astral-sh/ruff · error · anyhow::Error

The following rules have been removed and cannot be selected

Error message

The following rules have been removed and cannot be selected:

What it means

Error "The following rules have been removed and cannot be selected:" thrown in astral-sh/ruff.

Source

Thrown at crates/ruff_workspace/src/configuration.rs:1143

        match removed_selectors.as_slice() {
            [] => (),
            [selection] => {
                let (prefix, code) = selection.prefix_and_code();
                return Err(anyhow!(
                    "Rule `{prefix}{code}` was removed and cannot be selected."
                ));
            }
            [..] => {
                let mut message =
                    "The following rules have been removed and cannot be selected:".to_string();
                for selection in removed_selectors {
                    let (prefix, code) = selection.prefix_and_code();
                    message.push_str("\n    - ");
                    message.push_str(prefix);
                    message.push_str(code);
                }
                message.push('\n');
                return Err(anyhow!(message));
            }
        }

        if !removed_ignored_rules.is_empty() {
            let mut rules = String::new();
            for selection in removed_ignored_rules.iter().sorted() {
                let (prefix, code) = selection.prefix_and_code();
                rules.push_str("\n    - ");
                rules.push_str(prefix);
                rules.push_str(code);
            }
            rules.push('\n');
            warn_user_once_by_message!(
                "The following rules have been removed and ignoring them has no effect:{rules}"
            );
        }

        for (from, target) in redirects.iter().sorted_by_key(|item| item.0) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/ruff_workspace/src/configuration.rs:1143 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of astral-sh/ruff@672bb4edf0 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/311888bc6d733a0f. Report an issue: GitHub.