chore: release v0.2.9

Ensure error messages are always strings before rendering to prevent
React error #310 (invalid React child - object).

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Happy <yesreply@happy.engineering>

artifacthub-pkg.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Artifact Hub package metadata file
 # https://github.com/artifacthub/hub/blob/master/docs/metadata/artifacthub-pkg.yml
-version: 0.2.8
+version: 0.2.9
 name: headlamp-sealed-secrets
 displayName: Sealed Secrets Plugin for Headlamp
 createdAt: "2026-02-12T00:00:00Z"
 description: A comprehensive Headlamp plugin for managing Bitnami Sealed Secrets with client-side encryption and RBAC-aware UI
 license: Apache-2.0
 homeURL: https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-sealed-secrets-plugin
-appVersion: 0.2.8
+appVersion: 0.2.9
 containersImages:
   - name: sealed-secrets-controller
     image: docker.io/bitnami/sealed-secrets-controller:v0.24.0
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ keywords:
   - encryption
   - security
 annotations:
-  headlamp/plugin/archive-url: "https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-sealed-secrets-plugin/releases/download/v0.2.8/headlamp-sealed-secrets-0.2.8.tar.gz"
-  headlamp/plugin/archive-checksum: sha256:83ba4a09a1b7cfc6ce422f0f62232959d1d4b087cf9f34f4d27241e6c9c838e3
+  headlamp/plugin/archive-url: "https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-sealed-secrets-plugin/releases/download/v0.2.9/headlamp-sealed-secrets-0.2.9.tar.gz"
+  headlamp/plugin/archive-checksum: sha256:196f58dcd823a1e1b20b061eb22583121e6cd19bf7491c7dcc72658dc7fd15bc
   headlamp/plugin/version-compat: ">=0.13.0"
   headlamp/plugin/distro-compat: "desktop,in-cluster,web,docker-desktop"
 links:

headlamp-sealed-secrets/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "headlamp-sealed-secrets",
-  "version": "0.2.8",
+  "version": "0.2.9",
   "description": "Headlamp plugin for Bitnami Sealed Secrets - manage encrypted Kubernetes secrets",
   "files": [
     "dist",

headlamp-sealed-secrets/src/components/VersionWarning.tsx

@@ -32,14 +32,24 @@ export function VersionWarning({ autoDetect = true, showDetails = false }: Versi
     setLoading(true);
     setError(null);
 
-    const result = await SealedSecret.detectApiVersion();
+    try {
+      const result = await SealedSecret.detectApiVersion();
 
-    if (result.ok) {
-      setDetectedVersion(result.value);
-      setError(null);
-    } else if (result.ok === false) {
+      if (result.ok) {
+        setDetectedVersion(result.value);
+        setError(null);
+      } else if (result.ok === false) {
+        setDetectedVersion(null);
+        // Ensure error is always a string
+        const errorMessage = typeof result.error === 'string'
+          ? result.error
+          : String(result.error);
+        setError(errorMessage);
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Catch any unexpected errors
       setDetectedVersion(null);
-      setError(result.error);
+      setError(e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e));
     }
 
     setLoading(false);
@@ -67,8 +77,8 @@ export function VersionWarning({ autoDetect = true, showDetails = false }: Versi
         }>
           <strong>API Version Detection Failed</strong>
           <br />
-          {error}
-          {error.includes('not found') && (
+          {String(error)}
+          {String(error).includes('not found') && (
             <>
               <br />
               <br />