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name: unnecessary-guard-conditions
description: Flag extra checks that are logically unreachable at the call site — they add noise and can mask future regressions.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  copyright: The Kubernetes Authors
---

# Skill: Unnecessary Guard Conditions

**Unnecessary guard conditions** — extra checks that are logically unreachable at the
call site. They are a mild correctness concern: they add noise, suggest the author
was uncertain about an invariant, and can mask a future regression that breaks the
invariant they were silently relying on.
