Versioning consistency and bump both the XPI and backend to version 0.2.0

backend/app/core/config.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ## Copyright © 2026 Olaf Kolkman
 ## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+import json
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
 DB_PATH = BASE_DIR / 'data' / 'linklog.db'
+VERSION_FILE = BASE_DIR.parent / 'frontend' / 'version.json'
 
 
 def normalize_public_url(value: str) -> str:
@@ -20,11 +22,19 @@ def normalize_public_url(value: str) -> str:
     return f'{scheme}://{value}'
 
 
+def load_version() -> str:
+    # frontend/version.json is the single source of truth for the app version, shared by backend and frontend.
+    try:
+        return json.loads(VERSION_FILE.read_text())['version']
+    except (OSError, KeyError, ValueError):
+        return '0.0.0'
+
+
 @dataclass
 class Settings:
     app_env: str = os.getenv('APP_ENV', 'development').lower()
     app_name: str = os.getenv('LINKLOG_APP_NAME', 'LinkLog')
-    version: str = os.getenv('LINKLOG_VERSION', '0.1.1')
+    version: str = field(default_factory=load_version)
     database_url: str = os.getenv('LINKLOG_DATABASE_URL', f'sqlite:///{DB_PATH}')
     secret_key: str = os.getenv('LINKLOG_SECRET_KEY', 'dev-secret-key-change-me')
     data_encryption_key: str = os.getenv('LINKLOG_DATA_ENCRYPTION_KEY', '')