Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 Pre-Release 3 changelog

The road to release continues with pre-release 3! Today we're tackling another batch of bug fixes as we prepare for a full release of 26.3.

Happy Mining!

Technical Changes

• The Data Pack version is now 121.0

Number Providers

Changed minecraft:mod Float Provider Type

• Now uses standard modulus instead of floor modulus, matching the int variant

Changed minecraft:pow Float Provider Type

• Raising 0 to the power of 0 will now cause an error and halt computation, matching the int variant

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Pre-Release 3

• MC-309262 - Falling blocks disappear for a split second when landing
• MC-310189 - The post_effect debug overlay entry does not upgrade to post_effects
• MC-311113 - The game does not hand off focus when clicking links on Wayland
• MC-311419 - Breaking a falling block with another one on top causes the top block to briefly become invisible when landing, revealing unlit block particles
• MC-311579 - The player can see through blocks when the camera is inside snow layers
• MC-311631 - Changing the "Exclusive Fullscreen Mode" option does not update the game's actual resolution on macOS
• MC-311634 - Setting the "Exclusive Fullscreen Mode" option to "Current" keeps the previously selected resolution
• MC-311650 - Integer and float number providers return inconsistent results for 0^0
• MC-311651 - Integer and float number providers return inconsistent results for (4 % -3)
• MC-311664 - Normal fullscreen does not take effect after disabling the "Exclusive Fullscreen" option on Windows
• MC-311673 - Shovels no longer lose durability when extinguishing campfires
• MC-311676 - Block breaking particles and sounds are not cancelled and continue appearing when pausing the game in multiplayer or using a portal
• MC-311678 - Damaging a villager so that it has zero reputation toward the player while trading allows for trades to be completed without payment
• MC-311679 - Players can complete trades without payment if the villager restocks while the trading screen is open
• MC-311683 - Borderless fullscreen doesn't take up the whole screen
• MC-311714 - Players no longer immediately benefit from the "Reduce fps when" option being set to "Minimized" when playing with the "Exclusive Fullscreen" option enabled and then switching focus
• MC-311721 - The rightmost column of pixels does not render correctly in windowed mode
• MC-311722 - Pressing Windows+↓ in fullscreen mode incorrectly restores the game window to a borderless windowed state
• MC-311738 - The block hitting sound is not played when breaking blocks that are destroyed quickly

Get the Pre-Release

Pre-Releases are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Pre-Release, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

• Minecraft issue tracker!

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