rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch · error · ImportError

denied module: %s

Error message

denied module: %s

What it means

Error "denied module: %s" thrown in rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch.

Source

Thrown at phases/19-capstone-projects/72-code-exec-metric/code/main.py:78

            "per_assertion": list(self.per_assertion),
        }


RUNNER_TEMPLATE = r"""
import json, sys, traceback
import builtins as _builtins

_DENIED_MODULES = {
    'subprocess', 'socket', 'shutil', 'requests', 'urllib',
    'urllib.request', 'urllib.error', 'urllib.parse', 'ctypes',
    'http.client', 'asyncio.subprocess',
}

_real_import = _builtins.__import__
def _guarded_import(name, *args, **kwargs):
    base = name.split('.')[0]
    if name in _DENIED_MODULES or base in _DENIED_MODULES:
        raise ImportError("denied module: %s" % name)
    return _real_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
_builtins.__import__ = _guarded_import

import os as _os
def _denied_system(_cmd):
    raise OSError("os.system denied")
_os.system = _denied_system

CODE = __PLACEHOLDER_CODE__
ASSERTIONS = __PLACEHOLDER_ASSERTIONS__

ns = {}
status = {"exit_code": "pass", "results": [], "detail": ""}
try:
    compiled = compile(CODE, "<candidate>", "exec")
except SyntaxError as exc:
    status["exit_code"] = "syntax_error"
    status["detail"] = "SyntaxError: %s" % exc

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at phases/19-capstone-projects/72-code-exec-metric/code/main.py:78 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch@39ea8a1c6d (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/828c3b85b09879dd. Report an issue: GitHub.