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anyhow — deep security report

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Safe to use
Deep-scanned by ShadowCanopy — no threats found in its code, dependencies, or network behavior.
Scanned 8/4/2026
Approvedanyhow@1.0.104View on registry ↗latest: 1.0.104

No static findings and no source captured. This is the well-known anyhow error-handling crate with only standard files present; nothing indicates malice.

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AI breakdown

Plain-English summary of what this package does and how it behaves.

anyhow is a Rust crate (version 1.0.104) that provides flexible error handling types and utilities for applications.

Capabilities

  • Defines error types and traits in src/error.rs and related modules
  • Includes macros for error creation and context in src/macros.rs
  • Contains build script (build.rs)
  • Includes test suite for error behavior

Data access

  • None observed

Network

  • No network access observed

Standard Rust library with no scripts, dependencies, or security findings; appears to be a benign error-handling utility.

Files in package (108)

.cargo_vcs_info.jsonanyhow-1.0.104/.cargo_vcs_info.json.github/FUNDING.ymlanyhow-1.0.104/.github/FUNDING.yml.github/workflows/ci.ymlanyhow-1.0.104/.github/workflows/ci.yml.gitignoreanyhow-1.0.104/.gitignoreCargo.lockanyhow-1.0.104/Cargo.lockCargo.tomlanyhow-1.0.104/Cargo.tomlCargo.toml.origanyhow-1.0.104/Cargo.toml.origLICENSE-APACHEanyhow-1.0.104/LICENSE-APACHELICENSE-MITanyhow-1.0.104/LICENSE-MITREADME.mdanyhow-1.0.104/README.mdbuild.rsanyhow-1.0.104/build.rsrust-toolchain.tomlanyhow-1.0.104/rust-toolchain.tomlsrc/backtrace.rsanyhow-1.0.104/src/backtrace.rssrc/chain.rsanyhow-1.0.104/src/chain.rssrc/context.rsanyhow-1.0.104/src/context.rssrc/ensure.rsanyhow-1.0.104/src/ensure.rssrc/error.rsanyhow-1.0.104/src/error.rssrc/fmt.rsanyhow-1.0.104/src/fmt.rssrc/kind.rsanyhow-1.0.104/src/kind.rssrc/lib.rsanyhow-1.0.104/src/lib.rs

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