0.2.0 Release Notes

🚨 Highlights & Breaking Changes

• Removed Core Multi-Version Support (Breaking): Built-in support for multiple Java client versions has been removed from the server core. Backwards compatibility is now maintained separately via the pumpkin-java-multiversion plugin.
• Java 26.3 Port: Upgraded server core and network handling to version 26.3 (#3495) by @MidnightDoes
• Bedrock 26.51 Support: Updated Bedrock protocol target to 26.51 (#3472) by @ZlordHUN
• Telemetry: Added server telemetry to help track adoption, stability, and runtime performance metrics.
• 26.x Worldgen Format: Added native support for 26.x world generation settings layouts (#3366) by @Phoenixxo
• Config Validation: The server will now reject an invalid view-distance of 1 rather than crashing on initial join (#3035) by @catdum200
• Plugin WIT Migration: Converted pumpkin-plugin-wit from a Git submodule to a subtree (#3449) by @QuantumSegfault

Bedrock Edition Parity

• Recipe Variants: Added support for wood crafting recipe variants (#3405) by @ZlordHUN
• Hunger & Eating: Restored hunger synchronization, eating feedback, and prevented hotbar changes from corrupting the hunger bar (#3346, #3403) by @ZlordHUN
• Particles & Audio: Restored block breaking particles and added block placement sounds (#3345, #3347) by @ZlordHUN
• Network & Sync: Corrected experience sync, improved NetherNet external address advertisement, and properly deliver version rejection before disconnecting (#2994, #2993, #3218) by @ZlordHUN
• Interaction Events: Dispatched cancellable entity interaction events for Bedrock clients (#3056) by @Neol3108
• Logging: Reduced ICE datagram log noise (#3579) by @ZlordHUN

Mobs & Entities

• Brain Framework: Implemented the vanilla mob brain framework (#3490) by @wiflow
• Mob AI Goals: Vanilla parity pass over existing entity AI goals (#3095) by @TheDarkSword
• Mob Interactions:
  • Added entity pushing mechanics for mobs (#3180) by @RoosterBooster007
  • Prevented neutral mobs (iron golems, wolves) from targeting players unconditionally (#3434) by @Developers13
  • Skeletons now actively avoid wolves (#3478) by @Thijs226
  • Creepers now actively avoid cats (#3481) by @Thijs226
  • Enabled floating behaviors in water from mob swim goals (#3477) by @Thijs226
  • Piglins now inspect and barter for dropped gold (#3440) by @wiflow
  • Zombie villagers can now be cured using golden apples (#3226) by @ydw1904
• Entity Tracking & Spawning:
  • Enforced vanilla spawn floor predicates (#3259) by @ydw1904
  • Despawn pairings on player removal and paired chunk-loaded entities via tracker (#3397) by @zinedinp
• Visuals & Audio:
  • Added corpse despawn POOF particles (#3408) by @Developers13
  • Added death sounds and corrected entity variation handling (#3283) by @orpos
  • Scoped projectile hit sounds to chunk-level broadcasts (#3252) by @BryanFRD
  • Corrected horizontal 3D orientation when sending paintings to clients (#3564) by @matheustavarestrindade

Blocks, Items & Mechanics

• Block Behavior:
  • Implemented Netherrack logic (#2934) by @Xavierhorwood
  • Persist shulker box inventory through break and placement cycles (#3451) by @BouncingElf10
  • Re-enabled bone meal growth for huge mushrooms (#3411) by @Laggy60
  • Saplings now grow into trees and leaf decay drop logic is corrected (#3248) by @MegalithOfficial
  • Added specific dispenser dispensing behaviors (#3165) by @BouncingElf10
  • Crops now pop when the block beneath them ceases to be farmland (#3024) by @Simlesk
  • Breaking unsupported cactus and bamboo blocks now notifies clients (#3281) by @JulesB40
  • Corrected orientation checks when placing doors, levers, and crafters (#3182) by @AdmerPRO
  • Retain sculk veins at placement targets (#3426) by @JulesB40
  • Ported Sculk Shrieker warning tiers and Warden summon sequence (#3599) by @MegalithOfficial
• Fluids & Solidification:
  • Concrete powder now hardens upon landing or when placed directly into water (#3256, #3393) by @Kurenaiiiii & @ydw1904
  • Matched vanilla neighbor search when lava contacts water and notify clients on block conversion (#3214, #3215) by @pxperr
• Redstone & Containers:
  • Corrected repeater behavior, delays, and state interactions (#3146) by @zinedinp
  • Fixed comparator dirty-container updates and container implementations (#3372) by @zinedinp
  • Lever toggling now plays click audio and emits game events (#3204) by @pxperr
  • Pressing an already activated button now returns Consume (#3205) by @pxperr
  • Prevented hopper TOCTOU race condition and item dupe crashes (#3147) by @zinedinp
  • Hoppers now check item components when stacking items (#3413) by @Laggy60
  • Unpack loot tables for both halves of double chests (#3318) by @ydw1904
• Player Mechanics & Inventory:
  • Vanilla parity pass on food, saturation, and exhaustion levels (#3134) by @TheDarkSword
  • Fixed hotbar swaps when target slots are already occupied (#3150) by @dehmitros
  • Prevented stuttering when sprint-swimming on Java edition (#3247) by @ZlordHUN
  • Instant status effects now execute once without appearing as active effects (#3400) by @Laggy60
  • Waterlogged sign placement support and legacy-solid checks for wall signs (#3206, #3162) by @pxperr
  • Fixed Enchantment Table audio triggers and exposed a general block sound API (#2756) by @MidnightDoes
  • End Portals now play ambient activation audio upon opening (#3193) by @AdmerPRO
  • Handled item-use result propagation and bucket raycasting with packet rotation (#2653, #3174) by @JJordan0C & @AdmerPRO
  • Sound parity updates aligned with 26.3 changes (#3578) by @MidnightDoes

