Java Edition 1.16.5 Release Candidate 1

1.16.5 Release Candidate 1 (known as 1.16.5-rc1 in the launcher) is the first release candidate for Java Edition 1.16.5, released on January 13, 2021, which addresses two critical stability issues.

This version was reuploaded around an hour later to fix the version being labeled as "1.16.5 Pre-release 1" in game.

Fixes

 * Other
 * Fixed two major stability issues.

Video
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Trivia

 * This is the first release candidate that was reuploaded since Java Edition RC2 on November 13, 2011.
 * This was the first development version released in 2021.