 with self._lock:
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/cleanup.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/cleanup.py
index f35d53c5802f0..dd1cd0d36f98e 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/cleanup.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/cleanup.py
@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@ def run_test(self):
             self.logger.info("Starting the fixture back up again...")
             self.fixture.setup()
             self.fixture.await_ready()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.exception("Encountered an error while restarting the fixture.")
             raise
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/cleanup_concurrency_workloads.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/cleanup_concurrency_workloads.py
index 1fbb6f673f2e1..8fbd6ed65e4a7 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/cleanup_concurrency_workloads.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/cleanup_concurrency_workloads.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def run_test(self):
             self.logger.info("Dropping database %s", db_name)
             try:
                 with_naive_retry(lambda: client.drop_database(db_name))
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 self.logger.exception("Encountered an error while dropping database %s.", db_name)
                 raise
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def run_test(self):
                 self.logger.info("Dropping db %s collection %s", same_db_name, coll)
                 try:
                     with_naive_retry(lambda: client[same_db_name].drop_collection(coll))
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     self.logger.exception(
                         "Encountered an error while dropping db % collection %s.",
                         same_db_name,
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/interface.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/interface.py
index 6fc57edaee6ed..1000bb3e99fde 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/interface.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/interface.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def run_dynamic_test(self, test_report):
             self.logger.error("{0} failed".format(self.description))
             test_report.addFailure(self, sys.exc_info())
             raise errors.TestFailure(err.args[0])
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.return_code = 2
             test_report.addFailure(self, sys.exc_info())
             raise
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/validate.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/validate.py
index 4c71f699c0a04..1705a7b554c2a 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/validate.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/hooks/validate.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def run_test(self):
             # Perform inter-node validation (if the running fixture provides a method to run it).
             if getattr(self.fixture, "internode_validation", None):
                 self.fixture.internode_validation()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.exception("Uncaught exception while validating collections")
             raise
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def validate_node(
             ):
                 raise RuntimeError(f"Internal error while validating database: {db_name}")
         return True
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         logger.exception(
             f"Unknown exception while validating node {node.get_driver_connection_url()}"
         )
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def list_collections(db: Database, filter: dict, timeout: int = 10):
                 )
             )
         return True
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         logger.exception("Unknown exception while validating database")
         return False
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/job.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/job.py
index a413bb102b08f..d5890fcc5a08d 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/job.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/job.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def start(
                     "Received a StopExecution exception when setting up the fixture: %s.", err
                 )
                 setup_succeeded = False
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 # Something unexpected happened when setting up the fixture. We don't attempt to run
                 # any tests.
                 self.logger.exception("Encountered an error when setting up the fixture.")
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def start(
                 # Stop running tests immediately.
                 self.logger.error("Received a StopExecution exception: %s.", err)
                 self._interrupt_all_jobs(queue, interrupt_flag)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 # Unknown error, stop execution.
                 self.logger.exception("Encountered an error during test execution.")
                 self._interrupt_all_jobs(queue, interrupt_flag)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def start(
                     "Received a StopExecution exception when tearing down the fixture: %s.", err
                 )
                 teardown_succeeded = False
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 # Something unexpected happened when tearing down the fixture. We indicate back to
                 # the executor thread that teardown has failed. This may mean resmoke.py is exiting
                 # without having terminated all of the child processes it spawned.
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def _execute_test(self, test: TestCase, hook_failure_flag: Optional[threading.Ev
 
         try:
             test.configure(self.fixture, config.NUM_CLIENTS_PER_FIXTURE, config.USE_TENANT_CLIENT)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.error(
                 "%s marked as a failure because it could not be configured.",
                 test.short_description(),
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ def _run_hooks_before_tests(self, test: TestCase, hook_failure_flag: Optional[th
             if self.suite_options.fail_fast:
                 raise errors.StopExecution("A hook's before_test failed")
 
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # Record the before_test() error in 'self.report'.
             self.report.startTest(test)
             self.report.addError(test, sys.exc_info())
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def _run_hooks_after_tests(
             try:
                 self.logger.info("Stopping the balancer before running end-test hooks")
                 self.fixture.stop_balancer()
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 self.logger.exception(
                     "%s failed while stopping the balancer for after-test hooks",
                     test.short_description(),
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ def _run_hooks_after_tests(
             if self.suite_options.fail_fast:
                 raise errors.StopExecution("A hook's after_test failed")
 
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.report.setError(test, sys.exc_info())
             raise
 
