With 1.18 around the corner I'm releasing a final 1.17 release build before I get started with that.

Changes:

• [Fixed] Compatibility fixes for (forge) CatServer, Magma and Mohist
• [Improved] Performance improvements in a few areas
• [Added] ChunkFutureProvider API to efficiently run code when chunk (entities) load or unload
• [Fixed] NPE Error in region handler
• [Added] Map display texture down-sampling function
• [Improved] Better handling of plugin startup/failure error reporting (preloader)
• [Improved] Performance improvements in map display item frame updater
• [Added] Configuration option to turn map display item frame support off (performance)
• [Added] IntCuboid class and World border API to figure out the dimensions of a world
• [Fixed] Light heightmap bug on worlds that used special datapacks on 1.17