What the developer wrote
Authored by SomberNight
interface.py: rm broken dead code
As it's failing due to relative imports, this might have been broken since py2->py3 migration.
```
$ python3 ./electrum/interface.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/user/wspace/electrum/./electrum/interface.py", line 31, in <module>
import asyncio
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/asyncio/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
from .base_events import *
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/asyncio/base_events.py", line 18, in <module>
import concurrent.futures
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/concurrent/futures/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
from concurrent.futures._base import (FIRST_COMPLETED,
...<9 lines>...
as_completed)
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 7, in <module>
import logging
File "/home/user/wspace/electrum/electrum/logging.py", line 6, in <module>
import logging.handlers
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'logging.handlers'; 'logging' is not a package
```
What changed, and why it matters
This commit removes 33 lines of unused, broken code from a file in the Electrum Bitcoin wallet. The deleted code was a standalone test routine for checking saved SSL certificates and could not even run because of a Python import problem. It was not part of the normal wallet operation, so removing it does not create or fix a security vulnerability.
No security action needed. This is a routine cleanup of non-functional dead code.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The patch deletes the check_cert, test_certificates, and if __name__ == "__main__" block from electrum/interface.py. These were dead-code helper routines intended only for manual, command-line testing of stored server certificates. The commit message shows the block had been broken since the Python 2 to 3 migration due to relative imports failing when the module was executed directly. The removed code was not invoked by Electrum’s normal runtime paths.
Changed components
electrum/interface.pyInspect captured patch +0 / −33
diff --git a/electrum/interface.py b/electrum/interface.py
index e62abc2..7f0af68 100644
--- a/electrum/interface.py
+++ b/electrum/interface.py
@@ -1805,36 +1805,3 @@ def sanitize_tx_broadcast_response(server_msg) -> str:
return msg if msg else substring
# otherwise:
return _("Unknown error")
-
-
-def check_cert(host, cert):
- try:
- b = pem.dePem(cert, 'CERTIFICATE')
- x = x509.X509(b)
- except Exception:
- traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
- return
-
- try:
- x.check_date()
- expired = False
- except Exception:
- expired = True
-
- m = "host: %s\n"%host
- m += "has_expired: %s\n"% expired
- util.print_msg(m)
-
-def test_certificates():
- from .simple_config import SimpleConfig
- config = SimpleConfig()
- mydir = os.path.join(config.path, "certs")
- certs = os.listdir(mydir)
- for c in certs:
- p = os.path.join(mydir,c)
- with open(p, encoding='utf-8') as f:
- cert = f.read()
- check_cert(c, cert)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
- test_certificates()
Why this scored 15/100
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