Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 9

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Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 9

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26.3 Snapshot 9 (known as 26.3-snapshot-9 in the launcher) is the ninth snapshot for Java Edition 26.3, released on August 17, 2026,^[1] which tweaks the teleportation of entities, makes technical changes, and fixes bugs.

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Tags

• Block tags
  • Added #uncarvable
    • Contains blocks that carvers can never carve.
  • Added #dangerous_for_teleportation
    • Contains collection tag defining blocks that are dangerous to teleport on.
  • Added #cat_does_not_teleport_to
    • Contains blocks that cats do not teleport to.
  • Added #enderman_does_not_teleport_to
    • Contains blocks that endermen do not teleport to.
  • Added #shulker_does_not_teleport_to
    • Contains blocks that shulkers do not teleport to.
  • Added #consumable_does_not_teleport_to
    • Contains blocks that entities do not teleport to when they consume food that teleports randomly when eaten.
      • Empty by default.

• Item tags
  • Added #brewing_potion_inputs
    • Contains items that can be placed in a brewing stand potion slot, regardless of whether they are brewing recipe inputs.

• Potion tags
  • Added #douses_fire
    • Contains potions that douse fire blocks when they hit something.
  • Added #hurts_water_sensitive_entities
    • Contains potions that will hurt entities which are sensitive to water (e.g. Endermen).
  • Added #extinguishes_entities
    • Contains potions that can extinguish entities.
  • Added #rehydrates_axolotls
    • Contains potions that will cause axolotls to rehydrate.

UI

• Added a "Right Click Emulation" option to the control settings on macOS, which treats ⎈ Control + left-click as a right-click.
  • Default is set to Off.

Endermen

• Endermen will now take damage from projectiles if they are riding something.
• They no longer attempt to teleport because of environmental damage while riding something.
• They can no longer teleport onto bedrock.

Shulkers

• They can no longer teleport onto bedrock.

Data pack

• The pack format version is now 117.0.

GUI

• The sub-headings and categories in different tabs of Options can now be focused.

Loot functions

• Changed minecraft:sequence
  • Can now only use an inline definition in a top-level file.

Number providers

• Changed minecraft:sum
  • The summands field was renamed to operands and now accepts an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type.
  • Now requires at least one operand.
  • When used in integer mode, integer mode is used for intermediate steps as well.

• Added minecraft:product
  • Fields:
    • operands – a list of numbers as an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type.
  • Returns the product of the operands, multiplying them all together.
  • Requires at least one operand.

• Added minecraft:minimum
  • Fields:
    • operands – a list of numbers as an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type.
  • Returns the minimum value of the operands.
  • Requires at least one operand.

• Added minecraft:maximum
  • Fields:
    • operands – a list of numbers as an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type.
  • Returns the minimum value of the operands.
  • Requires at least one operand.

• Added minecraft:average
  • Fields:
    • operands – a list of numbers as an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type.
  • Returns the average value of the operands.
  • Requires at least one operand.

Slot sources

• Changed minecraft:group
  • Can only use an inline definition in a top-level file.

50 issues fixed

• MC-59810 – Cannot break blocks while sprinting on macOS.
• MC-102836 – Endermen and entities eating chorus fruit can teleport to some dangerous places.
• MC-106416 – Endermen and entities eating chorus fruit can teleport outside the world border and into powder snow.
• MC-183446 – Endermen still avoid projectiles when riding minecart or boat.
• MC-214113 – Endermen and shulkers can teleport onto the Nether roof.
• MC-227008 – Endermen constantly try to teleport when riding a vehicle under daylight.
• MC-273708 – Endermen taking environmental damage attempt to teleport when riding an entity.
• MC-274924 – Angry endermen suffocating while in a boat or minecart can attack their target from really far away.
• MC-296773 – Taken screenshots are rendered as a black image on Intel graphics of Gen7 and Gen7.5 architecture.
• MC-307384 – Screen tearing occurs with the Vulkan rendering backend in fullscreen mode with lower framerates, even if VSync is enabled.
• MC-307596 – The OpenGL rendering backend seems to be very laggy.
• MC-308593 – Animated blocks (notably water and lava) render incorrectly on some graphics.
• MC-309344 – Shelf mushrooms held by foxes clip through their head and muzzle.
• MC-309468 – Dropped shelf mushrooms rotate off-center.
• MC-309479 – The game crashes during the loading screen with the message "Failed to wait for frame completion" on some systems.
• MC-309501 – Dropped shelves rotate off-center.
• MC-309911 – The words "blocks" and "seconds" in the commands.worldborder.set.grow string are always pluralized.
• MC-309918 – The commands.perf.started string is missing a hyphen between the words "10" and "second" and an article before the word "10".
• MC-310076 – Mobs sometimes stop just far enough away from the player to be unable to attack them.
• MC-310087 – The block texture of poplar hanging signs is inconsistent with the GUI texture.
• MC-310088 – The taskbar icon displays the Java logo instead of the game's logo.
• MC-310116 – Several media keys are named "key.keyboard.[number]" in the key binds menu.
• MC-310316 – Item modifier definition files can entirely be a string reference.
• MC-310318 – Slot source definition files can entirely be a string reference.
• MC-310328 – The dedicated server logs Ignoring host properties. minecraft.api.discovery.host or minecraft.api.env needs to be set on startup.
• MC-310372 – Tripwires depowering breaks cross-chunk block tick processing order.
• MC-310506 – The "Exclusive Fullscreen Mode" option has no effect when the "Exclusive Fullscreen" option is disabled.
• MC-310633 – Brewing stand bottle slots no longer accept glass bottles or fully brewed lingering potions.
• MC-310685 – The game crashes when some inline slot sources are parsed.
• MC-310689 – Filled and empty maps are no longer distinguishable when using the "Programmer Art" resource pack.
• MC-310715 – The translation strings for the Meta/Windows keys are not intuitive.
• MC-310717 – The category headers in some options screens cannot be selected via the mouse cursor.
• MC-310723 – There are two distinct, non-conflicting keys named "Menu".
• MC-310735 – Placing or breaking blocks causes lag spikes in some cases.
• MC-310924 – The game crashes when a rotated_block_provider block state provider is applied with a vertical direction to a block that can only face horizontally.
• MC-310925 – Carvers can now carve through bedrock.
• MC-310944 – Japanese and Korean keyboard keys are recognised wrongly.
• MC-310962 – The trading UI opens and immediately closes when interacting with a villager whose trades were altered with commands.
• MC-310965 – Buried treasure maps' textures are not reverted to the old ones with the "Programmer Art" resource pack enabled.
• MC-310988 – Items are now positioned wrongly when the main hand is the left one.
• MC-310991 – Power management keys are displayed as "key.keyboard.[number]" in the key binds screen.
• MC-310993 – The player head's horizontal movement is jittery when riding a vehicle.
• MC-311005 – The trading UI gets desynced if the villager is given trades using commands.
• MC-311008 – All mobs stutter when they move their heads in the vertical direction.
• MC-311010 – Most Application Control keys are still displayed as "key.keyboard.[number]" in the key binds menu.
• MC-311012 – The animation of totems of undying pauses in the death screen.
• MC-311045 – Arrows fired from dispensers can no longer destroy chorus flowers and decorated pots.
• MC-311092 – The first person arm stutters heavily while turning the camera if the game is frozen.
• MC-311100 – Using a custom font in a resource pack causes an error.
• MC-311124 – The player's interaction animation stutters when the game is frozen.