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def _run_hooks_after_tests(
             try:
                 self.logger.info("Resuming the balancer after running end-test hooks")
                 self.fixture.start_balancer()
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 self.logger.exception(
                     "%s failed while re-starting the balancer after end-test hooks",
                     test.short_description(),
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/report.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/report.py
index 3f999bcaaf948..4794d62c5ca8f 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/report.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/report.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def startTest(self, test: TestCase):
                 self.job_logger.info("Running %s...\n%s", basename, command)
             else:
                 self.job_logger.info("Running %s...", basename)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # This can happen in rare cases like in ProcessTestCase where the process building itself fails
             self.job_logger.exception("Failed to form command for test %s" % basename)
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/fixture.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/fixture.py
index 993d5b776b511..f6cdaa8613c16 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/fixture.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/fixture.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def run_test(self):
         except errors.ServerFailure as err:
             self.logger.error("An error occurred during the setup of %s: %s", self.fixture, err)
             raise
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.exception("An error occurred during the setup of %s.", self.fixture)
             raise
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def run_test(self):
         except errors.ServerFailure as err:
             self.logger.error("An error occurred during the teardown of %s: %s", self.fixture, err)
             raise
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.exception("An error occurred during the teardown of %s.", self.fixture)
             raise
 
@@ -130,6 +130,6 @@ def run_test(self):
             # If the server wasn't already running, we can't exactly fail to abort it.
             self.logger.info("Finished aborting %s.", self.fixture)
             self.return_code = 0
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.exception("An error occurred while aborting %s.", self.fixture)
             raise
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/interface.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/interface.py
index 7f945e102d090..e293a4ee9eefc 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/interface.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/interface.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def run_test(self):
             self._execute(self.proc)
         except self.failureException:
             raise
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.exception(
                 "Encountered an error running %s %s", self.test_kind, self.basename()
             )
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def as_command(self):
         try:
             proc = self._make_process()
             return proc.as_command()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.exception(
                 "Encountered an error getting command for %s %s", self.test_kind, self.basename()
             )
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/jstest.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/jstest.py
index 1c6889d099530..8ca2b083efaca 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/jstest.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/testing/testcases/jstest.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def run(self):
             """Run the jstest."""
             try:
                 threading.Thread.run(self)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 self.exc_info = sys.exc_info()
 
     def __init__(
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def _run_multiple_copies(self):
                 thread = self.ThreadWithException(target=test_case.run_test)
                 threads.append(thread)
                 thread.start()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.exception(
                 "Encountered an error starting threads for jstest %s.", self.basename()
             )
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/utils/file_span_exporter.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/utils/file_span_exporter.py
index 1037038beb676..d637766b99fb0 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/utils/file_span_exporter.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/utils/file_span_exporter.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def export(self, spans: Sequence[ReadableSpan]) -> SpanExportResult:
                     json.dump(message, file, indent=2)
                 else:
                     json.dump(message, file, indent=None, separators=(",", ":"))
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Failed to write OTEL metrics to file %s", file_name)
             return SpanExportResult.FAILURE
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/tests/test_check_for_noexcept.py b/buildscripts/tests/test_check_for_noexcept.py
index c2c0e83e62186..75d449018922a 100644
--- a/buildscripts/tests/test_check_for_noexcept.py
+++ b/buildscripts/tests/test_check_for_noexcept.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def test_get_move_operations_noexcept_matters(self):
             """,
         )
 
-        for snippet in with_noexcept:
+        for snippet in with_noexcept Exception:
             all_moves = get_move_operations(snippet)
             noexcept = _noexcept_moves_only(all_moves)
             non_noexcept = _nonnoexcept_moves_only(all_moves)
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ def test_get_move_operations_noexcept_matters(self):
                 len(non_noexcept), 0, msg=f"Expected no non-noexcept move operation: {snippet}"
             )
 
-        for snippet in without_noexcept:
+        for snippet in without_noexcept Exception:
             all_moves = get_move_operations(snippet)
             noexcept = _noexcept_moves_only(all_moves)
             non_noexcept = _nonnoexcept_moves_only(all_moves)
@@ -521,12 +521,12 @@ def test_get_noexcepts(self):
             _BASIC_NON_NOEXCEPT_MOVE_OPERATIONS + _BASIC_NON_NOEXCEPT_NON_MOVE_OPERATIONS
         )
 
-        for snippet in with_noexcept:
+        for snippet in with_noexcept Exception:
             self.assertGreater(
                 len(get_noexcepts(snippet)), 0, msg=f"Expected noexcept in snippet: {snippet}"
             )
 
