From 9eb102a96fa81b13f7452c88a5b4bebaf2624448 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20Kr=C3=BChlmann?= <andreas@kruhlmann.dev>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 03:57:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fail on missing version

---
 .../dev/kruhlmann/imgfloat/service/VersionService.java    | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/kruhlmann/imgfloat/service/VersionService.java b/src/main/java/dev/kruhlmann/imgfloat/service/VersionService.java
index d9c5c7e..80d845f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/kruhlmann/imgfloat/service/VersionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/kruhlmann/imgfloat/service/VersionService.java
@@ -69,16 +69,12 @@ public class VersionService {
         }
     }
 
-    private String normalizeReleaseVersion(String baseVersion) {
-        if (baseVersion == null || baseVersion.isBlank()) {
-            return "latest";
-        }
-
+    private String normalizeReleaseVersion(String baseVersion) throws IllegalStateException {
         String normalized = baseVersion.trim();
         normalized = normalized.replaceFirst("(?i)^v", "");
         normalized = normalized.replaceFirst("-SNAPSHOT$", "");
         if (normalized.isBlank()) {
-            return "latest";
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid version: " + baseVersion);
         }
         return normalized;
     }