fix: Fix syntax warning

This is a syntax error in Python 3.8+ (it was deprecated earlier and became an error). The return statement should be moved outside the finally block.

We've never noticed this, but we can see it because of the new github action added on https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-python/pull/404

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@ jobs:
               run: |
                   pytest --verbose --timeout=30
 
+    import-check:
+        name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} import check
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        strategy:
+            matrix:
+                python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@85e6279cec87321a52edac9c87bce653a07cf6c2
+              with:
+                  fetch-depth: 1
+
+            - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+              uses: actions/setup-python@8d9ed9ac5c53483de85588cdf95a591a75ab9f55
+              with:
+                  python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+            - name: Install posthog
+              run: pip install .
+
+            - name: Check import produces no warnings
+              run: python -W error -c "import posthog"
+
     django5-integration:
         name: Django 5 integration tests
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 7.5.1 - 2026-01-08
+
+fix: Fix incorrect syntax with `return` inside `finally` block
+
 # 7.5.0 - 2026-01-06
 
 feat: Capture Langchain, OpenAI and Anthropic errors as exceptions (if exception autocapture is enabled)

posthog/consumer.py

@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ class Consumer(Thread):
             # mark items as acknowledged from queue
             for item in batch:
                 self.queue.task_done()
-            return success
+
+        return success
 
     def next(self):
         """Return the next batch of items to upload."""

posthog/version.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = "7.5.0"
+VERSION = "7.5.1"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(VERSION, end="")  # noqa: T201