release: prepare analytics 5.3.0 (#186)

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Author: tylerjroach

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v5.3.0](https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/tree/v5.3.0) (2026-07-24)
+
+### Fixes
+- close _async_client on sync __exit__ and shutdown() (SDK-85) ([#184](https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/pull/184))
+- allow capability to offload reportExposure to async thread (SDK-80) ([#181](https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/pull/181))
+- distinguish fallback reasons + forward backend error message (SDK-79, SDK-83) ([#180](https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/pull/180))
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/compare/v5.2.0...v5.3.0)
+
 ## [v5.2.0](https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/tree/v5.2.0) (2026-07-10)
 
 ### Features

README.md

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 # mixpanel-python
 
-##### _July 10, 2026_ - [v5.2.0](https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/releases/tag/v5.2.0)
+##### _July 24, 2026_ - [v5.3.0](https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/releases/tag/v5.3.0)
 
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/mixpanel)](https://pypi.org/project/mixpanel)
 [![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/mixpanel)](https://pypi.org/project/mixpanel)

mixpanel/__init__.py

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 from .flags.remote_feature_flags import RemoteFeatureFlagsProvider
 from .flags.types import LocalFlagsConfig, RemoteFlagsConfig
 
-__version__ = "5.2.0"
+__version__ = "5.3.0"
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)