Handle invalid versions gracefully for all list formats

Author: ichard26

news/13345.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+``pip list`` with the ``json`` or ``freeze`` format enabled will no longer
+crash when encountering a package with an invalid version.

src/pip/_internal/commands/list.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Generator, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, cast
 
 from pip._vendor.packaging.utils import canonicalize_name
-from pip._vendor.packaging.version import Version
+from pip._vendor.packaging.version import InvalidVersion, Version
 
 from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
 from pip._internal.cli.index_command import IndexGroupCommand
@@ -285,12 +285,14 @@ def output_package_listing(
             self.output_package_listing_columns(data, header)
         elif options.list_format == "freeze":
             for dist in packages:
+                try:
+                    req_string = f"{dist.raw_name}=={dist.version}"
+                except InvalidVersion:
+                    req_string = f"{dist.raw_name}==={dist.raw_version}"
                 if options.verbose >= 1:
-                    write_output(
-                        "%s==%s (%s)", dist.raw_name, dist.version, dist.location
-                    )
+                    write_output("%s (%s)", req_string, dist.location)
                 else:
-                    write_output("%s==%s", dist.raw_name, dist.version)
+                    write_output(req_string)
         elif options.list_format == "json":
             write_output(format_for_json(packages, options))
 
@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@ def format_for_json(packages: "_ProcessedDists", options: Values) -> str:
     for dist in packages:
         info = {
             "name": dist.raw_name,
-            "version": str(dist.version),
+            "version": dist.raw_version,
         }
         if options.verbose >= 1:
             info["location"] = dist.location or ""

tests/functional/test_invalid_versions_and_specifiers.py

@@ -96,12 +96,15 @@ def test_upgrade_require_invalid_version(
     script.pip("install", "--index-url", index_url, "require-invalid-version")
 
 
-def test_list_invalid_version(script: PipTestEnvironment, data: TestData) -> None:
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("format", ["columns", "freeze", "json"])
+def test_list_invalid_version(
+    script: PipTestEnvironment, data: TestData, format: str
+) -> None:
     """
     Test that pip can list an environment containing a package with a legacy version.
     """
     _install_invalid_version(script, data)
-    script.pip("list")
+    script.pip("list", f"--format={format}")
 
 
 def test_freeze_invalid_version(script: PipTestEnvironment, data: TestData) -> None: