move distinct_id protection lower

Author: daibhin

posthog/client.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from uuid import UUID
+from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 
 from dateutil.tz import tzutc
 from six import string_types
@@ -373,6 +373,13 @@ def capture_exception(
         # this is important to ensure we don't unexpectedly re-raise exceptions in the user's code.
         try:
             properties = properties or {}
+
+            # if there's no distinct_id, we'll generate one and set personless mode
+            # via $process_person_profile = false
+            if distinct_id is None:
+                properties["$process_person_profile"] = False
+                distinct_id = uuid4()
+
             require("distinct_id", distinct_id, ID_TYPES)
             require("properties", properties, dict)
 

posthog/exception_capture.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 import threading
-import uuid
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional
 
@@ -60,14 +59,6 @@ def exception_receiver(self, exc_info, extra_properties):
     def capture_exception(self, exception, metadata=None):
         try:
             distinct_id = metadata.get("distinct_id") if metadata else None
-
-            # if there's no distinct_id, we'll generate one and set personless mode
-            # via $process_person_profile = false
-            properties = {}
-            if distinct_id is None:
-                properties["$process_person_profile"] = False
-                distinct_id = uuid.uuid4()
-
-            self.client.capture_exception(exception, distinct_id, properties)
+            self.client.capture_exception(exception, distinct_id)
         except Exception as e:
             self.log.exception(f"Failed to capture exception: {e}")