Try-except doesn't work as intended (failing my try on purpes but it doesnt do the except)

[elnatan2604]

I'm not sure if this problem is a SB problem but I'll try anyway. I have this code: try:
self.send_keys(fn.FieldsNames.event_html, fn.FieldsNames.position_change)
self.click(f"//[contains(text(),'{fn.FieldsNames.position_change}')]")
f.Functions.wait_for_loading(self)
self.send_keys(fn.FieldsNames.event_reason_html_job_info, fn.FieldsNames.department_change)
self.click(f"//[contains(text(),'{fn.FieldsNames.department_change}')]")
self.clear(fn.FieldsNames.department_html)
self.send_keys(fn.FieldsNames.department_html, random_department)
self.sleep(2)
self.click(f"//[contains(text(),'{random_department}')]")
f.Functions.wait_for_loading(self)
old_department = self.get_text(fn.FieldsNames.old_department_value_html)
self.click(f"//[contains(text(),'{fn.FieldsNames.save}')]")
self.wait_for_element_absent(f"//*[contains(text(),'{fn.FieldsNames.save}')]")
self.refresh()
except:
self.refresh()

and I fail on purpes this line self.send_keys(fn.FieldsNames.department_html, random_department) instead of random_department I wrote "fail test" but my code doesnt fail (or raising exception) so it kinda passes above the except and continues to run the code. what could be the problem.

[mdmintz]

That looks like a Python question and not a SeleniumBase one. (Also, your code should be formatted as code with proper line indentation so that it makes sense.)

Here's how a try/except block works:

try:
    raise Exception("Fail!")
except Exception:
    print("Caught!")

After the exception is caught in the try block, the program continues from the except block.