From 865f0a3eb7aa1983fa88a226de6ece089034a7ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Browne <oliver@posthog.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 22:17:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] default send_feature_flags false

---
 posthog/args.py   | 2 +-
 posthog/client.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/posthog/args.py b/posthog/args.py
index 8b517779..215f194f 100644
--- a/posthog/args.py
+++ b/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.
     """
 
diff --git a/posthog/client.py b/posthog/client.py
index a3b89c9a..3542cc06 100644
--- a/posthog/client.py
+++ b/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.

From 9487f181ea9e12dbc0ff9e71f646aabc3c702226 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Browne <oliver@posthog.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 22:18:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] bump version

---
 CHANGELOG.md       | 4 ++++
 posthog/version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b37aaef0..0aa714b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/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
diff --git a/posthog/version.py b/posthog/version.py
index 6c616acf..54bb7a33 100644
--- a/posthog/version.py
+++ b/posthog/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = "6.0.1"
+VERSION = "6.0.2"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(VERSION, end="")  # noqa: T201