-        for snippet in without_noexcept:
+        for snippet in without_noexcept Exception:
             self.assertEqual(
                 len(get_noexcepts(snippet)), 0, msg=f"Expected no noexcept in snippet: {snippet}"
             )
diff --git a/jstests/auth/lib/automated_idp_authn_simulator_azure.py b/jstests/auth/lib/automated_idp_authn_simulator_azure.py
index e0af3e44b8486..e4c2e6361e205 100644
--- a/jstests/auth/lib/automated_idp_authn_simulator_azure.py
+++ b/jstests/auth/lib/automated_idp_authn_simulator_azure.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def authenticate_azure(activation_endpoint, userCode, username, test_credentials
             password_input_box = WebDriverWait(driver, 30).until(
                 EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "passwordEntry"))
             )
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             password_input_box = WebDriverWait(driver, 30).until(
                 EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "i0118"))
             )
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def authenticate_azure(activation_endpoint, userCode, username, test_credentials
             verify_button = WebDriverWait(driver, 30).until(
                 EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//button[@data-testid='primaryButton']"))
             )
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             verify_button = WebDriverWait(driver, 30).until(
                 EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "idSIButton9"))
             )
diff --git a/jstests/ssl/x509/mkcert.py b/jstests/ssl/x509/mkcert.py
index b4bb48dadf0ab..6b7b263e3e358 100755
--- a/jstests/ssl/x509/mkcert.py
+++ b/jstests/ssl/x509/mkcert.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         b"mongoClusterMembership",
         b"Name of MongoDB cluster this cert is a member of",
     )
-except:
+except Exception:
     pass
 
 CONFIGFILE = "jstests/ssl/x509/certs.yml"
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def load_authority_file(issuer):
         certificate = OpenSSL.crypto.load_certificate(OpenSSL.crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, pem)
         signing_key = OpenSSL.crypto.load_privatekey(OpenSSL.crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, pem)
         return (certificate, signing_key)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
 
     return (None, None)
diff --git a/modules_poc/cindex.py b/modules_poc/cindex.py
index e31d0eceab75b..6864dcb44f6d5 100644
--- a/modules_poc/cindex.py
+++ b/modules_poc/cindex.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def __init__(self, wrapped: Callable[[TInstance], TResult]):
         self.wrapped = wrapped
         try:
             self.__doc__ = wrapped.__doc__
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
     def __get__(self, instance: TInstance, instance_type: Any = None) -> TResult:
diff --git a/src/third_party/grpc/dist/src/c-ares/gen_build_yaml.py b/src/third_party/grpc/dist/src/c-ares/gen_build_yaml.py
index ffc2d6f5d7513..228ec7895c089 100755
--- a/src/third_party/grpc/dist/src/c-ares/gen_build_yaml.py
+++ b/src/third_party/grpc/dist/src/c-ares/gen_build_yaml.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def ares_build(x):
             ],
         }
     ]
-except:
+except Exception:
     pass
 
 print(yaml.dump(out))
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/bench/workgen/runner/runner/__init__.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/bench/workgen/runner/runner/__init__.py
index f2f1c22ebd559..9547d64f30afd 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/bench/workgen/runner/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/bench/workgen/runner/runner/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _prepend_env_path(pathvar, s):
     last = ''
     try:
         last = ':' + os.environ[pathvar]
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
     os.environ[pathvar] = s + last
 
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ def _prepend_env_path(pathvar, s):
 # If the path already works, don't change it.
 try:
     import wiredtiger
-except:
+except Exception:
     # We'll try hard to make the importing work, we'd like to runners
     # to be executable directly without having to set environment variables.
     sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(wt_dir, 'lang', 'python'))
     sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(wt_builddir, 'lang', 'python'))
     try:
         import wiredtiger
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         # If the WiredTiger libraries is not in our library search path,
         # we need to set it and retry.  However, the dynamic link
         # library has already cached its value, our only option is
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def _prepend_env_path(pathvar, s):
 
