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September 4, 2026

Minecraft 26.3 Pre-Release 2: Major Bug Squashing Marathon

Minecraft 26.3 Pre-Release 2: Major Bug Squashing Marathon

Stability and Polish Focus

This second pre-release is entirely dedicated to squashing game-breaking bugs and smoothing out performance issues before the official launch. Expect a much more stable experience as the team hammers out these final technical kinks.

Critical Technical Fixes

  • Particle Visibility: Fixed multiple issues where particles were invisible to other players.
  • Rendering Fixes: Resolved severe graphics errors for Snapdragon users and fullscreen cursor bugs.
  • Data Pack Update: The version is now bumped to 120.0 with minor tag renames.

Various UI fixes, input freezing patches, and desync resolutions were included. A massive technical cleanup phase that finally fixes long-standing visual desyncs.

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