World Generation & Storage

• Corrected Deep Dark sculk distribution algorithm (#2882) by @CompileRider
• Prevented Overworld biomes from leaking into the Nether and End dimensions (#3271) by @ydw1904
• Corrected structure pool selections for Nether complexes (#3305) by @ydw1904
• Recorded trunk logs in fancy trees to avoid premature leaf decay (#3374) by @matheustavarestrindade
• Corrected the inverted moon brightness calculation (#3212) by @BryanFRD
• Added vertical boundary checks to light propagation routines (#3279) by @IndrajeethY
• Accepted byte booleans in flat world generation configuration (#3483) by @matheustavarestrindade
• Fixed block entities being dropped when resuming chunks from storage (#3492) by @matheustavarestrindade
• Serialized entity chunks via state snapshots instead of appending (#3494) by @wiflow
• Ensured portal candidate chunks are loaded prior to validating destination searches (#3235) by @MegalithOfficial
• Guarded against underflow exceptions when reading corrupt region files (#2973) by @Lstarsky0
• Prevented border clamp panics on sub-block border boundaries (#3034) by @catdum200

Commands, Datapacks & Plugins

• Trigger #minecraft:tick function tags each engine tick (#3267) by @Kurenaiiiii
• Recursively load datapack recipes while retaining resource IDs (#3117) by @Phoenixxo
• Added recipe identifiers and removal tracking to commands (#3118) by @Phoenixxo
• Split coordinates via client-side argument parsing (#3316) by @vyPal
• Enforced permission checks on client command suggestions (#2997) by @aure31
• Added the missing command identifier into unknown-command errors (#3337) by @JulesB40
• Exposed SpawnerSpawnEvent when monster spawners activate (#3168) by @pxperr
• Fixed plugin execution context drops occurring outside on_load (#3278) by @Phoenixxo
• Cleaned up uninitialized plugin stores before entering on_load (#3402) by @Phoenixxo

Core Server & Configuration

• Retained player operator privileges across dimension transitions (#3285) by @JulesB40
• Supported permission level 1 in operator configuration (#2660) by @shuvamk
• Supported nested TextComponent formatting in console logs (#2700) by @PilkeySEK
• Prevented string formatting panics on solitary % characters (#3046) by @catdum200
• Disallowed out-of-range consume effect counts in network packets (#3280) by @catdum200
• Fixed behavior registry entries dropping block definitions silently (#3210) by @BryanFRD

Performance

• NBT Deserialization: Bulk read numeric arrays in Bedrock NBT payloads (#3230) by @nobuildersnotools
• World Sampling: Cached surface noise threshold samplers during terrain generation (#2783) by @nobuildersnotools
• Structures: Cached structure template data and reused shared pool elements (#3369) by @matheustavarestrindade
• Tick Optimizations: Batched chunk inhabited-time updates (#3333) by @JulesB40

Internal & CI

• Extracted the bindgen! macro into its own dedicated crate (#3406) by @PigTurtleDev
• Cleaned up redundant internal block property serialization logic (#3183) by @PigTurtleDev
• Pruned deprecated tool durability comments and TODO items (#3253) by @BryanFRD
• Optimized Pull Request CI runs by evaluating affected checks only (#3445) by @Phoenixxo
• Fixed automated cancellation workflows for test suites and optional gates (#3598, #3604) by @Phoenixxo
• Maintained pumpkin-plugin-wit workflow definitions (#3454, #3486) by @QuantumSegfault
• Bumped dependencies: crate-ci/typos to 1.50.1 (#3284)

New Contributors

all first-time contributors in this release:

• @MidnightDoes (#2756)
• @shuvamk (#2660)
• @JulesB40 (#3281)
• @ydw1904 (#3318)
• @AdmerPRO (#3193)
• @zinedinp (#3146)
• @dehmitros (#3150)
• @Kurenaiiiii (#3256)
• @Laggy60 (#3411)
• @Developers13 (#3408)
• @wiflow (#3440)
• @Thijs226 (#3478)

Full Changelog: 0.1.0-dev+26.2-26.45...0.2.0+26.3-26.51