September 4, 2026
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.