 try:
     import workgen
-except:
+except Exception:
     sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(workgen_src, 'workgen'))
     sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(wt_builddir, 'bench', 'workgen'))
     import workgen
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/dist/dist.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/dist/dist.py
index dfa7da3d18198..88d1b6698903a 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/dist/dist.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/dist/dist.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename):
     def remove(self, filename):
         try:
             os.remove(filename)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
     @contextmanager
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/concurrencytest-0.1.2-locally-modified/concurrencytest.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/concurrencytest-0.1.2-locally-modified/concurrencytest.py
index 2dff87fa11379..227bc0e9aee3a 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/concurrencytest-0.1.2-locally-modified/concurrencytest.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/concurrencytest-0.1.2-locally-modified/concurrencytest.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def do_fork(suite):
                     # Set the pid tag for the parent to log with this information.
                     subunit_result.tags(["pid:" + str(os.getpid())], [])
                     process_suite.run(subunit_result)
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     # Try and report traceback on stream, but exit with error
                     # even if stream couldn't be created or something else
                     # goes wrong.  The traceback is formatted to a string and
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/discover-0.4.0-locally-modified/discover.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/discover-0.4.0-locally-modified/discover.py
index c1e20273bcbda..84efbe80291eb 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/discover-0.4.0-locally-modified/discover.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/discover-0.4.0-locally-modified/discover.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def loadTestsFromModule(self, module, use_load_tests=True):
         if use_load_tests and load_tests is not None:
             try:
                 return load_tests(self, tests, None)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 ExceptionClass, e = sys.exc_info()[:2]
                 if not isinstance(e, Exception):
                     # for BaseException exceptions
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def _find_tests(self, start_dir, pattern):
                 name = self._get_name_from_path(full_path)
                 try:
                     module = self._get_module_from_name(name)
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     yield _make_failed_import_test(name, self.suiteClass)
                 else:
                     mod_file = os.path.abspath(getattr(module, '__file__', full_path))
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def _find_tests(self, start_dir, pattern):
                 else:
                     try:
                         yield load_tests(self, tests, pattern)
-                    except:
+                    except Exception:
                         ExceptionClass, e = sys.exc_info()[:2]
                         if not isinstance(e, Exception):
                             # for BaseException exceptions
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testscenarios-0.4/lib/testscenarios/scenarios.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testscenarios-0.4/lib/testscenarios/scenarios.py
index eeb72ebb8a4e1..7c3196ec84891 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testscenarios-0.4/lib/testscenarios/scenarios.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testscenarios-0.4/lib/testscenarios/scenarios.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def per_module_scenarios(attribute_name, modules):
     for short_name, module_name in modules:
         try:
             mod = __import__(module_name, {}, {}, [''])
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             mod = sys.exc_info()
         scenarios.append((
             short_name, 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/matchers/_exception.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/matchers/_exception.py
index 66aaa906ea38b..07fb16828c43b 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/matchers/_exception.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/matchers/_exception.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def match(self, matchee):
             return Mismatch(f'{matchee!r} returned {result!r}')
         # Catch all exceptions: Raises() should be able to match a
         # KeyboardInterrupt or SystemExit.
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             exc_info = sys.exc_info()
             if self.exception_matcher:
                 mismatch = self.exception_matcher.match(exc_info)
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/runtest.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/runtest.py
index 4f0e894b3281e..04e78c3bb2b8f 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/runtest.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/runtest.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def _run_user(self, fn, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         try:
             return fn(*args, **kwargs)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             return self._got_user_exception(sys.exc_info())
 
     def _got_user_exception(self, exc_info, tb_label='traceback'):
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/testcase.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/testcase.py
index 004fdb5c8476f..cad40957afcff 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/testcase.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/testcase.py
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ def useFixture(self, fixture):
                     e.args[-1][0] is fixtures.fixture.SetupError):
                 gather_details(e.args[-1][1].args[0], self.getDetails())
             raise
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             exc_info = sys.exc_info()
             try:
                 # fixture._details is not available if using the newer
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ def useFixture(self, fixture):
                     fixture._details is not None
                 ):
                     gather_details(fixture.getDetails(), self.getDetails())
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 # Report the setUp exception, then raise the error during
                 # gather_details.
                 self._report_traceback(exc_info)
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/test_testcase.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/test_testcase.py
index 207991152c716..6ddd928a767a6 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/test_testcase.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/test_testcase.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class TestErrorHolder(TestCase):
     def makeException(self):
         try:
             raise RuntimeError("danger danger")
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             return sys.exc_info()
 
     def makePlaceHolder(self, test_id="foo", error=None,
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/test_testresult.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/test_testresult.py
index 015972cc2f39c..6b641e64c99a5 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/test_testresult.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/test_testresult.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def test(self):
 def make_exception_info(exceptionFactory, *args, **kwargs):
     try:
         raise exceptionFactory(*args, **kwargs)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         return sys.exc_info()
 
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/twistedsupport/test_matchers.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/twistedsupport/test_matchers.py
index 3147503309356..8b90f168ba067 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/twistedsupport/test_matchers.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/tests/twistedsupport/test_matchers.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def make_failure(exc_value):
     """Raise ``exc_value`` and return the failure."""
     try:
         raise exc_value
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         return Failure()
 
