diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index d32f9f44..91704e43 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- **CLI telemetry shutdown no longer leaks a "Timeout while shutting down PostHog" exception.** `@posthog/core` rejects `_shutdown` when the flush exceeds the timeout; the rejection could win the race in `shutdownTelemetryWithTimeout`, becoming an unhandled rejection that exception autocapture re-reported to PostHog daily and that skipped the CLI's final `process.exit`. The rejection is now swallowed — a slow telemetry flush is expected and silent.
+
 - **Share cards no longer 500 on webp images.** Satori (next/og) can't decode webp, so a webp hero image or avatar (even one with a `.jpg` extension) crashed the whole card render in production. `lib/og-safe-image.ts` now fetches images server-side, format-sniffs them via magic bytes, and passes them through as data URIs only when satori supports them (PNG/JPEG/GIF); unsupported or unfetchable images fall back to the existing no-image layout. Applied to all three affected routes — `/post/[id]` (OG + Twitter), `/api/posts/[id]/share-image`, and `/join/[username]`.
 
 - **OG image loaders no longer fetch arbitrary user-controlled URLs.** `users.avatar_url` is stored verbatim from `PATCH /api/users/me`, so a server-side fetch of it was an SSRF probe. Both loaders now apply the same storage allowlist `/api/posts/[id]/share-image` already used (`isAllowedAvatarUrl` for avatars, the `post-images` bucket for hero images) and never fetch anything outside it. Fetches are also bounded by a 3 s deadline and a 5 MiB cap so a slow or oversized third-party response can't hold the render open or exhaust function memory.
diff --git a/packages/cli/__tests__/telemetry.test.ts b/packages/cli/__tests__/telemetry.test.ts
index 5dbba0e9..4995e6f2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/__tests__/telemetry.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/__tests__/telemetry.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ vi.mock("../src/lib/posthog.js", () => ({
   posthog: {
     capture: vi.fn(),
     captureException: vi.fn(),
+    _shutdown: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve()),
   },
 }));
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   isPushInvocation,
   reportCliException,
   reportUsagePushFailed,
+  shutdownTelemetryWithTimeout,
 } from "../src/lib/telemetry.js";
 
 const mockCapture = vi.mocked(posthog.capture);
@@ -73,4 +75,45 @@ describe("telemetry", () => {
       { command: "login" },
     );
   });
+
+  it("swallows the posthog shutdown-timeout rejection instead of propagating it", async () => {
+    // @posthog/core rejects _shutdown with this string when flush exceeds the
+    // timeout. If it propagates, it becomes an unhandled rejection that
+    // exception autocapture re-reports and that skips the final process.exit.
+    vi.mocked(posthog._shutdown).mockRejectedValueOnce(
+      "Timeout while shutting down PostHog. Some events may not have been sent.",
+    );
+
+    await expect(shutdownTelemetryWithTimeout(10)).resolves.toBeTypeOf("number");
+  });
+
+  it("stays quiet when the local timer wins and the rejection lands later", async () => {
+    // posthog's own timeout and ours are both 150 ms, so the rejection can land
+    // after the local timer already resolved. Promise.race subscribes to both
+    // inputs, so that late rejection is already handled — this pins that down
+    // so a refactor away from Promise.race can't silently reintroduce a
+    // late unhandled rejection.
+    const unhandled = vi.fn();
+    process.on("unhandledRejection", unhandled);
+    try {
+      vi.mocked(posthog._shutdown).mockReturnValueOnce(
+        new Promise((_resolve, reject) =>
+          setTimeout(
+            () =>
+              reject(
+                "Timeout while shutting down PostHog. Some events may not have been sent.",
+              ),
+            20,
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      await expect(shutdownTelemetryWithTimeout(1)).resolves.toBeTypeOf("number");
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 60));
+
+      expect(unhandled).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    } finally {
+      process.off("unhandledRejection", unhandled);
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index 0773ed76..1a1450c8 100755
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -246,4 +246,11 @@ main()
     }
     console.error(`Error: ${errorMessage(err)}`);
   })
-  .finally(() => shutdownTelemetryWithTimeout().then(() => process.exit(exitCode)));
+  .finally(() =>
+    // Telemetry shutdown must never decide whether the process exits: if it
+    // rejects, `.then` is skipped and the CLI hangs on the event loop with an
+    // unhandled rejection instead of returning its exit code.
+    shutdownTelemetryWithTimeout()
+      .catch(() => {})
+      .then(() => process.exit(exitCode)),
+  );
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/telemetry.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/telemetry.ts
index b6806fa1..3acc4a3b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/telemetry.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/telemetry.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ export async function shutdownTelemetryWithTimeout(
   let timer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
   try {
     await Promise.race([
-      posthog._shutdown(timeoutMs),
+      // @posthog/core rejects _shutdown when flush exceeds the timeout. A
+      // slow/failed telemetry flush must never surface: unhandled, it gets
+      // re-captured by exception autocapture and skips the final process.exit.
+      posthog._shutdown(timeoutMs).catch(() => {}),
       new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
         timer = setTimeout(resolve, timeoutMs);
         timer.unref?.();