Dear Olly,
I have installed and activated the “Countdown” plugin on a client’s website.
After activation, an info message appears with a Dismiss button to close it.

However, when I click the Dismiss button, a popup window appears with the message “Error:” and an OK button. After clicking OK, the Dismiss notification does not disappear.

I experienced the same issue a few months ago with another client.
In both cases, I installed the “Countdown” plugin recently.
For clients where the plugin has been installed for a long time, this problem does not occur. It only happens on websites where I add the plugin newly.