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/testsuite.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/testsuite.py
index 79fc4852c3649..d13b65298a4b8 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/testsuite.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/3rdparty/testtools-2.7.1/testtools/testsuite.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def run(self, result):
                 finished_test = queue.get()
                 threads[finished_test][0].join()
                 del threads[finished_test]
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             for thread, process_result in threads.values():
                 process_result.stop()
             raise
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def run(self, result):
                     pass
                 else:
                     raise ValueError(f'unknown event type {event!r}')
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             for thread, process_result in threads.values():
                 # Signal to each TestControl in the ExtendedToStreamDecorator
                 # that the thread should stop running tests and cleanup
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/rollback_to_stable_util.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/rollback_to_stable_util.py
index f962856a56e72..4e4d32d270de0 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/rollback_to_stable_util.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/rollback_to_stable_util.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def get_rts_verify_path():
     try:
         root = get_git_root()
         return os.path.join(root, rel_path)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
 
     this_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/run.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/run.py
index 5a1fad927621c..43b62f0f051ea 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/run.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/run.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ def error(exitval, prefix, msg):
                     left, right = args.pop(0).split('/')
                     batchnum = int(left)
                     batchtotal = int(right)
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     print('batch argument should be nnn/nnn')
                     usage()
                     sys.exit(2)
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup02.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup02.py
index d49cdf9a50cd9..61e9c6aa77407 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup02.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup02.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_backup02(self):
                 more_time = more_time - 0.1
                 for i in range(self.nops):
                     work_queue.put_nowait(('gu', i, my_data))
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # Deplete the work queue if there's an error.
             while not work_queue.empty():
                 work_queue.get()
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup06.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup06.py
index f41911dd6d0b1..f3bdfc17dfc2d 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup06.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup06.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     # Windows does not getrlimit/setrlimit so we must catch the resource
     # module load.
     import resource
-except:
+except Exception:
     None
 
 # test_backup06.py
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup21.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup21.py
index 6eaa144c9acf2..baddac1947cfe 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup21.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_backup21.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def test_concurrent_operations_with_backup(self):
                 if iteration == self.ops/2:
                     iteration = 0
                     op = 'd'
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # Deplete the work queue if there's an error.
             while not work_queue.empty():
                 work_queue.get()
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_base03.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_base03.py
index 2d57ea5bf5967..deb86ce64cc68 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_base03.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_base03.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def session_create(self, name, args):
         """
         try:
             self.session.create(name, args)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print('**** ERROR in session.create("' + name + '","' + args + '") ***** ')
             raise
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_base05.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_base05.py
index df617af8ada04..40139e309c198 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_base05.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_base05.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def session_create(self, name, args):
         """
         try:
             self.session.create(name, args)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print('**** ERROR in session.create("' + name + '","' + args + '") ***** ')
             raise
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_bug018.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_bug018.py
index 84c47d9c6ed8f..dc794f681f076 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_bug018.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_bug018.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def test_bug018(self):
         self.captureerr.check(self)     # check there is no error output so far
         try:
             results2 = list(self.session.open_cursor(self.uri2))
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # Make sure there's some error, but we don't care what.
             self.captureerr.checkAdditionalPattern(self, '.')
             results2 = []
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_checkpoint02.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_checkpoint02.py
index 6f06a6799aa53..66bf50849ebed 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_checkpoint02.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_checkpoint02.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def test_checkpoint02(self):
                 t = op_thread(self.conn, uris, self.key_format, work_queue, done)
                 opthreads.append(t)
                 t.start()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # Deplete the work queue if there's an error.
             while not work_queue.empty():
                 work_queue.get()
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_config02.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_config02.py
index d1f09846d07db..b34093255c645 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_config02.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_config02.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def common_test(self, homearg, homeenv, configextra):
         try:
             os.putenv('SOMEVAR', 'somevalue')
             os.unsetenv('SOMEVAR')
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.skipTest('putenv and/or unsetenv not support on this OS')
             return
         configarg = 'create'
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor01.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor01.py
index 91c0750d87f96..7f55758ca609c 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor01.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor01.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def session_create(self, name, args):
         """
         try:
             self.session.create(name, args)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print('**** ERROR in session.create("' + name + '","' + args + '") ***** ')
             raise
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor04.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor04.py
index 67e86ac978f2d..b9de7c88ff258 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor04.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor04.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def session_create(self, name, args):
         """
         try:
             self.session.create(name, args)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print('**** ERROR in session.create("' + name + '","' + args + '") ***** ')
             raise
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor_tracker.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor_tracker.py
index b6dc03bbe7cc9..61242ad16ba05 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor_tracker.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_cursor_tracker.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def session_create(self, name, args):
         """
         try:
             self.session.create(name, args)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print('**** ERROR in session.create("' + name + '","' + args + '") ***** ')
             raise
 
