26.2 Release Candidate 1 — release journal

What 26.2-rc-1 changed for data packs, measured against 26.2-pre-6, the build before it. Released 2026-06-11; development build — not a release.

💡 No measured change

Same data pack format, same registries. That is the strongest safe-for-data-packs signal a diff can give, and it is still not proof — behaviour changes and bug fixes are invisible to it.

Formats

26.2-pre-626.2-rc-1
Data pack format107.1107.1
Resource pack format88.088.0
Data version49004901

Registries

No registry gained, lost or changed an entry.

The official notes

Read the 26.2 Release Candidate 1 article on minecraft.net.

The article has no technical-changes section — it lists bug fixes only, or predates that heading.

Minecraft Wiki page for 26.2-rc-1.

In the journal

← 26.2-pre-6 · All builds · 26.2-rc-2 →

Sources