--- a/sos/report/plugins/coredump.py
+++ b/sos/report/plugins/coredump.py
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
             cdump = line.split()
             pid = cdump[4]
             exe = cdump[-2]
-            if regex := self.get_option("executable"):
-                if not re.search(regex, exe, re.I):
+            if self.get_option("executable"):
+                if not re.search(self.get_option("executable"), exe, re.I):
                     continue
             cinfo = self.collect_cmd_output(f"coredumpctl info {pid}")
             if cinfo['status'] != 0:
--- a/sos/collector/sosnode.py
+++ b/sos/collector/sosnode.py
@@ -372,7 +372,8 @@
             for line in result.splitlines():
                 if not is_list:
                     try:
-                        if ls := line.split():
+                        ls = line.split()
+                        if ls:
                             res.append(ls[0])
                     except Exception as err:
                         self.log_debug(f"Error parsing sos help: {err}")
--- a/sos/report/plugins/mongodb.py
+++ b/sos/report/plugins/mongodb.py
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@
     )
 
     def setup(self):
-        if get_juju_info := self.path_exists('/var/lib/juju/db'):
+        if self.path_exists('/var/lib/juju/db'):
+            get_juju_info = self.path_exists('/var/lib/juju/db')
             self.db_folder = "/var/lib/juju/db"
-        elif get_juju_info := self.path_exists('/var/snap/juju-db/curent/db'):
+        elif self.path_exists('/var/snap/juju-db/curent/db'):
+            get_juju_info = self.path_exists('/var/snap/juju-db/curent/db')
             self.db_folder = "/var/snap/juju-db/current/db"
 
         super().setup()
--- a/sos/report/plugins/loki.py	2025-11-24 11:20:56.237814760 +0100
+++ b/sos/report/plugins/loki.py	2025-11-24 11:28:37.466603011 +0100
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@
         if self.get_option("collect-logs"):
             endpoint = self.get_option("endpoint") or "http://localhost:3100"
             self.labels = []
-            if labels_option := self.get_option("labels"):
+            labels_option = self.get_option("labels")
+            if labels_option:
                 if isinstance(labels_option, str) and labels_option:
                     self.labels.extend(labels_option.split(":"))

--- a/sos/cleaner/archives/__init__.py	2025-09-22 19:44:51.272619200 +0200
+++ b/sos/cleaner/archives/__init__.py	2025-09-22 23:28:15.116001268 +0200
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ class SoSObfuscationArchive():
         self.parsers = parsers  # TODO: include this in __init__?
 
     def load_parser_entries(self):
+        self.soslog = logging.getLogger('sos')
+        self.ui_log = logging.getLogger('sos_ui')
         for parser in self.parsers:
             parser.load_map_entries()
 
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ class SoSObfuscationArchive():
         return line, count
 
     def obfuscate_arc_files(self, flist):
+        self.load_parser_entries()
         for filename in flist:
             self.log_debug(f"    pid={os.getpid()}: obfuscating {filename}")
             try:
--- a/sos/cleaner/__init__.py	2025-09-22 19:44:51.272619200 +0200
+++ b/sos/cleaner/__init__.py	2025-09-22 23:32:17.606745778 +0200
@@ -720,10 +720,11 @@ third party.
             # based on files' sizes.
 
             files_obfuscated_count = total_sub_count = removed_file_count = 0
+            # two nullification required before processes cloning
+            archive.soslog = None
+            archive.ui_log = None
             archive_list = [archive for i in range(self.opts.jobs)]
-            with ProcessPoolExecutor(
-                    max_workers=self.opts.jobs,
-                    initializer=archive.load_parser_entries) as executor:
+            with ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=self.opts.jobs) as executor:
                 futures = executor.map(obfuscate_arc_files, archive_list,
                                        [file_list[i::self.opts.jobs] for i in
                                         range(self.opts.jobs)])

--- a/sos/collector/sosnode.py	2026-04-02 10:15:34.743009569 +0200
+++ b/sos/collector/sosnode.py	2026-04-02 10:17:42.557250748 +0200
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
         if not self._sudo_binary:
             _bin = self.opts.sudo_binary.split('/')[-1]
             # verify the provided binary is at least in our PATH
-            if ret := self.run_command(f"command -v {_bin}"):
+            ret = self.run_command(f"command -v {_bin}")
+            if ret:
                 if not ret['status'] == 0:
                     err = f"Privilege escalation command not in PATH: {_bin}"
                     self.log_error(err)

--- a/sos/report/plugins/logs.py	2026-04-02 10:19:59.641196712 +0200
+++ b/sos/report/plugins/logs.py	2026-04-02 10:20:28.313299348 +0200
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
                         # this WILL break on anything other than basic echos
                         # as shown in the rsyslog documentation
                         if _ent.startswith('echo '):
-                            if envc := os.getenv(_ent.split()[1].strip(' $`')):
+                            envc = os.getenv(_ent.split()[1].strip(' $`'))
+                            if envc:
                                 confs += glob.glob(envc)
                         else:
                             confs += glob.glob(_ent)