@@ -438,11 +438,11 @@ def _dumpcursor(self, cursor):
     def cur_dump_here(self, cursor, prefix):
         try:
             k = self._cursor_key_to_string(cursor.get_key())
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             k = '[invalid]'
         try:
             v = self._cursor_value_to_string(cursor.get_value())
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             v = '[invalid]'
         print(prefix + k + ' ' + v)
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_encrypt04.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_encrypt04.py
index 40e95a3c6b6be..0613d7f8d8a35 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_encrypt04.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_encrypt04.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def check_okay(self, expect_okay, expr):
                 try:
                     expr()
                     completed = True
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     pass
                 self.assertEqual(False, completed)
         return expect_okay
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_metadata_cursor01.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_metadata_cursor01.py
index e647f0d591a5d..0e07a828ca4c3 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_metadata_cursor01.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_metadata_cursor01.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def session_create(self, name, args):
         """
         try:
             self.session.create(name, args)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print('**** ERROR in session.create("' + name + '","' + args + '") ***** ')
             raise
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_schema03.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_schema03.py
index 109463f6a76e6..1bc8213e36729 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_schema03.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_schema03.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     # Windows does not getrlimit/setrlimit so we must catch the resource
     # module load
     import resource
-except:
+except Exception:
     None
 
 # test_schema03.py
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_timestamp22.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_timestamp22.py
index ab8d2ca9616e4..5c329ae17f745 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_timestamp22.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/test_timestamp22.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def expect(self, expected, message):
             else:
                 yield
             got = self.SUCCESS
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             got = self.FAILURE
             self.cleanStderr()
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wtdataset.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wtdataset.py
index 78c6e32faf789..6ab6a91797a2f 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wtdataset.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wtdataset.py
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def __init__(self, testcase, uri, multiplier, **kwargs):
     def store_count(self, i):
         try:
             return self.track_values[i]
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             return 0
 
     # override
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ def __init__(self, testcase, uri, multiplier, **kwargs):
     def store_count(self, i):
         try:
             return self.track_values[i]
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             return 0
 
     # override
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wthooks.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wthooks.py
index 49083aba577b0..311449b2c2dbc 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wthooks.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wthooks.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def __init__(self, hooknames = []):
                 for hook in imported.initialize(arg):
                     hook._initialize(name, self)
                     self.hooks.append(hook)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 print('Cannot import hook: ' + name + ', check file ' + modname + '.py')
                 raise
         self.hook_names = tuple(names_seen)
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, name, value):
         try:
             hooktype = int(value[0])
             fcn = value[1]
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             raise ValueError('value must be (HOOK_xxxx, function)')
         self.hookmgr.add_hook(self.clazz, name, hooktype, fcn)
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wttest.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wttest.py
index 9525771ba72a9..635e076219df5 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wttest.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/suite/wttest.py
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         try:
             self.conn = self.setUpConnectionOpen(".")
             self.session = self.setUpSessionOpen(self.conn)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.tearDown()
             raise
 
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ def tearDown(self, dueToRetry=False):
             for action in self.teardown_actions:
                 try:
                     tmp = action()
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     e = sys.exc_info()
                     self.prexception(e)
                     tmp = (-1, str(e[1]))
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ def tearDown(self, dueToRetry=False):
 
         try:
             self.platform_api.tearDown(self)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.pr('ERROR: failed to tear down the platform API')
             self.prexception(sys.exc_info())
 
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ def tearDown(self, dueToRetry=False):
                 (not passed or WiredTigerTestCase._preserveFiles):
                     self.pr('downloading object files')
                     self.download_objects(self.bucket, self.bucket_prefix)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.pr('ERROR: failed to download objects')
             self.prexception(sys.exc_info())
 
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ def tearDown(self, dueToRetry=False):
                     close_failed = True
                     dumped_error_log = True
                     passed = False
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 pass
         self._connections = []
         try:
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ def tearDown(self, dueToRetry=False):
         if (passed and (not WiredTigerTestCase._preserveFiles)) or self.skipped:
             try:
                 shutil.rmtree(self.testdir, ignore_errors=True)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 self.pr('ERROR: failed to delete the test directory: ' + self.testdir)
                 self.prexception(sys.exc_info())
         else:
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/syscall/syscall.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/syscall/syscall.py
index 1e59f34f27a88..8dabd2356104e 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/syscall/syscall.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/syscall/syscall.py
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ def fail(self, line, s):
         # make it work if line is None or is a plain string.
         try:
             prefix = simplify_path(self.wttopdir, line.prefix())
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             prefix = 'syscall.py: '
         print(prefix + s, file=sys.stderr)
 
