Updated yesterday to 1.16.5-2.2.9. Could not open a Tetra-based workbench. Reverting fixed the issue.

Unable to reproduce. Also would make little to no sense, considering the changes in 2.2.9.
Tested with the following mods:

There really should not be any issues. Most of the update was just updating tags and translation files. The only thing that changed was the Crate null checks, but I don't see how that would cause issues.
Are there any errors in the console when you try to open the table?

NVM. Upgraded again and could not reproduce. Must have been a different issue, maybe in Tetra. Thanks for the quick response!