fix: default send_feature_flags false for capture_exception (#278)

* default send_feature_flags false

* bump version

Author: oliverb123

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 6.0.2 - 2025-07-02
+
+- fix: send_feature_flags changed to default to false in `Client::capture_exception`
+
 # 6.0.1
 
 - fix: response `$process_person_profile` property when passed to capture

posthog/args.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class OptionalCaptureArgs(TypedDict):
             error ID if you capture an exception).
         groups: Group identifiers to associate with this event (format: {group_type: group_key})
         send_feature_flags: Whether to include currently active feature flags in the event properties.
-            Defaults to True
+            Defaults to False
         disable_geoip: Whether to disable GeoIP lookup for this event. Defaults to False.
     """
 

posthog/client.py

@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ def capture_exception(
     ):
         distinct_id = kwargs.get("distinct_id", None)
         properties = kwargs.get("properties", None)
-        send_feature_flags = kwargs.get("send_feature_flags", True)
+        send_feature_flags = kwargs.get("send_feature_flags", False)
         disable_geoip = kwargs.get("disable_geoip", None)
         # this function shouldn't ever throw an error, so it logs exceptions instead of raising them.
         # this is important to ensure we don't unexpectedly re-raise exceptions in the user's code.

posthog/version.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = "6.0.1"
+VERSION = "6.0.2"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(VERSION, end="")  # noqa: T201