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def failrange(self, errfile, line, lineto, s):
         # make it work if line is None or is a plain string.
         try:
             prefix = simplify_path(self.wttopdir, line.range_prefix(lineto))
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             prefix = 'syscall.py: '
         print(prefix + s + '\n' + errfile.get_context(), file=sys.stderr)
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/gdb/gdb_scripts/wt_debug_script_update.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/gdb/gdb_scripts/wt_debug_script_update.py
index 0c8cb74971c09..07fd7d206770c 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/gdb/gdb_scripts/wt_debug_script_update.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/gdb/gdb_scripts/wt_debug_script_update.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def dump_update_chain(update_chain):
                 obj = bson.decode_all(val_bytes)[0]
                 if obj["_id"]['id'] and obj["_id"]["id"].subtype == 4:
                     obj["_id"]["id"] = obj["_id"]["id"].as_uuid()
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 pass
         print('  ' + '\n  '.join(str(wt_val).split('\n')) + " " + str(obj) + " =>")
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/find-latency-spikes.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/find-latency-spikes.py
index 44ed55db230e2..97d7f5fa86904 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/find-latency-spikes.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/find-latency-spikes.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def createCallstackSeries(data, logfilename):
     # Let's open the log file.
     try:
         logfile = open(logfilename, "w");
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         logfile = sys.stdout;
 
     for row in data.itertuples():
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def createCallstackSeries(data, logfilename):
                     = getIntervalData(intervalBeginningsStack, row, logfile);
                 if (error and (not errorReported)):
                     errorReported = reportDataError(logfile, logfilename);
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 if (not errorReported):
                     errorReported = reportDataError(logfile, logfilename);
                 continue;
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ def parseConfigFile(fname):
 
     try:
         configFile = open(fname, "r");
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         print(color.BOLD + color.RED +
               "Could not open " + fname + " for reading." + color.END);
         return False;
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/optrack_to_t2.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/optrack_to_t2.py
index 2b51dec1cd2b2..ab8634c1e478f 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/optrack_to_t2.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/optrack_to_t2.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def createCallstackSeries(data, logfilename):
     # Let's open the log file.
     try:
         logfile = open(logfilename, "w");
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         logfile = sys.stdout;
 
     for row in data.itertuples():
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def createCallstackSeries(data, logfilename):
                     = getIntervalData(intervalBeginningsStack, row, logfile);
                 if (error and (not errorReported)):
                     errorReported = reportDataError(logfile, logfilename);
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 if (not errorReported):
                     errorReported = reportDataError(logfile, logfilename);
                 continue;
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def getSessionFromFileName(fname):
         try:
             sid = int(words[0]);
             return sid;
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             return 0;
     else:
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/wt_optrack_decode.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/wt_optrack_decode.py
index ea7a51a707fcb..a37c8ab9e2c79 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/wt_optrack_decode.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/optrack/wt_optrack_decode.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def buildTranslationMap(mapFileName):
 
     try:
         mapFile = open(mapFileName, "r");
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         print(color.BOLD + color.RED);
         print("Could not open " + mapFileName + " for reading");
         print(color.END);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def buildTranslationMap(mapFileName):
 
         try:
             funcID = int(words[0]);
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             continue;
 
         funcName = words[1].strip();
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def parseOneRecord(file):
 
     try:
         bytesRead = file.read(RECORD_SIZE);
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         return None;
 
     if (len(bytesRead) < RECORD_SIZE):
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def validateHeader(file):
 
     try:
         bytesRead = file.read(MIN_HEADER_SIZE);
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         print(color.BOLD + color.RED +
               "failed read of input file" + color.END);
         raise
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def validateHeader(file):
 
             padding, sec_from_epoch = struct.unpack('=IQ', bytesRead);
             return True, threadType, tsc_nsec, sec_from_epoch;
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             return False, -1;
     else:
         return False, -1, 1;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def parseFile(fileName):
     # Open the log file for reading
     try:
         file = open(fileName, "rb");
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         print(color.BOLD + color.RED +
               "Could not open " + fileName + " for reading" + color.END);
         raise
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ def parseFile(fileName):
     try:
         outputFileName = fileName + "-" + threadTypeString + ".txt";
         outputFile = open(outputFileName, "w");
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         print(color.BOLD + color.RED +
               "Could not open file " + outputfileName + ".txt for writing." +
               color.END);
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def parseFile(fileName):
                                  + str(int(time))
                                  + "\n");
                 totalRecords += 1;
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
                 traceback.print_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback);
                 print(color.BOLD + color.RED);
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/printer.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/printer.py
index 3d60553212e0e..e2c0d8bcae3ec 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/printer.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/printer.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def raw_bytes(b):
         if result != '':
             result += ' '
         return f'"{result + s.decode()}"'
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
 
