Minecraft 1.17-pre3

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 1.17-pre2 with 1.17-pre3 — not copied from patch notes.

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Wording Mojang changed in this version.

Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft 1.17 Pre-Release 3, published 2021-06-01. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

15 issues fixed, read from Mojang’s own patch notes. Each entry keeps its original bug ID.

Fixed Bugs in 1.17 Pre-Release 3 15

• MC-203773 Lightning rod is floating when held in third-person
• MC-215946 Game fatally crashed while exploring chunks (IllegalStateException: Accessing PalettedContainer from multiple threads
• MC-222223 Baby axolotls despawn
• MC-223147 Vines aren't rendered with /setblock
• MC-223227 Floating water caves in caves under the ocean
• MC-224893 Replacing Chunk Futures causes several issues
• MC-225077 Vines can spread upward to non-full blocks
• MC-225344 Cave generation seems to be broken at seemingly random chunk borders
• MC-226441 Lit candle texture doesn't change when on cake
• MC-226514 Crash trying to start a world: Error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read field "u" because "☃" is null
• MC-226660 "Double closing program" warnings upon closing the game
• MC-226874 Player's owned player_head on mobs are flashing
• MC-226956 Gravity blocks do not break when doEntityDrops is set to false
• MC-226970 Stars are occluded by render fog
• MC-227018 Changing or reloading resource packs does not reload core shaders until reloading a second time

This build was part of the run-up to 1.17. Everything tested here landed in that release.