[Question]: Postgres 13.5 instance started reporting "extension not found while getting version"

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What type of bug is this?

Unexpected error

What subsystems and features are affected?

Platform/OS

What happened?

Postgres 13.5 instance started reporting "extension not found while getting version" out of the blue. Connections failef like this:

psql:/home/postgres/.psqlrc:21: ERROR:  XX000: extension not found while getting version
LOCATION:  extension_version, extension_utils.c:108

I found next to nothing on the web about this. Can anyone lend some clarity to this error mesage?

TimescaleDB version affected

2.5.1

PostgreSQL version used

13.5

What operating system did you use?

Ubuntu 20.4

What installation method did you use?

Deb/Apt

What platform did you run on?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Relevant log output and stack trace

No response

How can we reproduce the bug?

Root Cause unknown, however, psql would error like so every connection attempt:

psql:/home/postgres/.psqlrc:21: ERROR:  XX000: extension not found while getting version
LOCATION:  extension_version, extension_utils.c:108

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