     # The earlier steps failed, so it must be binary data
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/snappy_util.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/snappy_util.py
index b8ca2a3887ee8..7e63eab853a53 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/snappy_util.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/snappy_util.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def snappy_decompress_page(b: binary_data.BinaryFile, page_header, header_length
         import snappy
         global have_snappy
         have_snappy = True
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         # Try to install it automatically
         logger.warning('python-snappy not found, attempting to install...')
         try:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def snappy_decompress_page(b: binary_data.BinaryFile, page_header, header_length
                     decompressed = snappy.uncompress(compressed_data)
                     if not lengths_match:
                         logger.info(f'  Successfully decompressed using stored length ({compressed_byte_count} bytes)')
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     pass
 
         # If that failed and lengths differ, try calculated length
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def snappy_decompress_page(b: binary_data.BinaryFile, page_header, header_length
                 try:
                     decompressed = snappy.uncompress(compressed_data)
                     logger.info(f'  Successfully decompressed using calculated length ({calculated_length} bytes)')
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     pass
 
         # If any attempt succeeded, use the result
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def snappy_decompress_page(b: binary_data.BinaryFile, page_header, header_length
             compressed_data = compressed_data_full[:min(compressed_byte_count, len(compressed_data_full))]
             print_snappy_diagnostics(compressed_data, compressed_byte_count, page_header, compress_skip)
             return payload_data
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         logger.error('? The page failed to uncompress')
         if opts.debug:
             traceback.print_exception(*sys.exc_info())
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/wiredtiger_util.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/wiredtiger_util.py
index 8f847f5e90874..56877976ac25f 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/wiredtiger_util.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/py_common/wiredtiger_util.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def import_wiredtiger():
     '''
     try:
         from wiredtiger import wiredtiger_open
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         setup_python_path()
         from wiredtiger import wiredtiger_open
     return wiredtiger_open
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/wt_ckpt_decode.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/wt_ckpt_decode.py
index 4505e24355bee..a9d12a6f212dd 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/wt_ckpt_decode.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/wt_ckpt_decode.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def decode_arg(arg, allocsize):
             i, addr = unpack_int(addr)
             result.append(i)
             result_len += 1
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             break
 
     # Then we check the number of results against what we expect.
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/wt_cmp_uri.py b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/wt_cmp_uri.py
index a1272469b7816..54545e6292a1b 100755
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/wt_cmp_uri.py
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/tools/wt_cmp_uri.py
@@ -330,12 +330,12 @@ def wiredtiger_compare_uri(args):
 
     try:
         cc1 = get_compare_cursor(conn1, timestamp1, uri1, arg1)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         print('Failed opening {} in {} at timestamp {}'.format(uri1, wtdir1, timestamp1))
         raise
     try:
         cc2 = get_compare_cursor(conn2, timestamp2, uri2, arg2)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         print('Failed opening {} in {} at timestamp {}'.format(uri2, wtdir2, timestamp2))
         raise
 
diff --git a/src/third_party/zstandard/zstd/tests/test-zstd-versions.py b/src/third_party/zstandard/zstd/tests/test-zstd-versions.py
index 1bcf39e2b25a1..837deb9633cec 100755
--- a/src/third_party/zstandard/zstd/tests/test-zstd-versions.py
+++ b/src/third_party/zstandard/zstd/tests/test-zstd-versions.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def dict_ok(tag, dict_name, sample):
         with open(sample, "rb") as i:
             subprocess.check_call(cmd, stdin=i, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
         return True
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         return False
 
 
diff --git a/tools/flag_sync/util.py b/tools/flag_sync/util.py
index d783a0c1ed64d..4142f6124514d 100644
--- a/tools/flag_sync/util.py
+++ b/tools/flag_sync/util.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def get_flags(namespace: str):
         raise Exception("Namespace doesn't exist.")
     try:
         return json.loads(r.text)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise Exception("Couldn't parse flag json.")
 
 
diff --git a/x509/mkcert.py b/x509/mkcert.py
index e276ccef7a93e..1ccca5b37b198 100644
--- a/x509/mkcert.py
+++ b/x509/mkcert.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def get_oid(cn_or_oid):
         return NAME_TO_OID[cn_or_oid]
     try:
         return ObjectIdentifier(cn_or_oid)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise CertificateGenerationError(f"Name attribute {cn_or_oid} not recognized")
 
 
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ def process_normal_cert(cert):
                 issuer_ski = issuer_cert.extensions.get_extension_for_class(
                     x509.SubjectKeyIdentifier
                 )
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 issuer_ski = None
 
         # Set all fields of the certificate.