Important release cycle change
Starting 1.20.5, ViaVersion and ViaBackwards will only be released a day or so *after* a Minecraft update unless the protocol changes of the update were trivial. If you want early-access, usually days or even weeks before the final release, you can subscribe to either:
- GitHub Sponsors (preferred option. Use the `/verify` command on this Discord after), or alternatively
- Patreon (see the highest tier and make sure to link Patreon to your Discord account under Settings->Connections)
This also includes access to a private repository with the code, which will be pushed to the public repository after the given delay on a Minecraft update.

At the same time however, bug fix patches will be released more regularly, always immediately public, and more of the low-priority issues will be tackled.

Due to the insane pace Mojang has been adding more and more complex technical features since 1.19/1.20, updating ViaVersion and making sure it works well enough has become a lot more time-consuming. Without some extra incentive, I can't really justify putting increasing amounts of free time into these updates, no matter how much I enjoy doing them.

Changes
Requires ViaVersion 4.9.3

• Added sanity checks to item reading across all versions
• Fixed various issues in 1.20.3->1.20.2 issues, including component conversion
• Fixed 1.20.2->1.20 tag handling
• Fixed 1.17->1.16 map data reading
• Fixed writable book handling in 1.16->1.15
• Fixed chunk loading game state handling in 1.20.3->1.20.2 (by FlorianMichael)
• Fixed 1.13.1->1.13 item handling (by camdencove)

Note: Via* on BungeeCord does not work properly at the moment, we recommend using our plugins either on the backend servers or on Velocity instead.