fix: Clear feature flag called cache on close

[marandaneto]

💡 Motivation and Context

PostHogStateless.close() shut down the queue and feature flag provider but left the in-memory feature flag called cache populated. If the same SDK instance is closed and set up again, stale cache entries can suppress future $feature_flag_called events for values that were only seen before shutdown.

This PR clears the feature flag called cache during close and adds regression coverage for that behavior.

💚 How did you test it?

• make stop && ./gradlew :posthog:test --tests "com.posthog.PostHogStatelessTest.close clears feature flag called cache"
• make checkFormat

📝 Checklist

• I reviewed the submitted code.
• I added tests to verify the changes.
• I updated the docs if needed.
• No breaking change or entry added to the changelog.

If releasing new changes

• Ran pnpm changeset to generate a changeset file

🤖 Agent context

Autonomy: Human-driven (agent-assisted)

An OpenAI API coding agent prepared this PR using the existing dedicated fix/ff-called-cache-shutdown worktree. The branch was fast-forwarded to the latest main before committing because it was behind the base branch.

The implementation is intentionally narrow: clear the existing feature flag called cache during SDK close, add a regression test, and add a patch changeset for the affected release packages.

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posthog-android Compliance Report

Date: 2026-06-24 17:47:50 UTC
Duration: 119619ms

⚠️ Some Tests Failed

38/45 tests passed, 7 failed

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Capture Tests

⚠️ 28/29 tests passed, 1 failed

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Test	Status	Duration
Format Validation.Event Has Required Fields	✅	330ms
Format Validation.Event Has Uuid	✅	27ms
Format Validation.Event Has Lib Properties	✅	27ms
Format Validation.Distinct Id Is String	✅	29ms
Format Validation.Token Is Present	✅	27ms
Format Validation.Custom Properties Preserved	✅	24ms
Format Validation.Event Has Timestamp	✅	25ms
Retry Behavior.Retries On 503	✅	7021ms
Retry Behavior.Does Not Retry On 400	✅	4022ms
Retry Behavior.Does Not Retry On 401	✅	4022ms
Retry Behavior.Respects Retry After Header	✅	7026ms
Retry Behavior.Implements Backoff	✅	17035ms
Retry Behavior.Retries On 500	✅	7013ms
Retry Behavior.Retries On 502	✅	7020ms
Retry Behavior.Retries On 504	✅	7020ms
Retry Behavior.Max Retries Respected	✅	17022ms
Deduplication.Generates Unique Uuids	✅	38ms
Deduplication.Preserves Uuid On Retry	✅	7012ms
Deduplication.Preserves Uuid And Timestamp On Retry	✅	12028ms
Deduplication.Preserves Uuid And Timestamp On Batch Retry	✅	7016ms
Deduplication.No Duplicate Events In Batch	✅	32ms
Deduplication.Different Events Have Different Uuids	✅	24ms
Compression.Sends Gzip When Enabled	✅	18ms
Batch Format.Uses Proper Batch Structure	✅	16ms
Batch Format.Flush With No Events Sends Nothing	✅	11ms
Batch Format.Multiple Events Batched Together	✅	30ms
Error Handling.Does Not Retry On 403	✅	4017ms
Error Handling.Does Not Retry On 413	❌	4014ms
Error Handling.Retries On 408	✅	5029ms

Failures

error_handling.does_not_retry_on_413

Expected 1 requests, got 2

Feature_Flags Tests

⚠️ 10/16 tests passed, 6 failed

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Test	Status	Duration
Request Payload.Request With Person Properties Device Id	❌	31ms
Request Payload.Flags Request Uses V2 Query Param	✅	19ms
Request Payload.Flags Request Hits Flags Path Not Decide	✅	22ms
Request Payload.Flags Request Omits Authorization Header	✅	22ms
Request Payload.Token In Flags Body Matches Init	✅	24ms
Request Payload.Groups Round Trip	✅	20ms
Request Payload.Groups Default To Empty Object	❌	23ms
Request Payload.Person Properties Distinct Id Auto Populated When Caller Omits It	❌	22ms
Request Payload.Disable Geoip False Propagates As Geoip Disable False	❌	21ms
Request Payload.Disable Geoip Omitted Defaults To False	❌	20ms
Request Payload.Flag Keys To Evaluate Contains Only Requested Key	❌	19ms
Request Lifecycle.No Flags Request On Init Alone	✅	9ms
Request Lifecycle.No Flags Request On Normal Capture	✅	26ms
Request Lifecycle.Two Flag Calls Produce Two Remote Requests	✅	2025ms
Request Lifecycle.Mock Response Value Is Returned To Caller	✅	19ms
Side Effect Events.Get Feature Flag Captures Feature Flag Called Event	✅	20ms

Failures

request_payload.request_with_person_properties_device_id

Expected distinct_id='test_user_123', got '019efabe-cb72-7be6-8d6a-b82fa642725e'

request_payload.groups_default_to_empty_object

Field 'groups' not found in /flags request body at path 'groups'. Available keys: ['$anon_distinct_id', '$device_id', 'api_key', 'distinct_id', 'timezone', 'person_properties']

request_payload.person_properties_distinct_id_auto_populated_when_caller_omits_it

Field 'distinct_id' not found in /flags request body at path 'person_properties.distinct_id'. Available keys: ['$lib', '$lib_version', 'email']

request_payload.disable_geoip_false_propagates_as_geoip_disable_false

Field 'geoip_disable' not found in /flags request body at path 'geoip_disable'. Available keys: ['$anon_distinct_id', '$device_id', 'api_key', 'distinct_id', 'timezone', 'person_properties']

request_payload.disable_geoip_omitted_defaults_to_false

Field 'geoip_disable' not found in /flags request body at path 'geoip_disable'. Available keys: ['$anon_distinct_id', '$device_id', 'api_key', 'distinct_id', 'timezone', 'person_properties']

request_payload.flag_keys_to_evaluate_contains_only_requested_key

Field 'flag_keys_to_evaluate' not found in /flags request body at path 'flag_keys_to_evaluate'. Available keys: ['$anon_distinct_id', '$device_id', 'api_key', 'distinct_id', 'timezone', 'person_properties']

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