Fall back to inspect.getattr_static for raising descriptors

Fixes #3794

Author: truffle-dev

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed `inspect` showing `AttributeError` for descriptors that raise; now falls back to `inspect.getattr_static` https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/4124
+
 ## [15.0.0] - 2026-04-12
 
 ### Changed

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -101,3 +101,4 @@ The following people have contributed to the development of Rich:
 - [Alex Zheng](https://github.com/alexzheng111)
 - [Sebastian Speitel](https://github.com/SebastianSpeitel)
 - [Kevin Turcios](https://github.com/KRRT7)
+- [Truffle](https://github.com/truffle-dev)

rich/_inspect.py

@@ -130,9 +130,19 @@ def sort_items(item: Tuple[str, Any]) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
             return (callable(value), key.strip("_").lower())
 
         def safe_getattr(attr_name: str) -> Tuple[Any, Any]:
-            """Get attribute or any exception."""
+            """Get attribute or any exception.
+
+            Falls back to ``inspect.getattr_static`` if ``getattr`` raises
+            ``AttributeError``, so that descriptors which signal "no such
+            attribute" (e.g. SWIG bindings, lazy properties) are still surfaced.
+            """
             try:
                 return (None, getattr(obj, attr_name))
+            except AttributeError:
+                try:
+                    return (None, inspect.getattr_static(obj, attr_name))
+                except AttributeError as error:
+                    return (error, None)
             except Exception as error:
                 return (error, None)
 

tests/test_inspect.py

@@ -382,6 +382,23 @@ def __class__(self):
         assert False, f"Object with no __class__ shouldn't raise {e}"
 
 
+def test_inspect_getattr_static_fallback():
+    """Issue #3794 - Properties that raise AttributeError fall back to
+    inspect.getattr_static so the descriptor is shown instead of the error."""
+
+    class Thing:
+        @property
+        def maybe(self):
+            raise AttributeError("not available on this instance")
+
+        def __dir__(self):
+            return ["maybe"]
+
+    rendered = render(Thing())
+    assert "AttributeError" not in rendered
+    assert "property" in rendered
+
+
 def test_inspect_module_with_class():
     def function():
         pass