diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index d9f3de5ea766..f8279d639797 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -1540,7 +1540,6 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             "ComparableType",
             "DoNotMockAutoValue",
             "EmptyBlockTag",
-            "EmptyCatch",
             "EqualsGetClass",
             "EqualsUnsafeCast",
             "EscapedEntity",
diff --git a/examples/java/twitter/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/examples/twitterstreamgenerator/TwitterConnection.java b/examples/java/twitter/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/examples/twitterstreamgenerator/TwitterConnection.java
index 11453cd47858..0e12204deac6 100644
--- a/examples/java/twitter/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/examples/twitterstreamgenerator/TwitterConnection.java
+++ b/examples/java/twitter/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/examples/twitterstreamgenerator/TwitterConnection.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public void onStatus(Status status) {
             try {
               queue.offer(status);
             } catch (Exception ignored) {
+              // Ignore exceptions during enqueueing.
             }
           }
 
diff --git a/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/metrics/MetricsAccumulator.java b/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/metrics/MetricsAccumulator.java
index 458f7d82e5fa..19f864c301d6 100644
--- a/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/metrics/MetricsAccumulator.java
+++ b/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/metrics/MetricsAccumulator.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public Accumulator<MetricsContainerStepMap, MetricsContainerStepMap> clone() {
     try {
       super.clone();
     } catch (CloneNotSupportedException ignored) {
+      // Ignore CloneNotSupportedException
     }
     MetricsAccumulator metricsAccumulator = new MetricsAccumulator();
     metricsAccumulator.getLocalValue().updateAll(this.getLocalValue());
diff --git a/runners/prism/java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/prism/PrismExecutor.java b/runners/prism/java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/prism/PrismExecutor.java
index 111d937fcbf6..d831ee116fde 100644
--- a/runners/prism/java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/prism/PrismExecutor.java
+++ b/runners/prism/java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/prism/PrismExecutor.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ void stop() {
     try {
       boolean ignored = executorService.awaitTermination(5000L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+      // Ignore InterruptedException during shutdown.
     }
     if (process == null) {
       return;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ void stop() {
     try {
       process.waitFor();
     } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+      // Ignore InterruptedException during shutdown.
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GceMetadataUtil.java b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GceMetadataUtil.java
index e63aa7dc677a..5a867d0fc099 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GceMetadataUtil.java
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GceMetadataUtil.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static String fetchMetadata(String key) {
         }
       }
     } catch (IOException ignored) {
+      LOG.debug("Failed to fetch GCE metadata.", ignored);
     }
 
     // The return value can be an empty string, which may mean it's running on a non DataflowRunner.
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services2/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws2/common/AsyncBatchWriteHandlerTest.java b/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services2/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws2/common/AsyncBatchWriteHandlerTest.java
index 056d856e442c..091872a8747d 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services2/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws2/common/AsyncBatchWriteHandlerTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services2/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws2/common/AsyncBatchWriteHandlerTest.java
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ private void eventually(int attempts, Runnable fun) {
         fun.run();
         return;
       } catch (AssertionError | InterruptedException t) {
+        // Ignore and try again.
       }
     }
     fun.run();
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/changestreams/dao/DaoFactory.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/changestreams/dao/DaoFactory.java
index c4d83c298c8e..1545c8eb86d7 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/changestreams/dao/DaoFactory.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/changestreams/dao/DaoFactory.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public void close() {
         BigtableChangeStreamAccessor.getOrCreate(changeStreamConfig).close();
       }
     } catch (Exception ignored) {
+      // Ignore exceptions on close.
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/healthcare/FhirIO.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/healthcare/FhirIO.java
index 0fbd2a1b45a7..b72b39d6f573 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/healthcare/FhirIO.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/healthcare/FhirIO.java
@@ -1540,6 +1540,7 @@ private int parseBundleStatus(String status) {
         try {
           statusCode = Integer.parseInt(status.substring(0, 3));
         } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException | NumberFormatException ignored) {
+          // Ignore parsing exception so we can return the default 404
         }
         return statusCode;
       }
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/TestPubsub.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/TestPubsub.java
index 2736424e8dc0..a55de012d383 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/TestPubsub.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/TestPubsub.java
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ public List<PubsubMessage> waitForNMessages(int n, Duration timeoutDuration)
       try {
         Thread.sleep(1000);
       } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+        // Ignore interrupt and continue polling.
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/TestPubsubSignal.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/TestPubsubSignal.java
index 1d430ac4a6b6..f11ba9555a80 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/TestPubsubSignal.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/TestPubsubSignal.java
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ private String pollForResultForDuration(
       try {
         Thread.sleep(1000);
       } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+        // Ignore interrupt and continue polling.
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtils.java b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtils.java
index 855fcf7d1e19..947c14f2d1d4 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtils.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtils.java
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ private static LocalDateTime getLocalDateTime(String value) {
         datetime = LocalDateTime.parse(value, formatter);
         return datetime;
       } catch (DateTimeParseException ignored) {
+        // Ignore and try the next formatter.
       }
     }
     return LocalDateTime.of(LocalDate.parse(value), LocalTime.MIN);
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/Call.java b/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/Call.java
index ab73946534cd..89ccc1c62de2 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/Call.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/Call.java
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ public void teardown() throws UserCodeExecutionException {
       try {
         boolean ignored = executor.awaitTermination(3L, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
       } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+        // Ignore the interrupt during teardown.
       }
     }
 
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@ private void backoffIfNeeded(BackOff backOff, Sleeper sleeper) {
           incIfPresent(sleeperCounter);
           sleeper.sleep(backOff.nextBackOffMillis());
         } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+          // Ignore the interrupt and try again.
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/Repeater.java b/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/Repeater.java
index e9a7666d2a1d..0627d77fed29 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/Repeater.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/Repeater.java
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ OutputT apply(InputT input) throws UserCodeExecutionException {
         }
         latestError = Optional.of(e);
       } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+        // Ignore the interrupt and try again.
       }
       incIfPresent(getBackoffCounter());
       waitFor = getBackOff().nextBackOffMillis();
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/EchoGRPCCallerWithSetupTeardown.java b/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/EchoGRPCCallerWithSetupTeardown.java
index 22e2ff9b1a1f..b2c2b634bb0a 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/EchoGRPCCallerWithSetupTeardown.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/rrio/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/io/requestresponse/EchoGRPCCallerWithSetupTeardown.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public void teardown() throws UserCodeExecutionException {
       try {
         boolean ignored = cachedManagedChannel.awaitTermination(1L, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
       } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+        // Ignore the InterruptedException on shutdown.
       }
     }
   }