Java Edition 1.20.5 Release Candidate 1

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Minecraft 1.20.5 Release Candidate 1
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1.20.5 Release Candidate 1 (known as 1.20.5-rc1 in the launcher) is the first release candidate for Java Edition 1.20.5, released on April 18, 2024,[1] which fixes bugs and introduces network protocol changes. This is the first release candidate released in 2024.

Changes

General

Protocol

  • Changed the approach to game client disconnecting on invalid data in packets sent from a server.
    • To ease the transition period, modded servers can opt out by setting the appropriate field in the handshake/game_profile packet.
    • This option will be removed in the next release.

Fixes

2 issues fixed

From the previous development version

Videos

Video made by slicedlime:

References

Sources