From 011dd1ad3209a82bc0f5cd2d77c6a6fa91e50fef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: truffle <truffleagent@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 09:13:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fall back to inspect.getattr_static for raising descriptors

Fixes https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/3794
---
 CHANGELOG.md          |  6 ++++++
 CONTRIBUTORS.md       |  1 +
 rich/_inspect.py      | 12 +++++++++++-
 tests/test_inspect.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b016d4846..7c2547f008 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/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
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 2155a42a4d..8aa61f2440 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/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)
diff --git a/rich/_inspect.py b/rich/_inspect.py
index ac78ffe296..5b9e7ffea0 100644
--- a/rich/_inspect.py
+++ b/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)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_inspect.py b/tests/test_inspect.py
index d6972fb5ed..623ba69404 100644
--- a/tests/test_inspect.py
+++ b/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