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1.16.5 is an upcoming minor update to Java Edition set to release on January 15, 2021. The update fixes two issues related to server crashes.[1]

Fixes

2 issues fixed
Other
  • Fixed two major stability issues.

Trivia

  • This is the first time a major update has had a fifth minor release since 1.8.5, and therefore the first such version to be released in over five and a half years.
  • This is also the first minor version since 1.8.9 to be released during the snapshot process of the next major update, in this case 1.17.
  • This will be the only Java Edition version other than Java Edition 1.2.5 to end with its final minor revision on .5. The only other versions to do this are Pocket Edition v0.9.5 alpha and Pocket Edition v0.10.5 alpha.

References

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